Wiedermal Bonamassa in tip-top shape!

2013 Joe Bonamassa played on four consecutive evenings Concerts in clubs and concert halls of various sizes in London. After the concerts have already been released on DVD or BluRay, the CD or vinyl versions are now refilled.

The concert series was themed Tour De Force Live In London, the third concert took place at the Hammersmith Apollo. A special focus of this concert was on covers of Bonamassa idols. Besides his own songs, there are covers of Cradle Rock (Rory Gallagher), Who's Been Talking (Howlin 'Wolf), Tea for One (Led Zeppelin) and to hear others.

The start to the evening concert falls first from somewhat restrained. Bonamassa resorts to acoustic guitar and gives songs like Seagull, Jelly Roll and Athens To Athens in great quiet versions again. In Cradle rock but he then accesses electrified guitar and lets his Marshall amp smoke. You can tell that Bonamassa and his band play a long time together. Even When The Fire Hits The Sea is played absolutely great. Dustbowl acts live very relaxed and sounds even more fascinating than the studio version. On the second CD especially the great version of The Ballad Of John Henry stands out. The song was stretched to more than thirteen minutes, however, this is done with such great guitar solos and instrumental inserts that you can actually listen only excited here!

Whether you have to have right every four live recordings of the Tour De Force series now, everyone must decide for themselves. The recordings from the Hammersmith Apollo worthwhile.