Who is John Henry ?, the Joe Bonamassa dedicated the title track, the ever powerful Bluesy rocking (with a touch of Led Zeppelin) comes off the ground and set the bar extremely high hängt.Für historians: John Henry was the color at the end of 19 . Century received as a hero in the story, when he took as a protest to old fathers custom, with pick and shovel against industrialization in the mining industry with a new mining equipment to the competition, the competition also won and then dropped dead (as legends are made .. ) "The Ballad of John Henry" has Joe been tested with his band live on tour and is also in the studio the joy of playing with the straightforward operating rhythm package with the "Live from Nowhere" and "Sloe Gin" proven Band: Carmine Rojas, bass - Bogie Bowles Drums (supported by Anton Fig), and Rick Melick, keyboards and Blondie Chaplin rhythm guitar. At the controls was back of Aerosmith, Black Crowse and Led Zeppelin proven Kevin Shirley, with Joe had a knack already at "Sloe Gin". A dozen songs, partly adapted brilliantly: Tony Joe White's "As the Crowe flies", Tom Waits "Jockey Full of Bourbon" (with a charming Ballroom Piano), with Aline Bullocks (sister of Tina Turner, by the way) "Funkier Than A Mosquito Sweater "can Joe wind ascend, also attended Tower of Power have their joy, Sam Brown's One Hit Wonder" Stop "he will win also with a supple sheet interesting new powerful facets from, as well as Anthony Newlys" Feeling Good "He puts a less known in the Focus of attention. In songwriting, he has gained clear pluses in "Happier Times" it makes soul striptease and makes us sharers in his then located in the basement of emotional life. He puts relationships at the center of his songs. Finally, a debate with a childhood sweetheart after all these years in "The Great Flood", which is intoned with melancholy organ and increases with saxophone / guitar dialogue, "Last Kiss" theme a failed relationship, the very rock of Bogie Bowles on drums is promoted and device corner almost in the Rea`sche "Lets Dance". The dozen songs evolve in a straight line, where "Sloe Gin" ended and Joe Bonamassa brings a step towards blues rock monument further forward, though perhaps some blues traditionalists might turn up their noses ..
