Young blues power rock tumbling

Style
Blues Rock

Trends
Massive blues with influences of country, with harmonica and Hammond organ

Scan Tips
The River, Had To Cry Today, Reconsider Baby

The Band
Joe Bonamassa Guitars, Lead Vocals
Eric Czar Bass
Kenny Krame Drums, Percussion
Benny Harrison Hammond B-3
Jon Paris Harmonica

Impression
Crunchy guitar riffs, driving drums, pumping bass and a strong, rough and grinding blues voice. This is blues-rock at its best.

Omnipresent guitars - powerful Blues Chords perfectly set in the Power style slide guitar, long solo showpiece by the strong, powerful production in scene.
The lightning-fast attacks of Bonamassa be enriched with soulful leads and timeless sounds. Extremely precise is his game.

Joe Bonamassa was already 4 years attention to the music of Stevie Ray Vaughn and this is also a good comparison. The only 32 year-old American, Utica - born New York State, the songs transported very punchy, building ever new variations in his game.
So here are his 4th studio album.

Is "Travellin 'South' almost sound are train ride through the hot south, in the style of a band like ZZ TOP to blues times, enriched with rock-a-billy influences, and Country elements are processed as in the instrumental number" Revenge Of The 10 Gallon Hat ".
So sometimes even peeping out from behind a Jimi Hendrix whiskey barrel.

In "Reconsider Baby" you will gently reminds gloss times of GARY MOORE, times that seem well unfortunately to be over at Gary. Weeping, suffering guitars that are an expression of the soul then.

However, if ballad tones struck, as in "When She Dances", you can relaxing, reclined surrender to daydreaming. Quiet, expresses soulful guitar harmonies and his languishing, empathetic voice carry this song. Against the light of the warm evening you can almost see the woman, slowly turning in the balmy wind that applies its Love declaration.

In the number "Had To Cry Today" - a cover of Steve Winwood number pressure is built up again. It's amazing how varied his game is, to make it out of the number to make its own blues rockers Bonamassa'scher embossing.

Ever the rhythm work is itself often not marked on this disc from simple riffs, but has complex runs on, is where then solos powerful - an absolute treat for all lovers of guitar music!

Another highlight is "The River" - already the intro of the piece - a small acoustic introduction, discloses a tribute to the old heroes, like John Lee Hooker.
But then comes back the mighty world-class slide guitar of the master used, connected with crucial Harmonica use. This midtempo Stampfer heard just heard - you Blues Brothers out there!

So Joe Bonamassa combines all these influences into a unique sound which is absolutely varied due to his talent. They are joined with point accurate play - Kenny Krame contributing by cleverly interspersed Breaks in drums game, a huge amount for a change.

Eric Czar balanced with his bass sound to all gaps, pumping warm runs in the Sound and the Hammond organ sounds of Benny Harrison provide pleasant, soft moments in the otherwise powerful oppressive, rocking sound.

CONCLUSION
A passionate disc - For Guitar Freaks duty
For all other music lovers at least a must!
Print this Guitar - bluesen - rock - but above all, they tell stories. Thus, one of the best blues rock discs of recent years.
Urwüchsig and uncommercial - as it should be.

DARKEN TOM of darkenstorm.com