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About Joe Bonamassa
Hometown
New Hartford, NY, United States
Born
May 8, 1977
Genre
Blues
Blues musician Joe Bonamassa first picked up the guitar at age four and was playing clubs by age 12, which led to a gig opening for legendary bluesman B.B. King.
ā In 2009, he dueted with his hero Eric Clapton on a cover of Bobby āBlueā Blandās āFurther On Up the Road,ā and he teamed up with Paul Rodgers on two Bad Company songs in 2011.
ā Bonamassa has been nominated for two Grammy Awards, including Best Blues Album for his 2013 Beth Hart collaboration, Seesaw.
ā He is a member of Black Country Communion, a blues-rock supergroup featuring one-time Deep Purple member Glenn Hughes and drummer Jason Bonham.
ā Different Shades of Blue, his 2014 LP, debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 chart and featured a song cowritten by Journeyās Jonathan Cain.
ā In 2017, he won B.B King Entertainer of the Year and Best Instrumentalist - Guitar at the annual Blues Music Awards.
ā Heās landed more albums on Billboardās Blues chart than any other musicianāa total of 23 as of the 20th anniversary reissue of his debut album, A New Day Now.
Musical InfluencesJoe Bonamassa's musical influences include Paul Kossoff, Ron Wood, Robert Cray and more.
Influenced by Joe BonamassaJoe Bonamassa has influenced the music of DR Hansen, Sam Xhri6, Brave Rival and more.
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