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Bonamassa Joe: Blues deluxe 2003 [CD]

Hart Beth: A tribute to Led Zeppelin 2022 [Digipack / CD]

Over the course of five decades Steve Lukather has placed an indelible stamp on pop culture. Alongside his tenure as the only member of Toto to never take a hiatus from the band, he has performed on thousands of albums as a session musician. He continues to be Toto's band leader, a member of Ringo's All-Starr Band, and a solo artist performing with multiple ensembles.<br/><br/>Steve Lukather's solo album "I Found The Sun Again" was co-produced by Ken Freeman, who also both engineered and mixed. The players feature many dignitaries that have been in Luke's life for decades. Amongst those are drummer Greg Bissonette, keyboardist Jeff Babko, and bassists Jorgen Carlsson and John Pierce. Life-long friend and Toto band-mate David Paich performs piano and organ across the album, while Joseph Williams sang on multiple tracks alongside writing string and horn arrangements and tracking keys on "Run To Me." Both Paich and Williams co-wrote that specific composition, while friend and band leader of the All-Starrs, Ringo Starr makes a special appearance on the recording and in the video.<br/><br/>"I Found The Sun Again" features five new original compositions, and three covers personally selected by Luke. Those are Traffic's "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys," Joe Walsh's "Welcome To The Club," and Robin Trower's "Bridge of Sighs." Lukather offers in the liner notes, "ALL these tracks were cut LIVE - no clix - no fix - No rehearsal - one run thru - and record and the whole record was take 2."

Gales Eric: The bookends 2019 [CD]

Live at the Greek Theatre continues Bonamassa's tradition of honoring incredible concert venues like the Royal Albert Hall, the Vienna Opera House, Radio City Music Hall, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and the Beacon Theater. As with all Bonamassa DVD shoots, the performance at the Greek offered a unique presentation of this historical music. <br/><br/>Songs ranged from blues standards to deep cuts, including "Born Under A Bad Sign," "Lonesome Whistle Blues," "Hummingbird," "Let The Good Times Roll," and, of course, B.B. King's famed "The Thrill Is Gone" as the evening closer. For Bonamassa, the tour's importance deepened significantly when B.B., his friend and mentor, passed away two months before it began. "My only regret is that B.B. was not alive to see it," said Bonamassa.<br/><br/>The eleven-piece band included Anton Fig (drums), Kirk Fletcher (guitar), Michael Rhodes (bass), Reese Wynans (piano, Hammond organ), Lee Thornburg (trumpet, horn arrangements), Paulie Cerra (saxophone), Nick Lane (trombone), and a trio of backup singers including Mahalia Barnes, Jade MacRae, and Juanita Tippins.<br/><br/>This tour was a continuation of the celebration of our blues heritage, which began with the 2014 production of Joe Bonamassa - Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks, a tribute to the music of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. Both tours gave a portion of proceeds to presenting partner Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation, a non-profit Bonamassa founded in 2011 that promotes the heritage of the blues to the next generation, funds music scholarships, and supplements the loss of music education in public schools.

The Sleep Eazys är ett instrumentalt och kritikerrosat sidoprojekt med Joe Bonamassa.<br/><br/>Plattan avviker en del från vad vi är vana att höra från Bonamassa och syftet är att hylla Danny Gatton som har fungerat som mentor och har influerat honom enormt. Men den inkluderar även favoriter från artister som Frank Sinatra, Tony Joe White, King Curtis med flera. Bonamassa berättar entusiastiskt om projektet "Ärligt talat har jag alltid velat göra en sån här platta. Men, och nu är jag än mer ärlig, så är jag inte säker på om jag tidigare varit uppgiften mogen varken musikaliskt eller professionellt. Tidpunkten var äntligen inne för att kunna hylla min mentor, vän och en av de bästa gitarristerna någonsin: den store Danny Gatton. Tiden då vi hängde och jammade med Danny då jag var barn formade mitt spel och musikval som ingen annan."<br/><br/>De flesta av musikerna består av Joes turnémusiker men the Sleep Eazys inkluderar även slagverkaren Anton Fig (känd från husbandet på Late Night with David Letterman), Musician's Hall of Fame-medlemmen Michael Rhodes på bas, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-medlemmen Reese Wynans på klaviaturer, Lee Thornburg på trumpet, Paulie Cerra på saxofon samt sångersorna Jade MacRae och Juanita Tippins. På gitarr, naturligtvis, Joe Bonamassa själv. Som gäster hör vi munspelaren Jimmy Hall och multiinstrumentalisten John Jorgenson. Joe Bonamassas fans kommer säkerligen att uppskatta den storslagna ljudbilden från the Sleep Eazys som färgas av massor av musikgenres från jazz till bluegrass, rockabilly och mer! Kalibern och kunnandet från plattans musiker kommer säkerligen få fans och kritiker att spetsa öronen.<br/><br/>Plattan är ett naturlig följd av andra av Bonamassas framgångsrika samarbeten som Black Country Communion, Rock Candy Funk Party och Beth Hart.

Risager Thorbjörn: Navigation blues 2022 [Digipack / CD]