What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

JOE BONAMASSA "black rock" cd, 2010

career stats:
studio albums......10
live albums..........11

this album: #39 US,#1 US blues,#22 UK

now im not a blues guy generally,infact i think the genre leaves a lot to be desired in that there are limited ways to do 'the blues' before it no longer becomes 'the blues'(reggae is the same sort of thing IMO).
anyway, my mate Corey recommended this one to me just after it was released, i hesitated with it being blues/blues rock, but Corey says "i know its blues but i got a good feeling you'll like this one"....oh-oh, mistake #1 when a guy recommends albums albums to you sooner or later he'll stuff up...and he did here for me(one of only a couple he ever got it wrong big time IMO!)!
anyway...Joe Bonamassa,blues rock singer and player....only 37 years of age, yet, has already released ten studio sets, is held in high esteem by the likes of Rory Gallagher,Clapton,BB King and Stevie Ray...so i guess he must be very good at what he does.
BB even makes a cameo on this album on one track "night life"...there's certainly a connection there because they appear to feed off eachother's skills as bluesmen.
but thats not my favourite track, that distinction belongs to a slow number called "quarrymen's lament" which also happens to be the best thing on here...
a couple of covers on here also Jeff Beck's "spanish boots"(ive never heard the original so i cannot compare),not that it matters because i do not like it anyway...
and a cover of Leonard Cohen's "bird on a wire", sorry, but Cohen owns this one and again, i do not like the cover at all.
i also hear quite a bit of Led Zepplin sounds here in touches of "kashmir" and "stairway to heaven"...i guess its a blues thing???
all up, i guess this one is one for the fans of blues rock but sadly, not for me

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: blue and evil
best track: quarrymen's lament

tracks:

1. steal your heart away **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GreywMdEsXI live
2. i know a place *
3. when the fire hits the sea **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq6cV1dwIOg live
4. quarryman's lament ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_ewIpDubRg live
5. spanish boots *
6. bird on a wire *
7. three times a fool **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkz9go3gQXg live
8. night life(with BB King) **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-U6u-7-9r0 audio(would have loved to see this one live with BB)
9. wandering earth *
10.look over yonder's wall *
11.athens to athens **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNE6et7Kn-4 live
12.blue and evil *
13.baby you gotta change your mind **

3s=1
2s=6
1s=6

rating: 1.6