JOE BONAMASSA
“I THINK ANYBODY WHO’S AT A CERTAIN STAGE IN THEIR CAREERS, THEY WOULD DO THEMSELVES A FAVOR BY GOING TO SEE A SHOW LIKE JEFF LYNNE AND THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA, PAUL McCARTNEY, STEELY DAN, THE ROLLING STONES, JEFF BECK OR ERIC CLAPTON — OR ANY OF THESE ICONIC ACTS THAT ARE STILL OUT THERE PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL, AND WHAT YOU’LL REALIZE UPON PURCHASING A TICKET AND SITTING IN YOUR SEAT, WITH YOUR POPCORN AND DIET COKE, IS THAT YOU HAVE NO FUCKING SONGS COMPARED TO THOSE BANDS!”
“I’M VERY HONORED about the ‘Best Blues Guitarist’ reader’s poll, because it’s the fans that have put me here time and time again,” Joe Bonamassa says, then lets out a laugh. “Because I didn’t do much to help myself!”
Bonamassa is being needlessly self-deprecating, because if there’s one thing that’s been clear since he was a preteen blues phenomenon who went by the name Smokin’ Joe, Bonamassa knows his way
