LONDON TEA PARTY

“ABBEY ROAD IS HAPPY TO SHOW YOU THE JOHN LENNON MICROPHONE, THE PIANO ‘HEY JUDE’ WAS CUT ON, THE CONSOLE THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON WAS RECORDED ON… BUT WHEN YOU’RE THERE RECORDING AND YOU HAVE A MISSION, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF DETACH YOURSELF FROM THAT AND JUST GO, ‘WE’RE IN A RECORDING STUDIO TO MAKE A RECORD’”

blues and rock ‘n’ roll for as long as he can remember. When he was around 12, he raided his father’s vinyl collection, which introduced him to — among other things — different aspects of the U.K.’s musical output. He began listening to some of England’s finest six-string exports — namely Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page — as he started pursuing his own career in music. “The British were my gateway into the blues,” says Bonamassa, who even dedicated an entire 2016 U.K. tour to his British