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Joe Bonamassa: Blues of Desperation

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Label: J&R Adventures
Released: 2016.03.25
Time:
 61:41
Category: Blues/Rock, Blues
Producer(s): Kevin Shirley
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.jbonamassa.com
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Purchase date: 2016
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] This Train (Joe Bonamassa / James House) - 4:20
[2] Mountain Climbing (Joe Bonamassa / Tom Hambridge) - 5:43
[3] Drive (Joe Bonamassa / James House) - 5:47
[4] No Good Place for the Lonely (Joe Bonamassa / Gary Nicholson) - 8:38
[5] Blues of Desperation (Joe Bonamassa / James House) - 6:27
[6] The Valley Runs Low (Joe Bonamassa / James House) - 4:03
[7] You Left Me Nothin' But the Bill and the Blues (Joe Bonamassa / James House) - 4:10
[8] Distant Lonesome Train (Joe Bonamassa / Tom Hambridge) - 5:53
[9] How Deep This River Runs (Joe Bonamassa / James House) - 6:30
[10] Livin' Easy (Joe Bonamassa / Jerry Flowers / Jeffery Steele) - 4:37
[11] What I've Known for a Very Long Time (Joe Bonamassa) - 5:33

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Joe Bonamassa - Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals

Reese Wynans - Organ, Piano
Michael Rhodes - Bass
Mark Douthit - Saxophones
Paulie Cerra - Saxophone
Lee Thornburg - Horn Arrangements, Trumpet
Greg Morrow - Drums, Percussion
Anton Fig - Drums, Percussion

Jade McRae - Background Vocals
Mahalia Barnes - Background Vocals
Juanita Tippins - Background Vocals

Jeff Bova - String Arrangements

Kevin Shirley - Mixing, Producer
Roy Weisman - Chief Officer, Executive Producer
Zack Dewall - Engineer
Jared Kvitka - Engineer
Bob Ludwig - Mastering
Dale Voelker - Art Direction, Design
Robb Aaron Gordon - Cover Photo
Rick Gould - Photography
Philippe Klose - Photography
Jim Freeman - General Manager
Rachael Iverson - Marketing, Production Director
Derek Harville - Assistant
Tony Sanders - Assistant
Brent Spear - Technician

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2016 CD J&R Adventures (USA) - JRA53564
2016 CD Provogue (Europe) - PRD74342



GRAMMY-nominated blues-rock guitar icon Joe Bonamassa announces his brand-new studio solo album, Blues of Desperation (J&R Adventures), which will be released March 25, 2016. Like his previous solo disc, 2014’s Top 10 Billboard hit Different Shades of Blue, this record features all-original material, and it sees the maverick superstar guitarist, singer and songwriter tossing away the rule book as he continues to reinvent and redefine the blues-rock genre like no other artist working today.

“I want people to hear my evolution as a blues-rock musician,” says Bonamassa, “somebody who isn’t resting on accomplishments and who is always pushing forward and thinking about how music can evolve and stay relevant.”

The writing sessions for Blues of Desperation took Bonamassa back to Nashville, where he’d composed Different Shades of Blue, to work with some of Music City’s top tunesmiths, people like James House, Tom Hambridge, Jeffrey Steele, Jerry Flowers and Gary Nicholson.

“These are some of the best guys in the business,” Bonamassa raves. Lyrically, you’ll hear the proverbial trains, mountains, valleys and other blues references about heartbreak and loneliness but there are also some poignant moments about getting away from the stressful, crazy demands of life and losing yourself with your special someone. I think anybody will be able to relate.”

Bonamassa and his longtime producer Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Journey) convened at Nashville’s Grand Victor Sound Studios (formerly known as RCA Studio A), and during an intense, five-day period they recorded 11 galvanizing songs with a crack group of musicians including drummers Anton Fig and Greg Morrow, bassist Michael Rhodes, keyboardist Reese Wynans, horn players Lee Thornburg, Paulie Cerra and Mark Douthit, and background singers Mahalia Barnes, Jade McRae and Juanita Tippins.

Of his decade-long collaboration with Shirley, Bonamassa says, “I can explain our relationship with one word – ‘trust.’ I completely trust in Kevin and his musical promptings. He pushes my musical ability by challenging me to not just rest on my laurels or settle for ‘good.’ He expects more out of the other musicians as well and will not hold back when he sees us falling back into our usual routine.”

“Which sometimes calls for unorthodox measures,” says Shirley, who admits that his idea of augmenting Bonamassa’s usual recording band with second drummer Morrow was engineered to “ruffle Joe’s feathers.” “I wanted him to work a little harder, like in his early years,” he says, “so I brought in an additional drummer, just to throw the cat amongst the pigeons.” Of the results, Shirley raves, “Recording ‘Blues of Desperation’ is one of the most exciting recording projects I've done. What a joyful noise we made!”

Blues of Desperation is Bonamassa’s most powerfully diverse and boldly realized album yet, with the material ranging from the gutsy, gritty blues call to arms of “This Train” (Joe’s guitar is set to “rude” throughout) to the elegant yet emotionally shattering ballad “What I’ve Known for a Very Long Time” to the soul-nourishing, acoustic-based Americana of “The Valley Runs Low,” on which Bonamassa’s voice rises up majestically to meet Barnes, McRae and Tippins in gospel-like rapture. And then there’s the bleary, tequila-soaked “Drive,” dripping with the kind of raw, wicked and unsettling sensuality that could make David Lynch green with envy.

Throughout the record, Bonamassa’s epic guitar playing conjures up stirring benedictions and explosive exorcisms of sound. “No Good Place For the Lonely” features some of the guitarist’s most cauterizing licks yet, and the walloping title track is a white-knuckled, six-string thrill ride guaranteed to jolt the senses. Guitar fans everywhere (like those who recently voted Bonamassa “Best Blues Guitarist” in Guitar World magazine by an overwhelming margin) will consider Blues of Desperation a treasure trove of axe richess.

“There are some long solos on this record and even some mini-jams in the middle of a track where the band would just jive and crank it out,” he says. “[During those jams], we do a tip of the hat to Beck and Clapton from the ‘70s. I think guitar nerds and music fans like myself will love it.”

Packed with unparalleled musicianship and teeming with the most enthralling collection of songs in Bonamassa’s career, Blues of Desperation is guaranteed to knock out critics and fans alike. By exceeding his own vertiginously high artistic goals, Bonamassa is bound to shatter all other expectations with this record and reach new audiences – no mean feat when you continue his  astonishing track record of hits now includes 15 #1 Billboard Blues Albums (more than any other artist in history). 2014’s Different Shades of Blue debuted at #8 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart, making it his highest charting album, his first top 10 and accounting for his biggest sales week ever. In 2014, the guitarist received his first-ever Grammy nomination (for Best Blues Album) for the album Seesaw, his second collaboration with blues singing star Beth Hart, and was named 2014’s Billboard Blues Artist of the Year.

Bonamassa’s stature in the music industry has built steadily over the years. Along with his longtime manager, Roy Weisman, the iconoclastic guitarist built his own successful record label, management and concert promotion company called J&R Adventures. In addition, his connection to fans on social media has grown to over 2.4 million Facebook friends, over 131K Twitter followers and 130K Instragram followers.

Prior to the release of Blues of Desperation, Bonamassa – a touring monster who averages about 100 shows a year – will be kicking off the year with a January DVD recording of his intimate acoustic show at New York’s Carnegie Hall before embarking on his second annual Keeping The Blues Alive at Sea blues cruise in February and a full-on electric band trek through the U.S. in April.

jbonamassa.com




Joe Bonamassa will release his latest album entitled Blues Of Desperation on March 25.

The follow-up to 2014’s Different Shades Of Blue will feature 11 tracks and be issued via Provogue. He’s also released a behind-the-scenes trailer for the album. View it below.

Bonamassa says: “I want people to hear my evolution as a blues-rock musician – somebody who isn’t resting on accomplishments and who is always pushing forward and thinking about how music can evolve and stay relevant.

“Lyrically, you’ll hear the proverbial trains, mountains, valleys and other blues references about heartbreak and loneliness. But there are also some poignant moments about getting away from the stressful, crazy demands of life and losing yourself with your special someone.”

Blues Of Desperation was written in Nashville, with Bonamassa hooking up with James House, Tom Hambridge, Jeffrey Steele, Jerry Flowers and Gary Nicholson. It was then recorded at the city’s Grand Victor Sound Studios with the guitarist’s long-time producer Kevin Shirley.

Musicians on the album include drummers Anton Fig and Greg Morrow, bassist Michael Rhodes, keyboardist Reese Wynans, horn players Lee Thornburg, Paulie Cerra and Mark Douthit, along with singers Mahalia Barnes, Jade McRae and Juanita Tippins.

Shirley adds: “I wanted him to work a little harder, like in his early years, so I brought in an additional drummer just to throw the cat amongst the pigeons.

“Recording Blues Of Desperation is one of the most exciting recording projects I've done. What a joyful noise we made.”

Scott Munro - 19/01/2016
© 2016 Team Rock Limited



Despite its hardscrabble title - a sentiment mirrored by the deeply etched black & white cover art - 2016's Blues of Desperation is very much a continuation of the bright, varied blues-rock heard on Different Shades of Blue. On that 2014 album, Joe Bonamassa made a conscious decision to pair with a bunch of Nashville songsmiths to help sharpen his original material, and he brings most of them back for Blues of Desperation, too. The tenor of the tunes is somewhat heavy - there are lonesome trains, low valleys, no places for the lonely - and the production also carries a ballast, something that comes into sharp relief on the Zep-flavored title track but can be heard throughout the record. Often, he returns to this revved-up blues - something that's more appealing when it boogies ("You Left Me Nothin' But the Bill and the Blues") than when it slams ("Distant Lonesome Train") - and while that anchors the bulk of the record, the moments that linger are the departures. Usually, this arrives in the form of some flirtation with soul - it's an undercurrent on "No Good Place for the Lonely" but it comes to the surface on the gilded "The Valley Runs Low" - but the most fun is the vintage New Orleans shuffle of "Livin' Easy," a song that suggests Bonamassa may have surprises in store if he ever decides to shelve his trusty Les Pauls for the course of a full record.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



“I want people to hear my evolution as a blues-rock musician,” Bonamassa says. “Somebody who isn’t resting on accomplishments and who is always pushing forward and thinking about how music can evolve and stay relevant.”

The writing sessions for Blues of Desperation took Bonamassa back to Nashville, where he’d composed Different Shades of Blue, to work with some of Music City’s top tunesmiths, including James House, Tom Hambridge, Jeffrey Steele, Jerry Flowers and Gary Nicholson.

“These are some of the best guys in the business,” Bonamassa says. “Lyrically, you’ll hear the proverbial trains, mountains, valleys and other blues references about heartbreak and loneliness but there are also some poignant moments about getting away from the stressful, crazy demands of life and losing yourself with your special someone. I think anybody will be able to relate.”

Bonamassa and his longtime producer Kevin Shirley convened at Nashville’s Grand Victor Sound Studios (formerly RCA Studio A). During an intense, five-day period, they recorded 11 songs with drummers Anton Fig and Greg Morrow, bassist Michael Rhodes, keyboardist Reese Wynans (Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble), horn players Lee Thornburg, Paulie Cerra and Mark Douthit, and background singers Mahalia Barnes, Jade McRae and Juanita Tippins.

“I wanted him to work a little harder, like in his early years,” Shirley says. “I brought in an additional drummer, just to throw the cat amongst the pigeons. Recording Blues of Desperation is one of the most exciting recording projects I've done. What a joyful noise we made.”

Guitar World Staff - 01/19/2016
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Blues of Desperation is Bonamassa's most powerfully diverse and boldly realized album yet, with the material ranging from the gutsy, gritty blues call to arms of This Train (Joe's guitar is set to rude throughout) to the elegant yet emotionally shattering ballad What I've Known for a Very Long Time to the soul-nourishing, acoustic-based Americana of The Valley Runs Low, on which Bonamassa's voice rises up majestically to meet Barnes, McRae and Tippins in gospel-like rapture. And then there's the bleary, tequila-soaked Drive, dripping with the kind of raw, wicked and unsettling sensuality that could make David Lynch green with envy.

Throughout the record, Bonamassa's epic guitar playing conjures up stirring benedictions and explosive exorcisms of sound. No Good Place For the Lonely features some of the guitarist's most cauterizing licks yet, and the walloping title track is a white-knuckled, six-string thrill ride guaranteed to jolt the senses. Guitar fans everywhere (like those who recently voted Bonamassa Best Blues Guitarist in Guitar World magazine by an overwhelming margin) will consider Blues of Desperation a treasure trove of axe riches.

Packed with unparalleled musicianship and teeming with the most enthralling collection of songs in Bonamassa's career, Blues of Desperation is guaranteed to knock out critics and fans alike. By exceeding his own vertiginously high artistic goals, Bonamassa is bound to shatter all other expectations with this record and reach new audiences-no mean feat when you continue his astonishing track record of hits now includes 15 #1 Billboard Blues Albums (more than any other artist in history). 2014's Different Shades of Blue debuted at #8 on Billboard s Top 200 Chart, making it his highest charting album, his first top 10 and accounting for his biggest sales week ever. In 2014, the guitarist received his first-ever Grammy nomination (for Best Blues Album) for the album Seesaw, his second collaboration with blues singing star Beth Hart, and was named 2014's Billboard Blues Artist of the Year

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Joe Bonamassa veröffentlicht am 25.03.2016 sein neues Studioalbum „Blues Of Desperation“ bei Provogue / Mascot Label Group. Wie der Vorgänger „Different Shades Of Blue“ aus dem Jahr 2014 enthält „Blues Of Desperation“ ausschließlich selbstkomponiertes Material. Dabei hielt sich der grammynominierte Gitarrist mitnichten an das gängige Bluesrock-Regelwerk, sondern definierte sowohl sich selbst als auch das Genre an sich neu. „Ich möchte, dass die Leute meine Entwicklung als Musiker hören.“, erklärt er. „Ich ruhe mich nicht auf meinen Lorbeeren aus, sondern dränge immer weiter nach vorne. Nur so kann sich meine Musik wirklich entfalten.“

Die Aufnahmen zu seinem zwölften Studioalbum führten Bonamassa zurück nach Nashville, wo er mit einigen der talentiertesten Soundschmieden der Stadt zusammenarbeitete. „James House, Tom Hambridge, Jeffrey Steele, Jerry Flowers und Gary Nicholson sind einige der besten Jungs im Business.”, schwärmt er. „In den Texten stehen Züge, Berge, Täler und andere Bluesreferenzen symbolisch für Herzschmerz und Einsamkeit. Doch es gibt auch einige rührende Passagen darüber, wie man den stressigen und verrückten Anforderungen des Lebens gemeinsam mit einem geliebten Menschen entfliehen kann. Ich denke, jeder wird sich mit diesen Songs identifizieren können.“

Bonamassa und sein langjähriger Produzent Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Journey) zogen sich fünf Tage lang in die Nashville Grand Victor Sound Studios (ehemals bekannt als RCA Studio A) zurück. Dort nahmen sie gemeinsam mit den Musikcracks Anton Fig und Greg Morrow (Schlagzeug), Michael Rhodes (Bass), Reese Wynans (Keyboards), Lee Thornburg, Paulie Cerra und Mark Douthit (Bläser) und den Backgroundsängerinnen Mahalia Barnes, Jade McRae und Juanita Tippins elf mitreißende Tracks auf.

Über seine mehr als eine Dekade andauernde Zusammenarbeit mit Shirley sagt Bonamassa: „Unsere Beziehung lässt sich mit nur einem Wort erklären: Vertrauen. Er fördert mich, indem er mich immer wieder aufs Neue herausfordert. Er gibt sich nicht einfach nur mit einem „gut“ zufrieden. Auch von den anderen Musikern erwartet er immer mehr und hält sich nicht zurück, wenn er bemerkt, dass wir in unsere übliche Routine zurückfallen.“

“Was manchmal auch etwas unorthodoxe Maßnahmen erfordert.“, grinst Shirley. „Ich wollte, dass Joe härter an sich arbeitet, so wie er es in seinen frühen Jahren getan hat. Also holte ich Greg Morrow als zweiten Schlagzeuger ins Studio, um ihn zu verärgern und ihn dadurch anzutreiben. Und es hat sich gelohnt: „Blus Of Desperation“ ist eines der spannendsten Projekte, das ich je gemacht habe. Wir haben wundervollen Lärm fabriziert.“

„Blues Of Desperation“ ist Bonamassas bislang kraftvollstes, vielseitigstes und verwegenstes Album. Der mutige und grobe Opener „This Train“ mit seiner verzerrten Gitarrenspur ergänzt harmonisch dieemotionale und niederschmetternde Ballade von „What I’ve Known For A Very Long Time“. Auf demsoulgenährten, akustikbasierten Americana von „The Valley Runs Low“ erhebt sich seine Stimme majestätisch und vereint sich mit dem Backgroundgesang von Barnes, McRae und Tippins zu einem gospelartigen Chor. Das trübe, tequilagetränkte „Drive“ hingegen strotzt nur so von roher, verruchter und verstörender Sinnlichkeit, die David Lynch vor Neid erblassen lassen würde.

Während der Aufnahmen beschwor Bonamassa mit seinem epischen Gitarrenspiel aufwühlende Segnungen und explosive Exorzismen zugleich herauf. „No Good Place For The Lonely“ enthält einige der bisher sengendsten Licks des Gitarristen und der prügelnde Titeltrack ist eine brutale Achterbahnfahrt seiner sechs Saiten, die garantiert die Sinne aufrüttelt. „Blues Of Desperation“ ist eine wahre Fundgrube für Gitarrenfans weltweit, die ihn kürzlich mit überwältigender Mehrheit zum „Best Blues Guitarist“ des Magazins Guitar World wählten.

„Auf dem Album gibt es einige längere Solos und sogar kleine Jams, auf denen die Band nur swingt und alles aus sich herausholt.“, erklärt der 38-jährige weiter. „Es ist eine Hommage an Beck und Clapton in den 70er Jahren. Nicht nur Gitarrennerds, auch Musikfans wie ich selbst werden es lieben.“

Vollgepackt mit seiner unvergleichlichen Musikalität und den spannendsten Songs in Bonamassas Karriere ist „Blues Of Desperation“ ein Garant dafür, Kritiker und Fans gleichermaßen zum Jubeln zu bringen. Indem er seine eigenen, schwindelerregend hohen künstlerischen Ansprüche übertrifft, will er mit diesem Album auch neues Publikum erreichen. Eine beachtliche Leistung, wenn man bedenkt, dass er bereits an 15 Nr. 1-Bluesalben beteiligt war, an so vielen wie noch nie ein anderer Künstler vor ihm. Das 2014 veröffentlichte „Different Shades Of Blue“ stieg direkt auf  Platz 8 der Billboard Top 200 ein und gilt bis dato nicht nur als sein größter Charterfolg, sondern auch als sein erstes Top 10-Album, mit dem er mehr Einheiten als je zuvor verkaufte. Im gleichen Jahr wurde er mit „Seesaw“, seinem zweiten gemeinsamen Album mit Sängerin und Songwriterin Beth Hart, für das beste Bluesalbum für den Grammy nominiert. Außerdem wurde er zum Billboard Blues Artist Of The Year gekürt.

Reini - 20.01.2016
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