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Holistic Guidance - Sloe Gin
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List Price: $18.98
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Manufacturer: Premier Artists
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0805386028323
Label: Premier Artists
Manufacturer: Premier Artists
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Premier Artists
Release Date: 2007-08-21
Studio: Premier Artists
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Editorial Reviews:
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Voted by Guitar Player readers as 2007's Best Blues Guitarist, blues-rock guitar virtuoso, vocalist, and songwriter JOE BONAMASSA is set to release his seventh solo album, SLOE GIN, on August 21, 2007. Bonamassa's fourth release, the disc re-teams him with producer Kevin Shirley (Joe Satriani, Black Crowes, Aerosmith, Led Leppelin), who produced 2006's YOU & ME, which debuted at #1 on Billboard's Blues Chart in June of last year.
SLOE GIN effortlessly ranges through heavy blues and acoustic numbers alike, a textured flow that Bonamassa says was in part inspired by Rod Stewart's legendary 1969 debut solo LP. In the liner notes, Joe adds, "I sequenced the album as a throwback to the side A/side B set-up of vinyl records...listening to an album as a whole is a lost pastime. i wanted to bring that experience back around.
Renowned for this fluid phrasing and post-modern fusion of traditional roots blues with rock and roll guts, Bonamassa began playing guitar at age four, and toured with blues icon B.B. King when he was twelve. Recently, Joe was named Best Blues Guitarist in Guitar Magazine's 2007 Reader's Choice Awards. He is also the youngest member of the Memphis, TN-based Blues Foundation's Board of Directors, and a spokesperson for their respected Blues in the Schools Program.
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Summary: Great blues rock
Comment: Joe is a great guitarist and refining his good song writing. This is a good album for people who like musicians music.
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Summary: Not his best
Comment: After you see his live dvd's, its hard to give this 5 stars when you
know he is capable of so much more.
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Summary: 1st exposure to Joe Bonamassa **WOW what a talent***
Comment: In my opinion this album is very deserving of the praise.
Perhaps the difference is that I am an eclectic listener and not locked into any particular genre when it comes to music. I like everything from heavy metal, like Metallica, to Celtic and country. It simply has to be good music, and this album was my 1st exposure to Joe Bonamassa.
Bonamassa's "Wish I was in Richmond" was sent to me as a joke (because I was away from home on an extended business trip). The talent of the singer so impressed me , that I went to the person who sent me the song and asked to listen to the entire album. Not only did I go straight to Amazon and place this album in my cart, within a couple of days listening to this CD, I bought 3 additional Bonamassa albums.
Bonamassa's talent on the guitar is clean and uncluttered. You will hear no scratchy stings whine. His voice is not uncommon but the passion and depth of emotion he puts into the delivery can not help but move you. On certain songs, the voice and guitar combined touches even the deepest, darkest and most frozen places. If this is not his best album then I am looking very forward to the arrival of the other 3.... He is an amazing talent. Another note about this reviewer... the only other Blues artists I own are Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Clapton and Bonnie Rait (at least I think they are blues artists).
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Summary: Awesome Guitar
Comment: If you love rock and roll and blues rock in particular - you have got to get anything by this guy. After you listen to the audio cd get the dvd "Live at Rock Palace".
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Summary: Blues Deluxe
Comment: Joe Bonamassa is the greatest guitarist no one's ever heard of.
At this point in his career he should be filling hockey arenas, It's a shame that the American public has become mindless drones of one hit internet wonders who are forgotten in 6 weeks, when a pure musical genius like Joe is out there caressing our ears with the sweet sounds of a well played guitar.
My favorites on the CD are Around the Bend, Sloe Gin, Ball Peen Hammer and Richmond.
He does an awesome version of Bad Company's Seagull. Catch Tim Curry's original rendition of Sloe Gin on YouTube and you'll see why no one heard of Sloe Gin before Bonamassa did it. (Curry's over emoting is comical but doesn't do the song justice.)
I have traveled from LI to New Haven to see Joe, this year we'll see him at BB KIngs in October for the second time. My wife and I will be at more shows after that as well, because as great as he sounds on Sloe Gin he's even MORE impressive on stage.
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