GRAMMY-nominated blues-rock guitar icon Joe Bonamassa announces today
his brand-new studio solo album, Blues Of Desperation (Provogue), will
be released March 25, 2016. Like his previous solo disc, 2014's Top 10
Billboard hit Different Shades of Blue, the new album 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 long-time 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.
Album Track Listing
1. This Train
2. Mountain Climbing
3. Drive
4. No Good Place For The Lonely
5. Blues Of Desperation
6. The Valley Runs Low
7. You Left Me Nothin' But The Bill And The Blues
8. Distant Lonesome Train
9. How Deep This River Runs
10. Livin' Easy
11. What I've Known For A Very Long Time
Read the official UK press release and download artwork and new photos
- www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/joebonamassa/bluesofdesperation.htm.
See Joe on tour in the UK in March 2016 -
www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/joebonamassa/march2016.htm
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