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Internationally renowned guitar superstar Joe Bonamassa is pleased to announce that his lucky 13th studio album Driving Towards The Daylight will be released in the UK on Monday 21st May by Provogue Records.<\/p>\n
Internationally renowned guitar superstar Joe Bonamassa is pleased to announce that his lucky 13th studio album Driving Towards The Daylight will be released in the UK on Monday 21st May by Provogue Records.<\/p>\n
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Recorded at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, CA and Studio at the Palms in Las Vegas, NV, Driving Towards The Daylight is a balanced and back-to-basics album that highlights Bonamassa\u2019s signature style of blues, roots, and rock & roll.<\/p>\n
Driving Towards The Daylight was produced by Kevin \u201cCaveman\u201d Shirley (Black Crowes, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin), making this Bonamassa and Shirley\u2019s seventh album collaboration in six years.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve taken some really traditional old blues songs \u2013 the Howlin\u2019 Wolf song \u2018Who\u2019s Been Talkin\u2019 and Robert Johnson\u2019s \u2018Stones In My Passway,\u2019\u201d says Shirley, \u201cand we\u2019ve tried to imagine how they would do them in a rock context. It\u2019s a very exciting return to the blues in a very visceral way. It\u2019s vibrant and it\u2019s gutsy and it\u2019s really, really rugged.\u201d<\/p>\n
o move Joe out of his comfort zone, a unique group of musicians was assembled, including Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford (guitar), Blondie Chaplin (guitar), Anton Fig (drums and percussion), Arlan Schierbaum (keyboard), Michael Rhodes (bass), Carmine Rojas (bass), Jeff Bova and The Bovaland Brass, Pat Thrall (guitar), and Whitford\u2019s son Harrison Whitford (guitar).<\/p>\n
Brad Whitford, speaking from the studio in Vegas, said, \u201cThis is definitely more influenced by the stuff that the guys and musicians in this room love, early \u201860s English and American rock and blues. I guess we\u2019ll never get that out of our system and its fun to come in here and find our own path down that highway.\u201d<\/p>\n
The album features four Bonamassa-penned originals including the bruising opener Dislocated Boy, the road warrior\u2019s title track Driving Towards The Daylight, Heavenly Soul, and Somewhere Trouble Don\u2019t Go.<\/p>\n
Other tracks include Bonamassa\u2019s versions of Tom Waits\u2019 New Coat Of Paint, Bill Withers\u2019 Lonely Town Lonely Street, Bernie Marsden\u2019s A Place In My Heart, and Willie Dixon\u2019s All I Need. On the album closer, Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes sings lead vocals on his 1987 hit Too Much Ain’t Enough Love.<\/p>\n
Premiering today, and continuing each week for ten episodes is “Countdown To Daylight”, the new reality series of 3-4 minute webisodes, featuring interviews with Joe and his band as well as behind-the-scenes footage of the band recording Driving Towards The Daylight in the studio. Tune in every Friday for a new episode on Joe\u2019s official YouTube channel.<\/p>\n
Currently available on DVD and Blu-ray is Joe Bonamassa: Beacon Theatre \u2013 Live From New York, which showcases a stunning sold-out two-night performance at New York City\u2019s legendary Beacon Theatre, recorded in November 2011.<\/p>\n
Source: www.jbonamassa.com<\/p>\n
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