Joe Bonamassa Beacon Theatre Live from New York featuring guest appearences from Paul Rodgers, Beth Hart and John Hiatt
RELEASED ON CD AND VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME!
UK RELEASE: MONDAY 24th SEPTEMBER 2012
Joe Bonamassa: Beacon Theatre – Live From New York’ is released as a 2-CD and double vinyl album for the very first time. The double live album features 20 stunning tracks that spans Bonamassa's career with smoky vocals complementing the guitar wizardry and rapid-fingered ease with which his fans know and love.
Alongside the great chemistry he shares with his band mates Carmine Rojas (bass), Tal Bergman (drums) and Rick Melick (keyboards), the Beacon Theatre concert double live album is an exhilarating listening experience from start to finish.
Bonamassa kicks the festivities off with 72nd St. Subway Blues, followed by Slow Train, from 2011's solo album Dust Bowl, plus fan favourites Cradle Rock, Midnight Blues, Dust Bowl, When The Fire Hits The Sea, Bird On A Wire, Blue & Evil, Mountain Time, and many more.
Former lead singer of Free and Bad Company, Paul Rodgers is featured on the tracks Fire And Water and Walk In My Shadows.
Beth Hart joins Bonamassa on stage for soulful duets on I'll Take Care of You and Sinner's Prayer, which is featured on the recent duet album Don't Explain – a collection of iconic soul covers Hart recorded with Bonamassa.
John Hiatt, a Nashville Music Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and American Music Award (AMA) winner, joins Bonamassa for a rendition of Down Around My Place and I Know A Place.
"This show is a testament to an artist at the top of his game, and still growing," says Bonamassa’s producer Kevin Shirley. "Soulful songstress Beth Hart digs deep on a couple of songs with Joe from their duet album, and music legends John Hiatt and Paul Rodgers get up alongside Joe. The interactions are a joy to behold."
The Beacon Theatre double live album precedes Bonamassa's upcoming
London March 2013 Concerts including the Borderline (March 26), o2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire (March 27), Hammersmith Apollo (March 28), and Royal Albert Hall (March 30).
In 2011, the Beacon Theatre concert capped a year of achievements for Bonamassa the blues rock titan. At that time, his 12th solo album Dust Bowl debuted at #1 on Billboard's Blues Chart and #37 on Billboard's Top 200, making it his highest-selling and chart-ranking U.S. debut to date.
The album charted #12 in the UK, and was nominated for a 2012 Blues Music Award (Best Blues Rock Album). Bonamassa was honoured as 2011's Guitarist of the Year by Guitar International. In January 2012, Bonamassa graced the front cover of Classic Rock which created major impact outside of the blues arena.
On May 27th, 2012, Bonamassa’s 13th solo album, Driving Towards The Daylight entered the Official UK Album Chart at #2.
