Bonamassa's career began onstage opening for B.B. King in 1989, when he was only 12 years old. Today, he is hailed worldwide as one of the greatest guitar players of his generation, and is an ever-evolving singer-songwriter who has released 28 solo albums since 2000, all on his own label, J&R Adventures.

Bonamassa's tour schedule consistently hovers at around 200 shows worldwide each year, and a heaping handful of markedly diverse side projects keep him thinking outside the box and flexing every musical muscle he's got.

There's a case to be made that Joe Bonamassa, like another star who shared the same initials, is the hardest working man in show business.