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If you haven’t Joe Bonamassa with Beth Hart , they toured his Blue’s guitar and her Blues Siren created magic .Absolutely magic.

The double drums is a kickback to the Allman Brothers band in the 60's! If you want to head down that hole it's deep! Great guitar and Greg Allman's voice is(was) one iconic to the rock and blues, legendary!!

Make it a point to go to one of his shows! The whole show will blow your doors off!

As others immediately commented check him out with Beth Hart live in Amsterdam. Two enormous talents that just fit perfectly together on stage.

This was the concert that set his career on fire. That cd has incredible audio and video. According to Bonamassa himself, his entire career was on the line for this concert. He fronted the money. If he failed that night which he did not. No one would be talking about him. Bonamassa was on fire for this entire concert.

Joe’s brilliant. Since you inquired about 2 drummers, check out the Allman Brothers Band. In addition to 2 drummers, they have 2 lead guitarists. Great rabbit hole also.

I would love to see him perform in person

YOU NEED TO HEAR JOE WITH BETH HART!!!! BEEN BEGGING FOR THIS FOR YEARS, JOE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST!!! ADD BETH TO THE MIXTURE AND IT'S PURE FIRE, HER SONGS: I'LL TAKE OF CARE YOU, I'D RATHER GO BLIND, AND CAUGHT OUT IN THE RAIN JUST TO NAME A FEW....BEEN ASKING FOR YOU TO REVIEW THE 2 OF THEM TOGETHER FOR 2 YEARS NOW, TRUST ME, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!!!!!

A few bands have used double drums. The Alman Brothers and 38 Special to start with.

I remember seeing a media piece about him back in the 1990’s when he was in middle school. He started guitar at the age of 4 or 5 after watching his father’s Cream concert videos. He decided he wanted to play like Clapton. When this piece was done he was opening for BB King. I lost track of him and found him again 10 or 12 yrs ago. He’s never won a Grammy because he doesn’t play the music industry’s game. You should check out Joe with Beth Hart Live- “I’ll Take Care of You “ and “I’d Rather Go Blind”. Not only will you love his performances, you will be blown away by her voice. They’re both incredible. Joe also has an acoustic album “Live at the Vienna Opera House”. It’s one of my favorites.

The Allman Brothers and The Doobie Brothers both had two drummer's.

Joe is an amazing performer. I have seen him in concert 4 times, the most recent just last month. He keeps getting better! I think he is the best living blues guitarist performing today. If you can, definitely go see him. And he always has some of the world's best musicians on stage with him. In this video, the drummer in the black beret is Anton Fig, who is best known for his 20+ years with Paul Shaffer's band on David Letterman's Late Show. I believe the bassist in this performance is the late Michael Rhodes , "the most recorded bassist in Nashville history". If you see Joe in February, you will also most likely see the amazing Reese Wynans on keyboard. Reese is a hall of fame inductee for his work with Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble. Just seeing Reese play is worth the price of admission. The man is a beast on the keys!

Check out Joe with Jimmy Barnes (aussie legend) " STONE COLD"-----or check out joe "The Heart never waits" live.......and the ultimate "Joe with Beth hart" I'd rather go Blind" ....yes this man is a Living legend.......BB King heard him play and ASK him to join him on tour!!! He has 2 drummers, the Key boards "organ"---was previously owned by SRV--- His whole team is fire.....

his keyboardist is Reese from SRV Double Trouble

Well you have found an enormous rabbit hole now!! Check out a recent song called Redemption

This is not one of his blues songs but most of his music is. Also check out "Going Down"

That was the Encore!!!!! IT'S A ZZ TOP COVER WITH HEARTBREAKER ZEPPELIN SOLO THROWN IN..

Check out Joe Bonamossa and Beth Hart live in Amsterdam doing I'd rather go blind. Pure gold blues ❤

That concert was from 2009 at The Royal Albert Hall. Check out Mountain time from the same show. Also Slo Gin at Red Rocks. And anything with Beth Hart. He's a monster and has to be seen to be believed.

He was playing B.B. King's guitar , part of his collection , Not only does he collect them ,,, he plays them !!!

Bro you’ve got to check out the Joe Bonamassa with Beth Hart videos! They are incredible

he does a cover of Deep Purple "Lazy" that is a must see!!!

I love Joe, & yes, he does do the blues, blues!

Check out that tribute to Zep's "Dazed and Confused" in the middle... RESPECT to Page and John Paul Jones and two drummers to imitate Bonham R.I.P. .... You know this song alone makes it necessary for you to do a full dive into the Led Zeppelin rabbit hole... thumbs up and subbed👍

I missed him here in WI this past year. The last time I missed seeing a great guitarist, it was SRV! Never miss an opportunity because you might never get another chance.

Royal albert hall is best, 2 dvd set, lg tv surround sound, play it loud ,youll empress your whole party. He,s amazing

Best guitarist imo. Please react to his performance with Beth Hart “I’ll Take Care of You,” Beacon Theater New York.

Doobie Brothers always toured with 2 drummers. I've seen Joe twice, both times he only had one drummer. He puts on a great show.

I have seen Joe in concert 3 times and he is truly amazing.

JAMES BROWN, DOOBIE BROTHERS, ALLMAN BROTHERS, GRATEFUL DEAD, 38 SPECIAL, MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, ETC. Had /have two drummers. I'm sure there are more but thats all I could think of.

Love Joe vocals in, I'll play the blues for you

check out joe and beth hart live from royal albert hall amazing blues

I've seen him in London one of the greatest blues guitarist ever amazing

Saying best guitarist is like picking the best page from your favorite book .There are many bests Joe is defitely one of them if you watch enough he will do a Rory song with a Rory guitar

You noticed all those guitars. Well thts becaause Joe owns a huge collection of vintage guitars. Not sure but that flying V might be Albert King. He rareeelly uses the same guitar twice in concert. His work with Beth Hrt is legendary. I dare you to find a song by him thaaat doesnt blow your socks off. Ill plaay the Blues for you is a good one Another guitar god I left a reqwuest for is Roy Bucannon who wrotee the Messiah will come agin thats Gary Moore did. Ill be sending you more guitar players in the future if you like Nice deep review as alwaays thaanks a lot Bye the way Ive seen him 4 times and every time and song was a treat. You never know what he will play as he allso likes to do tributes to other guitarists like Jimmy Page in the one we jusr saw. He is mainly however a Blues man

Carmine Rojas on bass. Toured twice with David Bowie (serious moonlight and Glass Spiders tours). Carmine has also recorded, toured and played alongside Tina Turner, Keith Richards, Stevie Wonder, Ron Wood, Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Johnson, Peter Frampton, Al Green, Carly Simon, Ian Anderson, Paul Rogers, John Waite, Steve Winwood, Billy Joel, Herbie Hancock, Lee Ritenour, Julian Lennon[2] (Musical Director/Bassist), Richie Sambora, Robert Randolph, Joe Don Rooney, Trace Adkins, Nancy Wilson, John Hiatt, Carole King, Beth Hart, Bobby Womack, Sam Moore, Billy Squier, Rob Hyman & Eric Bazilian, Olivia Newton-John, Michael Hutchence, Bernard Fowler, Blondie Chaplin, Billy Gibbons, Leslie West, Joe Lynn Turner, Carlos Santana, Todd Rundgren, Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, Michael Bolton, Ivan Neville, Allen Toussaint, Phil Ramone, Kevin Shirley, Trevor Horn, Charlie Sexton, Jewel, Brandy, Dave Mason, Mike Patton, Glenn Hughes, Nektar, Belouis Some, Tetsuya Komuro, Hitomi, Ziroq, Modern Primitives, Simranking, Sass Jordan, Alphaville and others.

I have this dvd. In the post show interview he says the reason he kept looking at his fingers is because he cut his fingers 3 times during that song.

Riding with the Kings -- don't miss it !!

15:20 he's looking at a cut on his finger from playing that night. This was the finale. I've seen Joe live six times so far, and I started playing guitar about a year before he was born. He was better at twelve than I am now after playing for almost fifty years.

I'm cracking up because he's smack in the middle of a Dazed and Confused cover and Drew says, "This reminds me of Deep Purple." 🤣 No shame, it's all great stuff!

As a guitar player, been following him since his early days. He was a young phenom with lots of technique, which didn't translate to much feeling when playing, which is normal. Speed does not equal feeling. As he has aged, little by little, some feeling is starting to appear. Seen him many times, each time is getting better, he is finally maturing as a blues player, you can finally sense some feeling. His technique has always been amazing, but he finally becoming a fully rounded blues guy we were hoping for.

Joe was better than his garage band father at age 6, turned pro at 9 years old, and opened 20 shows for BB King at the age of 12. (So, Joe was so good that a legend was happy to share the stage with a middle school kid). Joe worked hard on his singing, but when he really wants someone to do vocals, he looks to BETH fucking HART. They collaborated for 3 albums of blues & soul covers in 2011, 2013, and 2018. They are both fantastic live performers and have very deep discographies, but together they are something special. See separate comment for reaction suggestions.

I haven't rewatched for awhile but i think he comes back out and plays Mountain Time. This was 2009. This was his lifelong dream to play RAH. Clapton came out and played a song with Joe. Clapton was Joe's idol in the beginning when Joe started playing at 4yrs old. Most everything else you hear more blues.

C'mon you didn't notice that was dazed and Confused solo in the middle. Deep Purple? Some. Zeppelin fan you are.

He started playing guitar 🎸 since he was 4, at 9 he was playing music professionally with people 20 years older than him. He is from about 1/2 hour from me. Seen him grow up playing. His keyboardist Resse Wynans was SRV'S keyboardist. RIP Michael Rhodes bass player. It has been reported that Jimi said that about every guitar player he was asked about, example. Johnny Winters, Terry Kath, Billy Gibson Joe has a collection of 400 guitars and amps. The names of groups that used double drums 🥁 is way to long to list.A Joe Bonamassa concert tour performance can last up to three hours. Expect up to 20 songs during the show, plus at least one encore

U MUST DO ALLMAN BROS THEY HAD 3 PERCUSSIONIST!! "NO WAY OUT" Or "Whippin Post Live -Fillmore East. "Midnight Rider "Is One From Gregg, That Will Be Immediate Playlist!! 😎🎸🎶🎵🎶🎤😁🎶

YES! It ALL comes from the blues! You need to check out Joe and Beth Hart in Amsterdam "I'd Rather Go Blind"!!!!

I don't know if there's a musical reason to use two drummers playing the same thing, but it sure looks cool. The drummer with the beret is Anton Fig, and the younger looking one is Bogie Bowles. The bass player is Carmine Rojas and the keyboard player is Rick Melick. This performance is from May of 2009. Yes, this is a cover of a ZZ Top song, with a slide into "communication breakdown" by Led Zeppelin.

Beth and Joe Beth and Joe Beth and Joe What are you waiting for?? Amsterdam live.... My god what a consert ❤❤❤

it's a shame that rolling stone didn't include him in their list of the top 250 guitar players. he belongs in the top 100

This song was a tribute to ZZ top, Jeff Beck and Led Zeppelin. Most of his material is blues. Check out his tribute concert to the "Three Kings" (B.B., Albert and Freddie) at the Greek theater in LA on RU-vid. You'll be glad you did!

Checkout Joe B "I'll Play the Blues For You" also Joe featuring Jimmy Barnes (Stone Cold)

This was taken from his 2009 concert at Royal Albert Hall Check out "Going Down" live from the Greek Theatre

Don't forget to check out Joe's acoustic shows! Tina Guo on the cello on "Woke up dreaming " is something you must hear!

He uses all the guitars. Over a million dollars worth go on the road. Really enjoyed your reaction. Joe is a force.

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That song was ZZTop Just got pa😅id plus Dazed and confused and some others thrown in. That thing he was near that antenna was an instrument called a Theramin. That was recorded 2009 his first time at RAH. The 2 drummers gave the entire sound a different sound to help with filling the hall sound. That bassist is Carmine Rojas he is very accomplished he worked with David Bowie among others. This is an encore of the show. The rest of it you will hear blues in it. Watch "Blues Deluxe" from this same show at RAH 2009. Him and Beth Hart. Also Joe HAD covered many blues artists BUT he ALWAYS gives so much credit and honors those other artist. He has 2 shows paying tribute to Albert King BB King and Freddie King. It was called the 3 King's tour. Then he did another set of showes paying honor to Howlin Wolf and Muddy Waters. He knows and has the greatest honor to play their music. Most of his catalog of 45 albums is mostly his own music. He has had legendary musicians in his band. When he looked down he wasn't looking at his fingernails he was looking at the pick. If you want to see prowess over an instrument check out Live at the Beacon Theater "Woke up dreaming Dreaming" *******One more thing at the Beacon Theater "I'll take Care of you" will not you out! ********* The part where he put jis hand up near the tuners... Nope he actually bent the guitar at that point to get another sound out of it.😊

Another great blues guitarist was Johnny Winter. Jimmie used to name different great guitarist every time they asked him that question. One time he said Johnny Winter

I can see he is impressed with Joe

seen him in concert nov. 1st outstanding performer

Just Got Paid is a ZZ Top cover, in the middle part he does Stratus a song by fusion drummer Billy Cobham before going into Led Zeppelin’s Dazed and Confused. Joe is a guitar collector and has over 500!

2 drummers = twice the POWER!

Thank you sir. Mote Joe please. You won't be disappointed ! Until next time stay well and popping for fresh

A couple of my favorite Joe performances are from his "Live at the Greek Theatre" show. "Angel of Mercy" and "Hummingbird". That show was the final of his "3 Kings" tour, where he featured the music of B.B. King, Albert King, and Freddie King. The whole show rocks!

Just got paid is a cover of a ZZ Top song Joe is incredible and his work with Beth hart on I’d rather go blind is superb and later they do part of a Led Zeppelin song around 17:30

Joe has a lot of guitars that belonged to other great guitarists. The one he's playing in this video, The Flying V, belonged to Albert King. Albert played it left-handed!

😮 It's the subtle things you don't expect that makes this awesome... A lot of things in this you've heard before. It's just a little twist and turns he does different than most guitarists

My introduction to Joe Bonamassa was his guest appearance on Johnny Winters Sweet Sixteen from the album Step back which one a Grammy,a great blues song, to be honest the bit I've heard since doesn't do much for me, not denying his skills,

You mentioned Deep Purple....Joe and Jimmy Barnes did a cover of "Lazy" that is a must watch and listen to!!! Just awesome watching the players enjoying themselves while making beautiful sounds.

Ok, you want "living Guitarist" !! These 2 are on tour together,right now. Steve Vai and Jo Satriani, you are in for a serious treat....

Check out Joe and Jimmy Barnes > Too much love aint enough , the guitar in that is mesmerizing !

Double drummers allows for a layered rhythm experience. One drummer can keep the beat while the other can provide fills and other sounds. Just watch Genesis with Phil Collins and Chester Thompson on "Los Endos" as an example. Other bands that featured two drummers have been Yes, The Allman Brothers, King Crimson, Santana, and The Grateful Dead.

Joe surrounds himself with the best musicians he can find. You should hear him with Beth Hart. One of the finest blues singers alive! Google her! Their concert in Amsterdam was insane.

Way from his best playing the man is a genius

Joe Bonamassa has all of his live concerts available for free on his RU-vid channel. His concerts are balls to the walls, and there's only brief lulls between songs as Joe trades out guitars. I've seen him twice and have tickets to see him again.

Wow…we got a ZZ Top and Led Zeppelin cover medley

This is a cover of zz Top song. Billy Gibbons top tier guitarist. Also check out Billy Strings.

Spit it out !! Brother!!😊

He got the flying V burning 😮

I hear Stevie, Edward, and Jimmy Page.

I've been Bonamassa fan for years. This is more of his rock side. There are many more that are Blues. Many have been mentioned in the comments, especially his collaborations with Beth Hart. Another suggestion is Stone Cold with Jimmy Barnes. Also check out Gary Moore - he unfortunately died in 2011. Another artist to check is Duke Robillard.

Redemption is kick ass and the back up singers are top shelf

You need to see " Woke up dreamin " at Royal Albert Hall and " Midnight Blues " at the Beacon Theatrer.

You need to watch his video Goin Down, live at the Greek Theatre.

Double drums to match the volumn of guitar and bass. He referenced 5 or 6 british players- Gary Moore, Page/ yardbirds, Page Zepplin, Clapton, Yes, Deep Purple, etc.

MMBxMOB: Joe plays much purer blues on many tunes - Midnight Blues, Blues Delux, & others. He plays phenomenal bluesy solos with Beth Hart (I'd Rather Go Blind) as well as more rock such as on this tune & Nasty Gal (Mahalia Barnes vocal) and live performances with Paul Rogers & Government Mule. He's incredibly versatile, but especially good at blues - all of which is why I also think Joe is the greatest living guitarist - but like you said, you need to hear a lot more of him to know what I'm talking about. You might start with Blues Delux Live from Royal Albert Hall.

I saw this man last year at Red Rocks Amphitheater. He was amazing! Check out some of his music with Beth Hart.

This is a ZZ Top song - Just Got Paid & it transitions into Led Zeppelin's song - Dazed and Confused for the last half of the song.

Gotta checkout Joe with Beth Hart “I’ll Take Care of You,” at The Beacon Theater New York. Blues at its finest!

Joe is definitely alive. He comes from upstate New York. He is about 48 years old

If you like Joe, then Sloe Gin Live at Red Rocks is well worth reviewing. One of the best recorded performances of his. Incredible guitar solo and full of musical drama!

You need to hear Sloe Gin or Asking Around for You this guy is the premier bluesman around

Just Got Paid Today is a ZZ Top number. Led Zeplin appears in this montage also. Great performance!

You need to hear "The Ballad of John Henry" and "Dust Bowl".

ZZ Top and Zeppelin, nice!

No you did great...it BON UH MAHSA. He's awesome

Eric Clapton was asked the same question. He said I don't know ask Prince. Check it out 2011 Inglewood Prince purple rain

Got the name right the first time:)

Two drummers simply due to the size of the Albert Hall.

Joe always gives credit to the original artist of the songs he covers.