Joe Bonamassa Official - "Motherless Children" - British Blues Explosion Live 

Here I am ....an 80 year old man still enjoying’ R n R, and Blues......go figure!😮😅😊

Oh yeah, windows down, stereo blasting, Saturday morning driving Blue's! Classy, classy, classy act! Thanks Joe and gang!

I like Clapton, and I really like Joe. So personally and in my opinion I believe that Joe plays just as well as Clapton.

nobody like Joe...man! Eric knows this guy earns the right to Claptonize!

Man…joe brings it all the time.

I first heard this song on RU-vid a few years ago performed by Blind Willie Johnson back in the 1920s. I always thought Blind Willie truly captured the devastating loss a child feels when he has lost his mother. I may have felt that way because I knew Willie had suffered that fate himself. Not sure what it was, the raspy voice, the vocal warble, a certain pathos maybe? Having lost my own mother to death when I was 9 years old, and having lived here-and-there throughout childhood due to family hardship and instability, I knew Blind Willie’s feeling firsthand. Deeply alone and deeply forlorn. Deep pain. There’s a fine line to walk between respectful song and rocking it up just for fun. I think Joe does a very good job of walking that line of respectful feeling, Clapton’s version is too upbeat for me, but Blind Willie Johnson does it best of all. Ralph Stanley did a great version too. I also like Bob Dylan’s rendition. Joe’s music is one of the loves of my life, and Joe always does a fine job....always love his performances. I can truthfully say that the death of a loving mother is something you never get over exactly…you just get on with life…but that experience of deep childhood loss is always there, and I’m in my late seventies.

Awesome rendition of Clapton's version of this song. What a guitar player and what a band !!!!

Excellent song for him to cover. I can drive from Michigan to Florida and not get bored listening to it. Go Joe.

This "British Blues Explosion" is looking a whole lot like the Joe Bonamassa i fell in love with. On pins & needles 🤓🤓 STAY COOL!!!

Love the Allman Bros. flare at the end ....Magic!!!

Hell yeah!

Help yeah!!!

The darkest most twisted Summer tune ever.

Beautiful!. Joe's carrying the flag, really well.

Reese Wynans on Keys has played with Two of the Best .. SRV & Smokin Joe !!

Grande! Maestro, quando vieni in Italia, vienici a trovare!!!

Archbishop of Canterbury playing the drums. Rock On Monk!

The drummer should listen Steve Jordan with EC on this tune...

they not dancing because they cannot move...mesmerized were not expecting the perfection they are witnessing...

This blues compilation is Joe at his best.

Just awesome!! I love this song and JB killed it. Anton Figg on the drums is from another planet. That dude is just unreal.

On the other hand...what can I say....then there is this...Lord have mercy...Rock on children😊😊😊😊

THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER!!!

STILL WAITING ON THE CD’S OF THIS THATS HOW MUCH I ENJOYED IT

Joe and the boys have a great energy! Never a dull moment...❤️🇨🇦❤️👍❤️🇨🇦🎸🎸🤘🤘🍻🇨🇦❤️

Joe is awesome.

Joe Bonamassa ... the king of mélody !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOD would approve! \m/

Nice Joe👍👍👍👍👍

My God that tone...damn!

Awesome guys thank you The Vermonter

really nice job of an ec classic

In the middle of the afternoon, to a sedate older crowd, Joe and the band raise the bar again with a perfectly executed, thoughtful set. Amazing musicianship and, as always, quality JB video. Covers always appreciated! (and, yes, he is TBE).

Hell of a nice version. As EC is winding down Joe is doing a great job of taking care of business.

awesome guitarist

Very nice sound! Sorry I wasn't there.

A perfectionist indeed! 🤟🥴🤟

Gives great summer morning feel. Love it.

Great jam. Love the guitar work.

It's great to see someone take their 54/55 Strat outside for a little gig time...think it still has the original 3-way too, he gets it right in between for the quack...nice. Anton nails a difficult run too, pros everyone.

Wunderfull Song Thx to Joe and Band!!

Crowd looks dead? What's wrong with these people? I would be jumping up and down and hollering like hell! Go Joe!

Sweet sweet tone!

Perfect as always! Thank you Joe 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Brilliant, Cool 😎

So enjoyed to listened Joe& band

Guitar Virtuoso... Perfection.

J'aime cette version :)

Joe at his best

I like how he makes it sound like a slide without it being

I own this DVD and no sooner had it got 3 songs into it and I said to my wife "Joe is on fire!" So I don't know about these reviews saying otherwise. What does God have planned next for Joe?

Brillant Joe and his band !!!!

hell yeah

Love this version

Great Joe!!Nice sound!!🔥🎶❤

Magia pura Joe

Great Job Joe..

Great song; great performance Joe!

F'n perfect

Best.Happy birthday and new tops.

Awesome dude!

yaaahoooo

Mr. Reese Wynans!!!

Dios mio. Desde que te oí por primera vez me volaste la cabeza joe

Love Joe's rendition BUT.....EC plays it with a bit more bite and raw emotion on the strat.....and of course the slide.

from first time I heard this tune was when it came out by Clapton, if you want an idea what blues is this is a song about motherless children but when you listen it makes you feel good...just is..is like something inside you gets it....or not I suppose! :)

Technically wonderful, tonally wonderful. In my opinion could have done with a bit more energy and tempo à la Clapton in San Diego… Great playing all the same

No slide? The slide was the main feature of the original for me. 2 guitars... someone could have played it.

Nice sound! :)

This is the most kick ass version I’ve ever heard

Nice 'Brownie' strat . I wonder if its the fender reissue or a very old one ? 🎸

Great camera work, nice cover.

The thumbnail shows joe play a burst! I wasn't disappointed with the hardtail though.

Man! Shoutout to the epic stank face on the bass player!

Oh geez, for real? For REAL??

Wonder why Joe didn't play it on slide the way Clapton did on the original ? Good version though ! 🎸

His voice is killer in this song , spot on perfect

Damn.!

Besser kann man motherless children musikalisch nicht rüberbringen = super Lied

Man erkennt Förmlich die Freude an der Music Das hat nichts mehr mit Geld zuverdienen zu tun .Das macht den Jungs Spass und das Hört und erkennt man.

Just a suggestion to my favorite rock drummer in my favorite blues/rock band: Anton, although I love that big ol' wooden snare's tone, methinks you'd get a kick out of tuning it up a little bit higher or mayhaps a second snare, shallow and metal for the bright snap that I'll bet you'd love... well anyways I'd love to see/hear what you'd do with it. cheers

Best version of this song dare to say better than Eric ...

kralj

Boy, that's the way a Stratocaster ought to sound ...

nobody better on guitar check out his very first group bloodline from mid 90s sadly been out of print for years. reese wynans also played keys on 2nd album by the great Captain Beyond.

all you people MAKE BLUES , NOT WAR !

HEY JOE LETS START A CROWD FUND AND BUY GIBSON < I will chip in

lifeless joe....

Is that the David Letterman drummer? Anton fig.

WHO IS SINGING WITH JOE?

UGH! this audience! Stand up and dance around for crying out loud!

Why no slide?

Does Joe do his own music or is he only a cover guy ?

way miles to Eric, said apart bout a'original

Can Joe not play slide?

Watch the drum break at 1:27. What a groove! Former drummer from David Letterman show (Anton Fig), for those dont' recognize him. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Fig

Joe does the song better then Eric Clapton! And he doesn't even use a slide

Who is the singer? 👍

Is the sideman guitarist now in the band for good ??

Yet the crowd remained inert.