Joe Bonamassa

Joe Bonamassa performs live on stage at the Holland International Blues Festival in Grolloo, Netherlands, on June 9, 2018. — Joe Bonamassa: This Was the Hardest Thing for Me to Get the Hang of on Guitar The blues guitar master opens up about something he struggled with early on in his playing journey.

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Joe Bonamassa Announces New Album, 'Royal Tea'

By Jackson Maxwell

The Abbey Road-recorded blues-rock bonanza features Bernie Marsden, Reese Wynans and more.

Joe Bonamassa on the Sleep Eazys, the Philosophy of Gear Collecting and Nailing Link Wray's Tone

By Mark McStea

Joe Bonamassa repays a 30-year-old favor with an instrumental guitar album cut in The Humbler’s style.

12-Year-Old Joe Bonamassa Opens for B.B. King in 1989

By Christopher Scapelliti

“He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met in the music business. He is the blues, the blues is him,” Bonamassa said.

Joe Bonamassa Premieres New Song, “A Conversation With Alice”

By Jackson Maxwell

The deeply personal new song is the first single from Bonamassa's as-yet-untitled new album, which was recorded at Abbey Road

Build Virtuoso Chops: Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert and Six Others Show You How

By Dale Turner

Steve Vai, Mark Tremonti, Joe Bonamassa, Mike Stern, Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, Alex Skolnick, Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson provide you with short exercises that will help you build virtuoso chops.

Joe Bonamassa Shares His Pick of His Rare Les Pauls and Other Guitars

By Guitar Player Staff

See—and get the stories behind—three of Joe's Les Paul "bursts" and other rare and valuable guitars.

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