Joe Bonamassa - The Ballad of John Henry(MP3@320){19glide58}[H33T]

Artist: Joe Bonamassa
Title: The Ballad of John Henry
Label: J&R Adventures
Release Date: 2009
Format: MP3 @ 320 K



Blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa gets up to his usual tricks on THE BALLAD OF JOHN HENRY, dabbling in a variety of genres, but injecting them all with a serious dose of guitar heroics. Like his musical forefather Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bonamassa is both soulful and a shredder, and he brings those qualities to tracks like Tom Waits's "Jockey Full of Bourbon," Ike & Tina Turner's "Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter," and a handful of rock and blues-fused originals. Bonamassa has a progressive sensibility, but that never keeps him, on any of BALLAD's 12 tracks, from rocking like no one's business.

Recording information: The Document Room, Malibu, CA.

Track List:
01. Ballad of John Henry, The
02. Stop!
03. Last Kiss
04. Jockey Full of Bourbon
05. Story of a Quarryman
06. Lonesome Road Blues
07. Happier Times
08. Feelin' Good
09. Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter
10. Great Flood, The
11. From the Valley
12. As the Crow Flies

Personnel:
Joe Bonamassa - vocals, guitar
David Woodford - saxophone
Lee Thornburg - brass
Rick Melick - keyboards, background vocals
Bogie Bowles, Anton Fig - drums