Joe Bonamassa "British Blues Explosion"

Octahedron

OK...
My feelings toward Joe Bonamassa are mostly that he puts out too much material, I don't normally like live albums and Kevin Shirley effectively puts Bonamassa in a box and stifles his creativity.

However unoriginal another live album comprising entirely of covers may be for a blues artist, I thought I'd give it a go. 

Results are both pleasing and surprising. 
I actually didn't listen to it once through and dismiss it. I didn't even glance over it and go "it's just another live CD in the pile". No, I actually listened to it several times already and like it. 

The overall sound and vibe is better than even the "Live at the Greek" album. I have no idea why I was even drawn to it but it's great and I found the songs were not a 'chore' to listen to.

RandallFlagg

I like it, I think the choice of songs is pretty tasteful and he bangs out some excellent versions. Needless to say his guitars all sound excellent.

MagicPigDetective

Superb driving album. None of the bombastic cheesy numbers on his studio albums. Just a lot of great guitar playing and damn fine solos. 

mburekenge

Will give it a listen. He's an excellent player but his original stuff doesn't really do it for me. Love checking his stuff on Youtube/Instagram though.

rlw

And the sound you get from the cd is about the same as being there - best live sound ever I think.

RandallFlagg

rlw said:

And the sound you get from the cd is about the same as being there - best live sound ever I think.

I agree, JB's latest live albums have had amazing sound quality, I reckon those perspex screens in front of his amps really help with getting a great recorded tone.

rlw

We had very good seats seven rows back from the front - honestly, you could have been listening to a hi-fi; the sound was soooooo good.