Blues Deluxe
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 | Product Details: Release Date: 30 May 2005 Record Label: Provogue Rating:  Sales Rank: 4870 | | Look for similar items by category:
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| | Customer Reviews: yes he is an outstanding guitarist but the album is patchy (26 November 2008)I don't think every track on here stands up. my problem is that track 3-'Blues Deluxe' is absolutely amazing and sets the bar too high for the rest - this has got to be one of the all time great blues guitar solos ( I'm surprised it's not singled out in other reviews) and has real nuance and subtlety as it builds up, with great contribution from bass and drums, to a soaring climax ( with one of the best pauses you will ever 'hear' ! ). There are few guitarists that can sound as potent as Bonamassa does on this number. My other two favourites are the other two slow numbers 'I don't Live Anywhere' and Long Distance Blues' . Walking Blues has some nice harmonica. The band always play well and the production is excellent , but the uptempo numbers were just not memorable for me - sorry - I've listened to two of his other albums as well and I thought the material was similarly patchy . Nothing wrong with the playing - they just need some better songs. defining album (18 October 2008)I discovered Bonamassa for myself not long ago with the 2008 "live from nowhere in particular" and immediately bought his other albums. Among the latter this one just stands out head and shoulders! Blues/Rock artists are thirteen a dozen these days, but Joe is special. He has got an amazing musical range, masters the guitar like god, but THIS album did for me what Texas Flood (from SRV) did many years ago. This is a pure blues album, covers all from acoustics to slide, from fast to slow, and there is not one weak song. Honestly I have thousands of blues CD's and I think these days it is not easy to come up with something that just has not been done before. But Bonamassa amazed me, he is special, he really seems to have the blues inside him, and he deserves the hype around him. I RECOMMEND this Cd without reservaton to all blues fans. BE SUPRISED! (06 August 2008)I have a wide musical taste but my first love is blues. Knowing that he is normally a rock man,he like many others go back to blues. All i will say is,if you are a Blues fan...buy it. Jo reminds me of a modern day Johnny Winter(much,much underated guitar player by many)not only of electric but slide and acoustic. I still have the fist vynil album i ever bought in 1968 by Johnny....still a stunning album!!...this will join ranks. Along with great voice,stunning guitar some very nice harp playing on this CD. Just wish i had that much talent when i was his age!! Jo comes up trumps for sure.... Blues Deluxe Joe Bonammasa (27 December 2007)5* Album Best blues guiterist on the planet a present. See him live to fully apreciate. Just buy the album & dream of being able to play half as good if you can then you will be an excellent guitarist definitely deluxe (19 January 2007)I first heard Joe Bonamassa on Paul Jones' fabulous BBC2 program [thanks to the good ol' internet]. I ordered "You and Me" immediately and loved it. Craved more so decided to get "Blues Deluxe" sent over. WEEEELLL...... I know comparisons at this level are a little meaningless but this album challenges my view that Stevie Ray Vaughan is as good as it gets. Every track is a cracker. What impresses me about Joe is his versatility- there's the hard rockin' electric stuff, acoustic magic, sweet slide... I mean, where does this guy end? He ends with "Mumbling Word", track 12, a luscious piece of classic blues with that lovely tinny Dobro sound [although the sleeve notes don't mention a Dobro, maybe it's that 1936 Gibson?]. Do yourself a favor, treat your ears to some of the most deluxe blues you'll ever hear!!!! 5 stars? Make it ten! |
