Joe Bonamassa: The Best Living Guitarist You've Never Heard Of...

This guy has been my favorite for a few years now and now hopefully finally getting his due...check him out if you haven't before...

Joe Bonamassa: The Best Living Guitarist You've Never Heard Of...

Brian Ross
Writer, Journalist, Documentarian, and Political Satirist
Posted: December 11, 2010 02:52 PM


Joe Bonamassa is to the blues-rock guitar what a tsunami is to a coastline: A devastating force of nature to be reckoned with. Easily one of the top guitarists living, he could go toe-to-toe with Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimi Hendrix. So why haven't you heard of him?

He opened for B.B. King at the age of 12, and has played with Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Foreigner, Robert Cray, Stephen Stills, Joe Cocker, Gregg Allman, Steve Winwood, Paul Jones, Ted Nugent, Warren Haynes, and Derek Trucks, to name a few.

Brian Ross: Joe Bonamassa: The Best Living Guitarist You've Never Heard Of...

 

This is why no one has heard of the guy, he plays with real musicians.

 

That video embedded in the story where he plays with Clapton makes it look like he's giving Sir Eric a guitar lesson.