Joe Bonamassa

Bonamassa could play the blues before he could drive a car. He first heard Stevie Ray Vaughan at age four and was instantly taken by Vaughan's thirsty powered playing. By age eight, he opened for B.B. King, and at age 12, he was playing regularly. Joe’s latest CD, entitled Had To Cry Today, mixes original and classic blues, incorporating influences of Chicago, Delta and British blues into something wholly unique and electric.

Born in upstate New York, Joe Bonamassa started playing on a short scale Chiquita guitar at the age of four, graduating... more