Ruth Eckerd Hall | 1111 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater, FL | (727)791-7400 | venue website
upcoming show:
artists: JOE BONAMASSA
date: Friday - 11/6/2009
info: 8:00pm (doors 7:00pm)
All Ages
$33 - $51
links:
JOE BONAMASSA | Artist on JamBase | Official Website | Track Artist | Listen
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 to a full-scale guitar at seven. By the time he was 8, Joe was playing the blues like a veteran. "Stevie Ray Vaughn was a huge influence in my early days," says Bonamassa, "but not my only one. I was influenced by all the great blues masters - Duke more ...

Ruth Eckerd Hall | 1111 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater, FL | (727)791-7400 | venue website