Joe Bonamassa - Blues of Desperation

180g Vinyl Double LP of 2016 Studio Solo Album!

GRAMMY-nominated blues-rock guitar icon Joe Bonamassa releases his studio solo album, Blues of Desperation out on J&R Adventures. Like his previous solo disc, 2014's Top 10 Billboard hit Different Shades of Blue, this record features all-original material, and it sees the maverick superstar guitarist, singer and songwriter tossing away the rule book as he continues to reinvent and redefine the blues-rock genre like no other artist working today.

Packed with unparalleled musicianship and teeming with the most enthralling collection of songs in Bonamassa’s career, Blues of Desperation is guaranteed to knock out critics and fans alike. By exceeding his own vertiginously high artistic goals, Bonamassa is bound to shatter all other expectations with this record and reach new audiences.

Bonamassa and his longtime producer Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Journey) convened at Nashville's Grand Victor Sound Studios (formerly known as RCA Studio A), and during an intense, five-day period they recorded 11 galvanizing songs with a crack group of musicians including drummers Anton Fig and Greg Morrow, bassist Michael Rhodes, keyboardist Reese Wynans, horn players Lee Thornburg, Paulie Cerra and Mark Douthit, and background singers Mahalia Barnes, Jade McRae and Juanita Tippins.

Blues of Desperation is Bonamassa's most powerfully diverse and boldly realized album yet, with the material ranging from the gutsy, gritty blues call to arms of "This Train" (Joe's guitar is set to "rude" throughout) to the elegant yet emotionally shattering ballad "What I've Known for a Very Long Time" to the soul-nourishing, acoustic-based Americana of "The Valley Runs Low," on which Bonamassa's voice rises up majestically to meet Barnes, McRae and Tippins in gospel-like rapture. And then there's the bleary, tequila-soaked "Drive," dripping with the kind of raw, wicked and unsettling sensuality that could make David Lynch green with envy.

Throughout the record, Bonamassa's epic guitar playing conjures up stirring benedictions and explosive exorcisms of sound.

Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• Double LP
• Gatefold jacket
• Includes limited time download card

Selections:
LP 1
Side A:
1. This Train
2. Mountain Climbing
3. Drive
Side B:
4. No Good Place For the Lonely
5. Blues of Desperation

LP 2
Side C:
6. The Valley Runs Low
7. You Left Me Nothin' But The Bill and The Blues
8. Distant Lonesome Train
Side D:
9. How Deep This River Runs
10. Livin' Easy
11. What I've Known For A Very Long Time