Joe Bonamassa

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Joe Bonamassa was born May 8, 1977 in New Hartford, New York, US. His parents owned and ran a guitar shop. He first heard Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix at age four. By age eight he opened for B.B. King, and at age 12 he was playing regularly around New York.
At 14, he was invited to attend a Fender guitar event and during that trip to the West Coast he met Berry Oakley. Together they founded the group Bloodline with Miles Davis's son Erin and Robby Krieger's son Waylon. Since then Bonamassa played with other greats musicians including Buddy Guy, Foreigner, Robert Cray, Stephen Stills, Joe Cocker, Gregg Allman, Steve Winwood, Paul Jones, Ted Nugent, Warren Haynes, Eric Clapton, and Derek Trucks.
At the Royal Albert Hall gig 4 May 2009, Bonamassa stated that the first song that he learned to play was "Further on Up the Road" and he then introduced Eric Clapton and together they performed the song, which Joe had been featuring on his current tour.
In March 2011, Bonamassa released his eleventh full-length solo album, titled Dust Bowl.

Official website: www.jbonamassa.com

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