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Bonamassa was born in New Hartford, New York, and grew up in Utica, New York. [11] [12] He is of Italian descent. [13]He started playing guitar at age four, encouraged by his father, who was an avid music fan and exposed him to British blues rock records by Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, greatly inspiring him.
The discography of Joe Bonamassa, an American blues rock musician, consists of 16 studio albums, 20 live albums, three collaboration albums, 57 singles (50 as a lead artist and seven as a featured artist), 15 video albums, 13 music videos and 54 other appearances.
The music website Allmusic gave The Ballad of John Henry four out of five stars, with its reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine claiming that "everything that [Bonamassa]'s dabbled with on previous albums is pulled together here, making for his most varied album and possibly his best, even if that heaviness means that it's not necessarily the easiest to enjoy".
Redemption holds a Metacritic score of 69 out of 100 based on 4 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews. [2]The album ranked No. 26 on the US Billboard 200, [3] No. 2 on Top Rock Albums, [4] and No. 1 on the Blues Albums chart.
Born in Brooklyn, Rojas toured the world with David Bowie from 1983 through 1987, playing bass on "Let's Dance", "China Girl", "Modern Love" and "Blue Jean". [1] Live DVDs include Serious Moonlight (1983) and Glass Spider (1987).
Dion was born to an Italian-American family in the Bronx, New York. [30] He accompanied his father, Pasquale DiMucci (a vaudeville entertainer), on tour as a child. He developed a love of country music, particularly the work of Hank Williams.
Gerry O'Connor (born 21 July 1960 in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland) is a traditional tenor banjo player. As Earl Hitchener (music critic for the Wall Street Journal) said, Gerry O'Connor can be considered at the moment "the single best four string banjoist in the history of Irish Music". [1]