Joe Bonamassa Critic Pick

Bonamassa Brings Down The Thunder

(*Note: This is an old article from 2008 that I lost in a computer crash. I found a copy and am now reposting it.)

The thunder rolled and the skies darkened menacingly on June 22nd as Joe Bonamassa took to the stage as the last act capping off Fraze Pavilion's Blues Fest. Perhaps it was out of jealously as the shearing blues riffs that Bonamassa coaxes from his guitar rival that of nature's fury. Bonamassa incorporates the fluid fusion of Delta blues, the early British Invasion's guitar virtuosos with the gritty juke joint rock and roll style of America.. Touring in support of his his latest albums, Sloe Gin and the recently released Live From Nowhere In Particular, Bonamassa is the firebrand of the new American blues.

The rescheduled show is slated for Monday, August 18 at the Fraze Pavilion. All previously purchased tickets for the June 22nd show will be honored and additional tickets are also available for purchase for $20 general admission. Box dinners are also available for this event.

(This article was originally published in the August 13, 2008 edition of the Dayton City Paper.)