Joe Bonamassa, an album to celebrate 100 years of BB King
Last September 16th BB King He would have turned 100. To celebrate the anniversary Joe Bonamassa He announced an album that pays homage to the life and legacy of the King of the Blues. The disc, entitled “BB King’s Blues Summit 100”was produced by Bonamassa himself with Josh Smith and will be published on February 6th.
In total there will be thirty -two of the most famous songs in the Bluesman who passed away on May 14, 2015 at the age of 89. Among those who participated in the album can be mentioned
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Slash, Shemekia Copeland, Marcus King, Kirk
Fletcher, Lankin Poe, Eric Gales, Gary Clark Jr, Warren Haynes, Chris Buck
and also
Buddy Guy
.
Talking about
BB King
,
Joe Bonamassa
He said: “Very few people in music define the genre in which they grow up, BB King is one of these. When BB was alive and active, it was the blues. It was the sun around which all the planets revolved. Only a few artists are the real North who leads the genre in which they participated, but he was that shining star.”
Already in 2021, speaking to Musicradar,
Joe Bonamassa
He expressed his enormous admiration for King when he was asked to list the ten guitarists who had left him speechless. “We are talking about a boy who was able to identify himself with a single note. Those first live recordings of the early 60s:” Live at the Regal “,” Blues is King “… The one for me was the archetype of the electric blues. Together with the quality of the material and its singing, it was simply a tour de force. Of an incredible power.”
The project had the blessing of King’s heirs, with its president,
Vassal Gradington Benford III
who underlined how the inheritance of the deceased Bluesman did not only reside in the music itself, but also in the message that animated her, in her “spirit of love”. “This collection continues its inheritance, so that a new audience can continue to perceive the heart, soul and humanity of the king of the blues.”
When he was a twelve -year -old boy
Joe Bonamassa
opened a concert for
BB King
. “He did me as a mentor. But I was not the only one. All the people in his circle tell the same story about how kind BB and how he hugged the younger generations. The only desire of BB King was: ‘Do everything possible to keep the blues alive’. Well, I hope this album gives a chance to his inheritance and that of blues.”
Tracklist:
Disc 1:
1. Paying the cost to be the boss feat. Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
2. Don’t Answer The Door Feat. Marcus King
3. To know you is to love you feat. Michael McDonald, Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks
4. Let the good times roll feat. Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Noah Hunt
5. Sweet Little Angel feat. Buddy Guy
6. When it all Comes Down (I’m still be Around) feat. Larry McCray
7. When love comes to Town feat. Slash, Shemekia Copeland & Myles Kennedy
8. The Thrill is gone
9. Watch Yourself feat. Jimmie Vaughan
10. Why i Sing the blues feat. Bobby Rush
11. Sweet Sixteen feat. Jimmy Hall & Larry Carlton
12. Don’t you want a man like me feat. Lankin Poe
13. I’m survive feat. KEB ‘Mo’
14. Heartbreaker feat. Trombone Shorty & Eric Gales
15. There Must Be a Better World Somewhere feat. George Benson
16. Chains and Things feat. Gary Clark Jr.
Disc 2:
1. How blue can you get feat. Warren Haynes
2 .. You upset me baby feat. Chris Cain
3. Ghetto Woman feat. Ivan Neville
4. Night Life feat. Paul Rodgers
5. Ain’t nobody home feat. Jade Macrae & Robben Ford
6. Bad case of love feat. Joanne Shaw Taylor
7. Never make a moove too soon feat. Dion
8. Three O’Clock Blues feat. Marc Broussard
9. Think it over feat. Train & Chris Buck
10. It’s My Own Fail Feat. Kim Wilson
11. Every day i have the blues feat. DK Harrell
12. Please accept my love feat. John Nemeth
13. So Excited feat. Aloe Blacc
14. When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer feat. Dannielle de Andrea
15. Playin ‘with my friends
16. Better Not Look Down feat. Kirk Fletcher
