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An acoustic evening at the Vienna Opera House [sound recording] / Joe Bonamassa.

By: Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: PRAR944445 | J&R AdventuresPublication details: Deerfield Beach, FL : J&R Adventures, 2013.Description: 2 sound discs (101 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s):
Contents:
disc 1. Arrival ; Palm trees, helicopters and gasoline ; Jelly roll ; Dust bowl ; Around the bend ; Slow train ; Athens to Athens ; From the valley ; The ballad of John Henry ; Dislocated boy ; Driving towards the daylight -- disc 2. High water everywhere ; Jockey full of bourbon ; Richmond US ; Stones in my passway ; Ball peen hammer ; Black lung heartache ; Mountain time ; Woke up dreaming ; Sloe gin ; Seagull.
Joe Bonamassa, vocals, guitar ; Gerry O'Connor, Irish banjo, fiddle ; Mats Wester, nyckelharpa, mandola ; Arlan Schierbaum, harmonium, accordion, baby piano, glockenspiel ; Lenny Castro, percussion.
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Adult CD Adult CD Northport Library CD BLUES Bonamassa, Joe Available 33111007842152
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

He has a following in the United States, but over in Europe Joe Bonamassa's star shines so bright he can headline Vienna Music Hall, a gorgeous opera house traditionally housing the Vienna Philharmonic. It's a large venue and one that conveys class, so Bonamassa has indeed gone the classy route here, choosing to dedicate his concert to "An Acoustic Evening," an event then documented on the 2013 live DVD/CD set An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House (the set is available in various permutations of DVD, BluRay, CD). Bonamassa didn't take this task lightly. He's supported by four musicians, all playing a variety of old-timey acoustic instruments (banjo, fiddle, harmonium, mandola, and, naturally, nyckelharpa), surrounded himself with ten acoustic guitars and Dobro, and plays a marathon set list of 20 songs. All this space does indeed give Bonamassa ample space to demonstrate he's skilled at being more than just a jacked-up electric blues guitarist splicing together strands of SRV and Clapton. He sounds comfortable in this setting, perhaps even a little liberated, turning his songs into country-blues and back-porch stomps. There are enough new colors and textures to turn the ear of skeptics who may get a little weary of Bonamassa's never-ending string of releases (at least two a year every year of the 2010s, so far), but the concert itself is also in danger of being too much of a good thing, lasting almost two hours in its DVD/BluRay incarnation (and both have additional hour-long making-of documentaries). The CD is shorter and contains judiciously selected highlights so the casual fans can turn there, but really, anybody who is a serious Bonamassa head will not be disappointed with this acoustic concert, which offers more different and interesting sounds than any other previous Bonamassa album. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Compact discs.

disc 1. Arrival ; Palm trees, helicopters and gasoline ; Jelly roll ; Dust bowl ; Around the bend ; Slow train ; Athens to Athens ; From the valley ; The ballad of John Henry ; Dislocated boy ; Driving towards the daylight -- disc 2. High water everywhere ; Jockey full of bourbon ; Richmond US ; Stones in my passway ; Ball peen hammer ; Black lung heartache ; Mountain time ; Woke up dreaming ; Sloe gin ; Seagull.

Joe Bonamassa, vocals, guitar ; Gerry O'Connor, Irish banjo, fiddle ; Mats Wester, nyckelharpa, mandola ; Arlan Schierbaum, harmonium, accordion, baby piano, glockenspiel ; Lenny Castro, percussion.

Recorded July 3, 2012 at the Vienna Opera House.

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