Blues of desperation / Joe Bonamassa.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: JRA53564 | J&R AdventuresPublisher: Deerfield Beach, FL : J&R Adventures, [2016]Copyright date: ℗2016Description: 1 audio disc (62 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - performed music
- audio
- audio disc
- Produced by Kevin Shirley.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | CD | BLUES Bonamassa, Joe | Available | 33111008650646 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Despite its hardscrabble title -- a sentiment mirrored by the deeply etched black & white cover art -- 2016's Blues of Desperation is very much a continuation of the bright, varied blues-rock heard on Different Shades of Blue. On that 2014 album, Joe Bonamassa made a conscious decision to pair with a bunch of Nashville songsmiths to help sharpen his original material, and he brings most of them back for Blues of Desperation, too. The tenor of the tunes is somewhat heavy -- there are lonesome trains, low valleys, no places for the lonely -- and the production also carries a ballast, something that comes into sharp relief on the Zep-flavored title track but can be heard throughout the record. Often, he returns to this revved-up blues -- something that's more appealing when it boogies ("You Left Me Nothin' But the Bill and the Blues") than when it slams ("Distant Lonesome Train") -- and while that anchors the bulk of the record, the moments that linger are the departures. Usually, this arrives in the form of some flirtation with soul -- it's an undercurrent on "No Good Place for the Lonely" but it comes to the surface on the gilded "The Valley Runs Low" -- but the most fun is the vintage New Orleans shuffle of "Livin' Easy," a song that suggests Bonamassa may have surprises in store if he ever decides to shelve his trusty Les Pauls for the course of a full record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Title from disc label.
Joe Bonamassa, vocals, guitars ; with accompanying musicians.
Produced by Kevin Shirley.
All songs written or co-written by Joe Bonamassa.
Compact disc.
Lyrics and full credits on container insert.
Recorded at Grand Victor Studios, Nashville, Tenn.
This train -- Mountain climbing -- Drive -- No good place for the lonely -- Blues of desperation -- The valley runs low -- You left me nothin' but the bill and the blues -- Distant lonesome train -- How deep this river runs -- Livin' easy -- What I've known for a very long time.