To his credit, Joe Bonamassa has never been shy about his influences, consistently paying tribute to them in concerts and studio recordings.
From British blues rock icons like Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin, a few acts he covered on 2018s ‘British Blues Explosion Live,’ to reimagining classic soul with singer Beth Hart and helming a stunningly assembled homage to B.B. King, Bonamassa uses his popularity to attract attention to those who played a major role in his musical development.
Longtime fans remember JB’s 2000 major label debut kicked off with a version of Rory Gallagher’s “Cradle Rock,” an early indication of how significant the Irish guitar legend’s music was to him. Bonamassa often cites Gallagher’s…

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