What are you listening to ?

[Smokin Okie]

Also, by 1978, Steely Dan was writing a song about FM .... there was " no static " .......... which if you lived in that time, you got that completely .

 

[Smokin Okie]

Which btw, I don't think this thread has had much Steely Dan ......

 

[JckDanls 07]

HOT DAMMMNNNNN.... Tell me she can't play the harmonica ...

 

[Smokin Okie]

 

[Smokin Okie]

Song surprisingly written by Warren Haynes, of Allman Bros and Govt Mule, but Joe has made this his song

 

[forktender]

Song surprisingly written by Warren Haynes, of Allman Bros and Govt Mule, but Joe has made this his song

My wife and I met Joe at Emerald City Guitars in Seattle, WA last year. We were up there before she had to go back to work after taking time off to care of her dying Mother her last days/ months of battling cancer.
As soon as we walked in I heard Joe's voice, and told my wife that is Joe Bonamassa, and sure as $h!t it was him. I introduced my wife and myself by saying Hi Mr Bonamassa, we are big fans, and he says "STOP, my name is Joe, and I don't have fans, I have friends". I said Ok, Joe and we started talking. I asked him if he had a show up there, he said nope not right now, and that he was chasing a 1956 vintage burst Les Paul that he's been after for 10 years. He asked us if we lived in Seattle, we said no and told him where we live, and why we were up their. He asked me if I played guitar, I said yes, a little bit, and he hands me this $80,000 Les Paul and says show me what you've got, I replied by saying "not much, Joe". So I plug into this old Black face Fender Princeton Deluxe amp and belt out a few quick licks, he says, you lied your a guitar player, I say I'm not where I want to be, he responds with well $h!t nobody ever is. Then he takes his guitar back and says follow me, and he brings up into the back room of E.C. Guitars and has my wife and me sit down on this little loveseat while he's plugging into this old Dumble amp. Then he proceeded to play for my wife and me for almost an hour. Then he looks at his phone and says crap I have to get out of here or I'm going to miss my flight home. What a cool dude, he took the time to play for us like it was nothing too him. We will never forget that day, one of my top 5 guitar hero's of all time took the time to help cheer us up after losing a family member, man did that hit us hard. He could tell how much we appreciated it...What an awesome dude, I will forever respect him for doing that for us, how cool is that???

Dan.

 

[forktender]

I dig this video but really love from the 10 min mark to the end where he's shredding on that old Gibson Explorer.

 

[Smokin Okie]

My wife and I met Joe at Emerald City Guitars in Seattle, WA last year. We were up there before she had to go back to work after taking time off to care of her dying Mother her last days/ months of battling cancer.
As soon as we walked in I heard Joe's voice, and told my wife that is Joe Bonamassa, and sure as $h!t it was him. I introduced my wife and myself by saying Hi Mr Bonamassa, we are big fans, and he says "STOP, my name is Joe, and I don't have fans, I have friends". I said Ok, Joe and we started talking. I asked him if he had a show up there, he said nope not right now, and that he was chasing a 1956 vintage burst Les Paul that he's been after for 10 years. He asked us if we lived in Seattle, we said no and told him where we live, and why we were up their. He asked me if I played guitar, I said yes, a little bit, and he hands me this $80,000 Les Paul and says show me what you've got, I replied by saying "not much, Joe". So I plug into this old Black face Fender Princeton Deluxe amp and belt out a few quick licks, he says, you lied your a guitar player, I say I'm not where I want to be, he responds with well $h!t nobody ever is. Then he takes his guitar back and says follow me, and he brings up into the back room of E.C. Guitars and has my wife and me sit down on this little loveseat while he's plugging into this old Dumble amp. Then he proceeded to play for my wife and me for almost an hour. Then he looks at his phone and says crap I have to get out of here or I'm going to miss my flight home. What a cool dude, he took the time to play for us like it was nothing too him. We will never forget that day, one of my top 5 guitar hero's of all time took the time to help cheer us up after losing a family member, man did that hit us hard. He could tell how much we appreciated it...What an awesome dude, I will forever respect him for doing that for us, how cool is that???

Dan.

That is extremely cool !! But I have to say, its not totally surprising. I follow him on X , have for a lot of years, and that sounds like the guy on X and also the guy countless interviews I've watched. Although, the playing for an hour part , wow, that's way more than I'd expect.

No pun intended, and I've never met him personally, but just following him for a lot of years, he's an Average Joe. Very humble.

Mrs. Okie loves the guy and his music. We've been to see him so many times, we've lost count.

We watched the Hollywood Bowl dvd last night and then Mrs Okie played Greek Theatre, which was nominated for a Grammy and should've won, that was a helluva good show. It was the Three Kings show.