Joe Bonamassa
There is more than one way to interpret So, It’s Like That, the title of guitar virtuoso/singer/songwriter Joe Bonamassa’s latest solo album. On one hand, it’s the title song, a rock and roll rebuff from a man who has been “put under the bridge by a woman.” On the other, it’s a kind of “eureka” — the declaration of a prodigious talent who has come to a few realizations about his craft.
A guitar player since the age of four, Joe Bonamassa’s virtuosic chops have won him fans in both the rock and blues genres. The Utica, New York native made his national recording debut in 1995 as the lead guitarist in the band Bloodline, and released his first solo record, A New Day Yesterday, in 2000.
With the recording of So, It’s Like That, (August 13, 2002/Medalist Entertainment) Bonamassa drew on his experience and the advice of legendary producer and Bonamassa fan Tom Dowd (Eric Clapton, Allman Brothers, Rod Stewart, among others) to channel the raw blues power of his earlier work into an intense, liberating collection of muscular rock songs with electrifying riffs and sweeping, anthemic choruses. Maturing as a songwriter and performer, Bonamassa framed his fiery, acrobatic guitar solos with finely honed rock and roll songcraft.
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