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Joe B/Kirk Fletcher Blues Jam


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I found this live jam on YouTube and was completely blown away. I love Fletcher's cool, laid back blues grooving, but Joe Bonamassa's solo break around 4:35 really got me. If you play close attention, this is well beyond the regular pentatonic flair. It is pure Robben Ford. I saw Robben many, many years ago when he was touring for the first Blue Line record, and Joe is harnessing everything there was about Robben's performance back then. Just incredible. Joe's minute or so solo can be broken down into many little sections, and soooo much can be gleaned from his playing. I am in awe. Check it out.

 

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Great clip Old Guy, thanks for posting it!

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Big Joe B fan here

Joe jam's at a bar in Nashville when he's not touring

An plays The Baked Potato when in LA

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I had the pleasure of seeing Joe and Kirk, along with a lot of others, jam at the Artist Jam on Tuesday night of the Keeping The Blues Alive at Sea cruise.  It was, as you would predict, awesome.  Kirk also played rhythm for Joe at one of his concerts on the cruise.

I also got to meet Kirk, got his autograph, and chatted with him (and Josh Smith) on that cruise at the autograph session.  Just a really humble, pleasant guy.  Kirk has a new (not all that new now) album called "Hold On".  Really great.  My favorite cut is "Gotta Right".

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15 hours ago, matonanjin said:

I had the pleasure of seeing Joe and Kirk, along with a lot of others, jam at the Artist Jam on Tuesday night of the Keeping The Blues Alive at Sea cruise.  It was, as you would predict, awesome.  Kirk also played rhythm for Joe at one of his concerts on the cruise.

I also got to meet Kirk, got his autograph, and chatted with him (and Josh Smith) on that cruise at the autograph session.  Just a really humble, pleasant guy.  Kirk has a new (not all that new now) album called "Hold On".  Really great.  My favorite cut is "Gotta Right".

That's awesome!!

I bought "Hold On" and enjoy it, but one of the things that really irks about many of these blues stars is, they can't seem to translate it to the records they make. Not JB, per se, but Fletcher and Josh for sure. I bought Josh's latest record and kept checking that I bought the right record! It was very R&B with not much guitar at all. I'd love for these guys to release a collaboration live record. Josh is supposed to be releasing a live record soon, but is looking for the right way to distribute it. My favorite recordings of some of these guys is the jams they do at NAMM. They ar incredible!

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