Tour de Force: Live in London - The Borderline

Personnel: Joe Bonamassa (vocals, guitar); Anton Fig (drums).
Audio Mixer: Kevin Shirley.
Liner Note Author: Joe Bonamassa.
Recording information: The Borderline (03/26/2013).
Director: Philippe Klose.
Photographers: Christie Goodwin; Marcus Sweeney-Bird.
Guitarist Joe Bonamassa was opening for B.B. King when he was only eight years old and was a veteran of the road and gigging by the time he was 12, so it's tempting to toss him in the all flash but no soul prodigy trash bin that has been filling up pretty well since the great Stevie Ray Vaughan shuffled off to blues heaven -- but that would be a big mistake. Bonamassa has soul, plenty of it, and he plays guitar with a reverent grace, and sometimes lost in all this is that he's a pretty good singer, too, sounding more than a little bit like a reconstituted Paul Rodgers. This two-disc set is drawn from a show Bonamassa delivered in 2013 at the Borderline in London which was recorded and filmed for CD, DVD and Blu-ray release and features the guitarist and singer revisiting in fine form some of his early material. ~ Steve Leggett