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Joe Bonamassa: Blues Deluxe

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Label: J&R Adventures
Released: 2003.08.26
Time:
 51:22
Category: Blues
Producer(s): Bob Held
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: jbonamassa.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2013
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] You Upset Me Baby [B.B. King cover] (Riley King, Joe Bihari) - 3:35
[2] Burning Hell [John Lee Hooker cover] (John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman) - 6:49
[3] Blues Deluxe [The Jeff Beck Group cover] (Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart) - 7:20
[4] Man of Many Words [Buddy Guy cover] (Buddy Guy) - 4:10
[5] Woke Up Dreaming (Joe Bonamassa, Will Jennings) - 2:51
[6] I Don't Live Anywhere (Joe Bonamassa, Mike Himelstein) - 3:41
[7] Wild About You Baby [Elmore James cover] (Elmore James) - 3:39
[8] Long Distance Blues [T-Bone Walker cover] (Bernice Carter) - 3:52
[9] Pack It Up [Freddie King cover] (Gonzalez Chandler) - 4:04
[10] Left Overs [Albert Collins cover] (Albert Collins) - 3:23
[11] Walking Blues [Robert Johnson cover] (Robert Johnson) - 4:29
[12] Mumbling Word (Joe Bonamassa, Mike Himelstein) - 3:29

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Joe Bonamassa - Vocals, Guitar, A&R
Jon Paris - Harmonica
Benny Harrison - Hammond B-3 Organ
Eric Czar - Electric Bass
Kenny Kramme - Drums

Bob Held - Producer, A&R
Roy Weisman - Executive-Producer, Management
Gary Tole - Engineer, Mixing
Scott Hull - Mastering
Bradford Lee Parks - Assistant Engineer
Jeff Bell - Product Manager
David Brinker - A&R
Jon Bomser - Art Direction, Graphics
Harris Cohen - Liner Notes

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Recorded at Unique Studios, New York, New York. Mastered at Hit Factory Mastering, NYC.

Blues Deluxe is the third album by American blues rock musician Joe Bonamassa. Produced by Bob Held, it was released on August 26, 2003 by J&R Adventures and reached number eight on the US Billboard Top Blues Albums chart. Music website Allmusic gave Blues Deluxe three out of five stars, with reviewer Al Campbell pointing out the three original tracks on the album as strong points.



Joe Bonamassa's first solo release in 2000, A New Day Yesterday, paid homage to classic '70s blues/hard rock. Three years later, with the release of Blues Deluxe, the young guitarist is doing the same with the roots of the blues. Eight of the 12 tracks are covers: B.B. King's "You Upset Me Baby," John Lee Hooker's "Burning Hell," Buddy Guy's "Man of Many Words," Elmore James' "Wild About You Baby," T-Bone Walker's "Long Distance Blues," Freddie King's "Pack It Up," Albert Collins' "Left Overs," and Robert Johnson's "Walking Blues." The problem with about half of the disc is the difficulty of covering this type of material without being able to add much to it. At this relatively early stage in Bonamassa's discography, it may have been a better idea if he would have mixed 70-percent originals with a few covers instead of vice-versa. It's obvious Bonamassa has devoured this material, but his take on "Burning Hell," for instance, doesn't come close to matching the strength and realism of the original. The album's strong points are the three originals - "Woke Up Dreaming," "I Don't Live Anywhere," and "Mumbling Word" - and the Jeff Beck Group's "Blues Deluxe," which features smokin' guitar pyrotechnics. Still, thanks to musicians like Bonamassa, the more traditional blues artists covered on this disc continue to gain just as much exposure as younger artists as Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, or Jimi Hendrix.

Al Campbell - AllMusic.com




Mit dem zweiten Album hatte Bonamassa sich stilistisch freigeschwommen, Retro-Vorwürfe vom Tisch gewischt und sich in der Gegenwart positioniert. Da konnte er für den Nachfolger selbstbewußt zu den Wurzeln zurückkehren - und ein reines Blues-Album aufnehmen, bestehend überwiegend aus Klassikern wie B.B. Kings "You Upset Me Baby" und John Lee Hookers "Burning Hell". Drei eigene Songs halten sich erstaunlich gut in der Gegenwart solcher Schwergewichte (auch von Elmore James, Buddy Guy, Robert Johnson und Albert Collins). Wichtiger als virtuose Soli ist hier Bonamassas Blues-Gefühl (das er hat!), am beeindruckendsten verbunden wird beides im über siebenminütigen Titelsong (der übrigens von Rod Stewart stammt, aus dessen Zeit in der Jeff Beck Group)! Geiler Blues, modern und trotzdem an der Tradition angelehnt, uneingeschränkt auch für unter 20zig Jährige zu empfehlen.

CBS Interactive © 2014 Last.fm



New York guitar phenom walks tall in the blues tradition with this third album, jettisoning fiery riffs inspired by John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Elmore James, and Albert Collins into the future with furious playing, a hard-rock sensibility, and a grizzled voice that owes a debt to Gregg Allman. Equally inspired by the Delta blues and the mid-'60s British blues boom, the young firebrand--who titled this CD after a Rod Stewart song penned while in the Jeff Beck Group--is able to fuse those two schools together, creating edgy blues rock.

Jaan Uhelszki - Amazon.com


As the electric guitar ace Joe Bonamassa was so strongly inspired by blues and blues-oriented six-stringers (i.e., Clapton, Johnny Winter), many of his fans would politely pester him about doing a disc of blues standards. Originally done as a lark, the results of such a session were deemed by Bonamassa good enough to be released--hence, BLUES DELUXE, on which he covers some lesser-known songs and includes three originals. Of course, his fierce, scorching guitar is center stage. If axe-men such as Peter Green, Rory Gallagher, and Buddy Guy are your cup of tea, this DELUXE item is a necessity. New York guitar phenom walks tall in the blues tradition with this third album, jettisoning fiery riffs inspired by John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Elmore James, and Albert Collins into the future with furious playing, a hard-rock sensibility, and a grizzled voice that owes a debt to Gregg Allman. Equally inspired by the Delta blues and the mid-'60s British blues boom, the young firebrand--who titled this CD after a Rod Stewart song penned while in the Jeff Beck Group--is able to fuse those two schools together, creating edgy blues rock.

Jaan Uhelszki - CDUniverse.com
 

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You Upset Me Baby

Yeah she's 36 in the bust, 28 in the waist,
44 hips, she's got real crazy legs.
You upset me baby, yes you upset me baby.
Like getting' hit by a fallin' tree, woman what you do to me.

Well she's not too tall, complexion is fair,
Man she knocks me out the way she wear her hair.
You upset me baby, yes you upset me baby.
Like getting' hit by a fallin' tree, woman what you do to me.
Woah, here I go now

(Lead Break)

Yeah it's hard to describe her, it's hard to stop,
Never stop no because I got a weak heart.
You upset me baby, yes you upset me baby.
Like getting' hit by a fallin' tree, oh woman what you do to me.
Yeah, runnin' hot now


Burning Hell

Hey everybody talk about it, burning hell burning hell
Ain't no hell but a burning hell

When I die, Where I go
Ain't nobody know
Burning hell burning hell
Burning hell burning hell

I went down to see Deegan jones
Who was down at the church house
I got down on my bedding knee
And I prayed and I prayed
Deegan Jones pray for me

Went down to the church house
Got down at my bedding knee
And I begged Deegan jones
Would you pray for me
She said sir take my hand
Said sir take my hand
Ain't no hell but a burning hell
No hell but a burning hell
No hell but a burning hell
Burning hell

Ain't no hell but a burning hell
Ain't no hell but a burning hell
When I die where I go
Ain't nobody knows
Ain't no hell but a burning hell
No hell but a burning hell
No hell but a burning hell
Burning hell

Hey everybody talks about it, burning hell burning hell
Ain't no hell but a burning hell
When I die where I go
Ain't nobody knows
Burning hell burning hell
Burning hell burning hell
Burning hell burning hell
Burning hell

Don't know where I'm going
Jeah
Nobody knows
Whoah


Blues Deluxe

I don't know too much about love baby now
but I sure think I got it bad yeah.
I don't know too much about love baby now
but I sure think I got it bad yeah.
Some people say love is just a gamble
Oh whatever it is about to drive me mad yeah.
Yeah, lookout'

I sit here in my lonely room now
Tears flowin' down my eyes.
As I sit here in my lonely room now
Tears flowin' down my eyes.
I wonder how you can treat me so low down and dirty.
You know what?
Your heart must be made out of ice yeah.

[Lead Break]

Sometimes I get so worried baby now
you know I wanna sit down and cry myself to sleep.
Sometimes I get so worried baby now
you know I wanna sit down and cry myself to sleep
'Cause I don't know too much about love babe
But I sure think I'sure think I'got it bad yeah.

Oh, I sure think I got it bad yeah.


Man Of Many Words

I don't care what nobody say
I'm a man of a many words
I can speak things to you darlin', my dear
That I swear that you never heard
I rap strong and I know it right along
Come on mama let me turn you on
Say it baby
Alright

When I grab my game and call your name
You would never be the same
In the midnight hours when I dream of you
I swear that you'll call my name
I rap strong when I know it right along
Come on mama let me turn you on
Tell me baby
Alright, child

I was hauled off to jail late last night
With no one to push my bail
I rapped strong to the judge early this morning
And the judge put the cops in jail
I rap strong and I know it right along
Come on mama let me turn you on
Let me tell you baby
Oh, let me turn you on
tell me baby

And I don't care what nobody say
I'm a man of a many words
I can speak things to you darlin' my dear
that swear that you never heard
I rap strong and I know it right along
Come on mama let me turn you on
tell me baby
Oh, let me turn you on, now babe
tell me baby
Oh, oh oh


Woke Up Dreaming

Woke up dreaming,
I was gonna die.
Woke up dreaming,
I was gonna die.
'Cause my baby said her,
Said her last goodbyes.

Reached out for her,
And she was not there.
Reached out for her,
And she was not there.
Lord I miss her body,
And her long brown hair.

Heart rate fallin' - river flood,
Black cat bawlin' - moon drippin' blood.
Woke up dreamin', I was gonna die.
All my sins abound me,
It's my turn to cry.
Yeah...

[Pickin' Break]

Devil's risin',
You don't have a chance.
Devil's risin',
You don't have a chance.
Where there's fiddles playin',
Shake your bones and dance.

I just want to,
Live another day.
I just want to,
Live another day.
See that brown-haired woman,
Comin' back this way.
Oh Yeah...


I Don't Live Anywhere

Got no ceiling but the sky,
Like the world babe, just rolling by.
I don't live anywhere, I live everywhere,
This road is my home.

There's nine-to-fives, pretty yards,
That was never babe, in the cards.
I don't live anywhere, I live everywhere,
This road is my home.

The clamours and glamours of the city, I don't need 'em.
As long as I live, let me hold on to my freedom!

It's crossed my mind now and then,
A little too late babe, go back and start again.
I don't live anywhere, I live everywhere,
This road is my home.

The clamours and glamours of the city, I don't need 'em.
As long as I live, let me hold on to my freedom!

It's crossed my mind, now and then,
A little too late baby, go back and start again.
I don't live anywhere, I live everywhere,
This road is my home - this road is my home.


Wild About You Baby

Well I'm wild about you Baby
and you just don't treat me right
Yes I'm wild about you darling
and you just wont treat me right
leave home early in the moring
And you saty out all night

Yes you leave me baby and you say away all night long
Yes you leave me darling
And you stay away all night long

Keep me weare and crying now baby
And I hope you come back home

Yes you leave me baby and you know you done me wrong
Yes you leave me baby and I know you done me wrong
I turn over on my pillow and I hope you come back home

Yea good bye now baby
I Hope I never see you know more

Yea good night my baby
Hope I never see you know more
you start doing me wrong now child
just like the girl I had before

yea lission to me baby
Cause you know I'm the man
Yea lission to me baby
Cause you know I'm the man
Gonna get me cupple women
And I hope you find a man


Long Distance Blues

Hello long distance
put my baby on the line.
Hello long distance
put my baby on the line.
I've got to talk to my girl
and tell her what I have on my mind.

I've never been so lonesome,
and Ive never been so blue.
Ive never been so lonesome,
and I ain't never felt so blue.
It's been a long time baby,
Since I had a letter from you.

Well send me some money baby.
Please don't talk no trash.
What I need from you baby
Less talk, and a lot of cash.

Hello long distance
put my baby on the line.
I've got to talk to my girl
and tell her what I have on my mind


Pack It Up

My head is spinnin' around
And I'm thinkin' my thoughts of you
Whoa baby, I'm thinkin' about you

Well I get so mixed up now baby
And I don't know what to do
Oh baby, I don't know what to do

I'm gonna pack it up
I'm gonna give it up
I'm gonna put you right out of my mind
I'm gonna pack it up, yeahhhh

Hey I tried my best to understand
You keep sayin' it'll work out fine
But baby, it'll work out fine

Every time I try to talk to you baby
You tell me you ain't got time
But baby, yeah you don't have time

I'm gonna pack it up
I'm gonna give it up
I'm gonna put you right out of my mind
I'm gonna pack it up, yeahhhh

After all we been through together
Why did it end this way
But baby, it did

I put all my trust in you baby
Believe every word I say
Oh baby, every word I say

I'm gonna pack it up
I'm gonna give it up
I'm gonna put you right out of my mind
I'm gonna pack it up, yeahhhh
I'm gonna put you right out of my mind
I'm gonna pack it up
yeah I'm gonna pack it up ohohohoh


Left Overs

Instrumental.


Walking Blues

I woke up this mornin', feelin' round for my shoes
Know by that I got these old walkin' blues, well
Woke this mornin' feelin' round for my shoes
But you know by that, I got these old walkin' blues
Lord I feel like blowin' my old lonesome horn
Got up this mornin', my little Bernice was gone, Lord
I feel like blowin' my lonesome horn
Well I got up this mornin', whoa all I had was gone
Well, leave this mornin' if I have to, ride the blinds
I feel mistreated, and I don't mind dyin'
Leavin' this mornin', if I have to ride the blind
Babe, I've been mistreated, baby and I don't mind dyin'
Well, some people tell me that the worried blues ain't bad
Worst old feelin' I most ever had
Some people tell me that these old worried old blues ain't bad
It's the worst old feelin', I most ever had
She's got a elgin movement from her head down to her toes
Break in on a dollar most anywhere she goes
Ooh, from her head down to her toes
Lord, she break in on a dollar, most anywhere she goes


Mumbling Word

Baby when I heard those ugly things,
That came out of your pretty little mouth,
I packed up my beat up suitcase,
And took the first train south.

But I did not say, no mumbling word.
Not a mumbling word, did I say.
But I did not say, no mumbling word,
I just went on my way, yeah, I went on my way back home.
Oh, on my way back home, baby.

You see, it doesn't matter now,
What really good it all would do.
To chapter and verse those heartaches,
That I been hurting over you.

But I did not say, no mumbling word.
Not a mumbling word, did I say.
I did not say, no mumbling word,
I just went on my way, yeah, I went on my way back home.
Oh, on my way back home, baby.
Oh, on my way back home.

Baby just wait, wait a little bit now.
Oh just wait a little bit honey'

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