My latest record, Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, features a song called Hope You Realize It, written by me and my good friend Tom Hambridge. We were looking to create an uptempo song in the vein of Tower of ...

By the time B.B. King recorded “The Thrill Is Gone” in 1969, the blues had already traveled far beyond its point of origin.

One of my favorite things to play is a slow blues song, which is something I include in every performance. Each time, without really thinking much about it, I’m faced with two questions: 1) How does ...

The blues is a straightforward music form. So direct. It’s easy to play it poorly and exceptionally challenging to play it right. It offers the most direct connection to one’s soul—an express route, ...

Blues Deluxe, released in 2003, presented a cocky (his word) 26-year-old Joe Bonamassa as a relatively unknown blues guitarist covering some of his favorite tunes and adding a few new ones. Twenty ...