Anyone else sick of Joe Bonamassa and BCC
Let me start by saying Ithink JB is a great player but I am getting a little sick of hearing the same old songs on every album. I first heard him online playing a live version of "If heartaches were nickels" and I loved him from the start and bought his CDs (love the song Sloe Gin) but ............ One day I heard him being interviewed and thought he sounded like Kermit the Frog talking! This put me off a bit. I bought the first BCC CD - awesome ... then I suddenly realised that he is all over the rock media - magazines, radio, Internet etc. He is played on Planet Rock all the time and when a song of his comes on I switch off mentally. All his solos sound exactly the same within a blues rock format.
The bottom line is that although I appreciate him, he is over marketing himself and releasing too many records. I also think his guitar sound was much better before and it now sounds a bit processed - maybe the mixing or mastering but t does not flick my switch.
Anyone else feel this way?
Jim
Yes. Although THB, I've never really liked him. His playing always seems too 'studied' if that makes sense? He clearly has a lot of technique, but I find his 'feel' lacking. That over-blown big Les Paul rocky-blues thing has been done to death.
I detest him and everything he stands for.
I like the BBC though.
Originally Posted by jalapeno
tbh honest I feel the same way about all blues/pub rock.
Used to love it, mind, about 20 years ago, but there's only so much 12 bar you can take, isn't there?
I love white man blues/pub rock!
Took me a while to buy any JB stuff though. I've got the Albert Hall live one and the latest one (driving towards...) both of which I think are great. So I guess I've not had the chance yet to get bored or jaded.
Of course he's not played an original note in his career, but the guitars sound great, and it's perfect music for my motorway journey home from work.
White man blues... It's all soulless bollocks. It's music for rednecks and SoCal corporate functions. It's udder crap!
I am a fan.
He is standing on the shoulders of giants but which modern guitarist isn't?
I don't like everything he does but I don't like everything anyone does.
Couple of times I've seen him on TV and thought "There's that guy that's always being slagged off on MusicRadar", that's pretty much the extent of my knowledge of him (apart from the fact he's nailing Sandi Toksvig or someone semi famous).
If I keep watching I usually turn over after about 30 seconds, it sounds like clapton in full on MOR mode, not my cup of tea. Have probably not even got through a whole song of his, unlikely to either. Maybe I'm being narrow minded though.
"without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible"
I think you have got this very wrong!
The problem I have with Bonamassa (and much white boy blues) is that you usually get a pretty good guitar intro followed by a by the numbers verse with boring instrumentation and mediocre singing then a massive solo which is quite impressive, but gets boring because it's so long.
It reminds me of the spitting image Nirvana parody "This is the good bit"
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