Home ahoho 🎸 WHEN JOE BONAMASSA FINALLY FOUND HIMSELF TRADING GUITAR LICKS WITH HIS CHILDHOOD HERO ERIC CLAPTON, ONE HUGE SMILE FROM CLAPTON TOLD HIM HE WAS DOING SOMETHING VERY RIGHT For Bonamassa, this wasn’t just another collaboration. It was the kind of moment every guitarist dreams about — standing shoulder to shoulder with one of the players who helped shape the way you hear the instrument. As the two began trading phrases, Clapton suddenly looked across at him and broke into a huge grin. It was a tiny reaction, but for Bonamassa it carried enormous weight. No speech, no formal praise — just one unmistakable look from a legend to the man playing beside him.

🎸 WHEN JOE BONAMASSA FINALLY FOUND HIMSELF TRADING GUITAR LICKS WITH HIS CHILDHOOD HERO ERIC CLAPTON, ONE HUGE SMILE FROM CLAPTON TOLD HIM HE WAS DOING SOMETHING VERY RIGHT For Bonamassa, this wasn’t just another collaboration. It was the kind of moment every guitarist dreams about — standing shoulder to shoulder with one of the players who helped shape the way you hear the instrument. As the two began trading phrases, Clapton suddenly looked across at him and broke into a huge grin. It was a tiny reaction, but for Bonamassa it carried enormous weight. No speech, no formal praise — just one unmistakable look from a legend to the man playing beside him.

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Joe Bonamassa waited his whole life for this moment. The bluesman finally played with his hero Eric Clapton on “Further on Up the Road” live, and you better believe the fretboards were absolutely smokin’! Eric took the lead vocal before the blues stars traded blistering solos, and can we just say Slowhand is underrated as a vocalist! The boys closed out the jam strong with a riotous harmonized guitar solo, and the satisfied grin on Eric’s face in that moment said it all.

Aside from the guitar pyrotechnics, the interaction between the two blues stars kept fans talking in the comments. Viewers noted Joe was clearly ecstatic to be up there with the mythical Eric Clapton and gave props for how he paid respects to the guitar legend. The Music Man readers will know that Eric has played with every guitar legend in the book, but you could still see that he appreciated that Joe was the real deal, in a classy performance from the guitar icon.

 

Joe uploaded his jam with Eric on YouTube, where it soon became one of his most popular live performances on the platform, with 4.3 million streams clocked. Viewers added comments such as “Jeez you can see how much this means to Joe, especially as they’re tearing into that last solo. Clapton was generous and gracious” and “No one better than Eric Clapton. He never upstages anyone or disrespects them. He is always happy when another guitar player is making his guitar talk.”

Even if you’re not a serious fan of Joe Bonamassa, there’s no denying his live shows are electrifying. He proved that yet again with his live feature on Joanne Shaw Taylor’s “Summertime.” This viral collab showcased that Joe not only knows how to lead from the front but also to elevate a performance as a sideman into something truly inspiring to listen to. Joanne is such a soulful vocalist and guitarist in her own right, and then when Joe tears it up with that solo, he takes the performance to the stratosphere.

“Further on Up the Road” was penned by American songwriters Don Robey and Joe Medwick Veasey. It was first recorded and released in 1957 by Tennessee bluesman Bobby “Blue” Bland. “Further on Up the Road” was an important milestone in the development of the emerging blues rock guitar style of the era. It became a blues standard and has been performed by many artists over the years. The Music Man readers may recall that Eric Clapton’s live performances are the most famous interpretations of “Further on Up the Road.” Slowhand made the tune a regular inclusion in his live set, and the blues classic was a natural choice for him to jam with Joe on.

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