Driving Towards The Daylight

Joe Bonamassa

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On May 21, 2012, internationally renowned guitar superstar Joe Bonamassa will release a brand new solo album ‘Driving Towards The Daylight’ on Provogue Records. ‘Driving Towards The Daylight’ was produced by Kevin ‘Caveman’ Shirley (Black Crowes, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin). This is their seventh collaboration in six years and Joe’s 13th album.

Recorded at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, CA and Studio At The Palms in Las Vegas, NV, ‘Driving Towards The Daylight’ is a balanced back-to-basics album that highlights Bonamassa’s signature style of roots blues with rock-and-roll guts, while honouring the traditions of the original blues musicians.

“We’ve taken some really traditional old blues songs – the Howlin’ Wolf song ‘Who’s Been Talkin’ and the Robert Johnson song ‘Stones In My Passway,’ and we’ve tried to imagine how they would do them in a rock context,” said Shirley. “It’s a very exciting return to the blues in a very visceral way. It’s vibrant and it’s gutsy and it’s really, really rugged.”

The album features five Bonamassa-penned originals including the bruising opener ‘Dislocated Boy’, the road warrior title track (and first single) ‘Driving Towards The Daylight’, ‘I Got All You Need’, ‘Heavenly Soul’ and ‘Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go’. Other tracks include Bonamassa’s versions of Tom Waits’ ‘New Coat Of Paint’, Bill Withers’ ‘Lonely Town Lonely Street’, and ‘A Place In My Heart’ by Bernie Marsden. On the album closer, Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes sings lead vocals on his 1987 hit ‘Too Much Ain’t Enough Love’.

To challenge Joe and move him out of his comfort zone, a unique group of musicians was gathered including Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford (guitar), Blondie Chaplin (guitar), Anton Fig (drums and percussion), Arlan Schierbaum (keyboard), Michael Rhodes (bass), Carmine Rojas (bass), Jeff Bova and The Bovaland Brass, Pat Thrall (guitar), and Brad’s son Harrison Whitford (guitar).

Brad Whitford, speaking from the studio in Vegas, said, “This is definitely more influenced by the stuff that the guys and musicians in this room love, early ‘60s English and American rock and blues. I guess we’ll never get that out of our system and its fun to come in here and find our own path down that highway.”

Bonamassa’s last studio album ‘Dust Bowl ‘released in March 2011 charted at no.12 in the UK.

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Track Listings

1 Dislocated Boy
2 Stones In My Passway
3 Driving Towards The Daylight
4 Who's Been Talking
5 I Got All You Need
6 A Place In My Heart
7 Lonely Town Lonely Street
8 Heavenly Soul
9 New Coat Of Paint
10 Somewhere Trouble Don't Go
11 Too Much Ain't Enough Love (ft Jimmy Barnes)

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