They’ll undoubtedly love Joe’s work and become diehard fans, too. However, I would suggest that these same fans perhaps buy an addition copy or two to give to your friends who are only into acoustic guitar work. Obviously, Bonamassa fans like me will snatch these two discs right up without having to listen to any samples. To show you how jazzed I am about this release, I will play the first cut, Arrival, over and over on my player or, if the DVD is on, I’ll leave it on the menu page and just let the music of Arrival play on a continuous loop. Oldies or newbies, hearing them all “unplugged” and in the beautiful setting of the Vienna Opera House is both an audio and visual treat not to be denied. Greats like Driving Towards Daylight, Slow Train, and Dust Bowl. Some newer tunes are on the set list, too. The latter will surprise fans, though, in that Joe gives it a bit of a blue grass/country feel which is fine by me. Joe Bonamassa An Acoustic Evening At The Vienna Opera House on 180g 3LP + Download. Joe was joined by four other musicians (Gerry OConnor on Irish Banjo and fiddle, Mats Wester on yckelharpa and mandola, Alran Schierbaum on harmonium, accordion, baby piano and glockenspiel, and Lenny Castro on percussion) who had all met for the first time there.īonamassa fans will be glad to see some old favorites on these discs such as The Ballad of John Henry, Ball Peen Hammer, Sloe Gin, and one of my personal favorites, Mountain Time. The songs were recorded live at the Vienna Opera House in Austria.

Other than that, the track lists are virtually identical. The only difference between the CD and the DVD (besides the obvious video) are a couple of comments from Joe and band members between a couple of songs. I was pogo-stick happy to get my grubby paws on these and couldn’t wait to pop them into my players. When I received my review copies recently of the Joe Bonamassa’s CD and DVD package, An Acoustic Evening At The Vienna Opera House, I was like a little kid on Christmas morning. Recorded in July of 2012 at the prestigious Vienna Opera House, Bonamassa showed no fear as he unplugged and left himself artistically bare.

Ready? Here it is:įor those of you who just like to read whatever I write, here’s the unabridged version: Regular Boomerocity readers know that I have a short version review of any Joe Bonamassa project. An Acoustic Evening at The Vienna Opera House

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