Joe Bonamassa Announces Release Of New Studio Album 'Driving Towards The Daylight'
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Written by Jon Stickler
Joe Bonamassa’s new studio album 'Driving Towards The Daylight' will be released in the UK on Monday 21st May by Provogue Records.
Produced by rock producing guru Kevin Shirley, 'Driving Towards The Daylight' highlights Bonamassa’s signature style of blues, roots, and rock & roll.
Speaking about the album, Shirley says: “We’ve taken some really traditional old blues songs – the Howlin’ Wolf song ‘Who’s Been Talkin’ and Robert Johnson’s ‘Stones In My Passway,’ and we’ve tried to imagine how they would do them in a rock context. 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.”
To move Joe out of his comfort zone, a unique group of musicians was assembled, 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 Whitford’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.”
The album includes the Bonamassa-penned originals 'Dislocated Boy', the title track 'Driving Towards The Daylight', 'Heavenly Soul', and 'Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go'. Other tracks include Joe’s versions of Tom Waits’ 'New Coat Of Paint', Bill Withers’ 'Lonely Town Lonely Street', and Bernie Marsden’s 'A Place In My Heart'. On the album closer, Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes sings lead vocals on his 1987 hit 'Too Much Ain't Enough Love'.
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