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B.B. King performs with Lucille live in 1991.

How to play B.B. King’s greatest song (with some help from Joe Bonamassa)

By Joe Bonamassa published

Bonamassa says B.B. King’s The Thrill Is Gone is so perfect that he initially couldn’t find anyone to cover it on his tribute album. Here, he unpacks the tones and approaches of the King of the Blues

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Eric Gales

How Eric Gales enlisted Buddy Guy, Kingfish, Joe Bonamassa (and his guitar collection) to pay tribute to his brother

By Amit Sharma published

With a little help from Bonamassa and Josh Smith, Eric Gales put together one of the great 21st-century blues albums to honor his brother Little Jimmy King

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Joanne Shaw Taylor pictured with a Les Paul [left] and B.B. King, taking solo on Lucille at the Chicago Theater in 1991

Joanne Shaw Taylor on her life-changing first meeting with the great B.B. King

By Henry Yates published

Joanne Shaw Taylor was just a young kid when she met B.B. King. Now she is paying tribute to the King of the Blues on Joe Bonamassa’s all-star album

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John Hammond, Jr plays guitar at the Petrillo Bandshell in Chicago Illinois, June 15, 1991

Joe Bonamassa leads tributes for musical troubadour John Hammond, who has died aged 83

By Matt Owen published

The prolific blues great once had Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton both sit in with his band

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Joe Bonamassa [left] wears shades takes a solo on vintage Gibson Les Paul; B.B. King [right] wears a cream suit and takes a solo on a red Gibson ES-355 at the 1969 Newport Jazz Festival

Joe Bonamassa on his friendship with the ultimate bluesman, B.B. King – and paying the ultimate tribute

By David Mead published

B.B. King would have celebrated his 100th birthday in September last year. But when Joe Bonamassa discovered that the centenary was going almost unnoticed, he swung into action

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Joe Bonamassa at the 67th GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony held at the Peacock Theater on February 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, California

Joe Bonamassa is cutting back on his gear collecting habit

By Matt Owen published

Bonamassa was forced to rethink his collection following the LA wildfires last year

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Joe Bonamassa and Zakk Wylde comp

Joe Bonamassa on the ‘unorthodox’ Marshall hack he nicked from Zakk Wylde

By Phil Weller published

The bluesman turned to the former Ozzy guitarist to get the most out of his Marshalls

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Eric Steckel is having a good time performing with his signature Knaggs

Meet Eric Steckel, the high-gain firebrand painting a new shade of blues guitar

By Amit Sharma published

The Knaggs signature artist has grown an international profile by importing heavy distortion into the blues and bending it to his will

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Joe Bonamassa playing Gary Moore's Soldano SLO-100 amp

Joe Bonamassa test drives Gary Moore’s iconic Soldano amp

By Phil Weller published

Bonamassa bought the historic amp head at auction last year

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B.B. King [left] cups his hands to his ear as he asks the crowd for more. Joe Bonamassa, with a Les Paul, gives his crowd a thumbs up.

“I met him in 1990 when I was 13 years old. We became lifelong friends”: Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to B.B. King

By Joe Bonamassa published

Bonamassa says King was the kind of player who could say it all with one note – “Just one stinging vibrato and you know it can only be him”

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