Blues-rock
guitar hero Joe Bonamassa proves once again that blues music is alive and well
with his chart-topping tribute to Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. Joe Bonamassa
– Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks (J&R Adventures) debuted with #1 slots on
Billboard's Blues Chart and Music Video Chart, beating out Miley Cyrus' Bangerz
Tour. It also earned the #21 slot on Billboard's Top Current Albums Chart and
#2 on Billboard's Independent Chart. It currently remains at the #1 Blues Chart
slot for the second week.
This is
Bonamassa's 14th #1 Blues Album. He holds the record for most No. 1s on the
Blues Chart, trailed by B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan who both share second
place with nine No. 1s. Since 2010, Bonamassa has earned five No. 1 Billboard
Blues Albums during this same week in March: Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks (2015),
Live in Amsterdam (2014), An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House (2013),
Dust Bowl (2011) and Black Rock (2010).
Bonamassa's
manager and partner at J&R Adventures Roy Weisman said, "J&R's
success is the product of a 25 year relationship between Joe and myself where
we actively reinvest in ourselves and the company by taking advantage of
breakthrough technologies and marketing techniques that other labels simply
glance over."
Unlike any
Bonamassa show before, Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks marks the start of a tribute
concert series that will display a different band and catalog of material that
will vary from Bonamassa's music as a solo artist. For Muddy Wolf, songs were
carefully selected from the catalogs of Howlin' Wolf, one of Chicago's most
influential bluesmen, known for his deep, scratchy voice, and Muddy Waters,
considered the "father of modern Chicago blues." Waters was a major
inspiration for the British blues explosion of the 1960s, a genre that has
heavily influenced Bonamassa's original music throughout his career. The
concert featured a selection of songs from each artist, followed by a 30-minute
set of songs from Bonamassa's own extensive catalog. The Blu-ray and DVD contain
over 1.5 hours of bonus features including exclusive behind-the-scenes footage,
a photo gallery, historic footage of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, and a
featurette of Bonamassa and producer Kevin Shirley's trip to The Crossroads.
This
summer, Bonamassa will continue his celebration of blues heritage with the
Three Kings of Blues Tour during which he'll travel to amphitheaters across the
country with a musical tribute to Albert King, B.B. King and Freddie King.
This tour
(as well as the Muddy Wolf concert) is presented by Keeping the Blues Alive
(KTBA), which Bonamassa founded to promote the heritage of the blues to the
next generation, fund music scholarships, and supplement the loss of music
education programs in public schools.
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