Joe Bonamassa: Black Rock | CD Review

(Provogue)As guitar heroes go, Joe Bonamassa is something of a talented oddity. He's a one-time child prodigy who opened for his admirer BB King when he was just 12 years old, he's a massive fan of blues-influenced British rockers from the 70s, and he's now developing an interest in wider global styles. The result is a wildly varied album that includes reminders of all the above, but is too often dominated by predictable blues-rock riffs and bursts of rapid-fire solo work, as with his treatment ...

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