These three guys has more energy than the dozens of the last decade shows. Best lineup ever, I agree!

Joe needs to get back together with these two. Seriously, one of his best periods ever.

The point is: Back in these days Joe played in a Band. Today it s the Joe Bonamassa Show. A big difference relating to the sounds and the way songs get written ...

Wish Eric Czar was back, just a stellar voice on the bass. Hey Joe listen to the fans!!!!!!

This is my favorite concert on KZfaq. I don’t even know how many times I’ve watched it. I wish Joe had kept this trio together. I can’t imagine the awesome music that they would’ve made, if he had.

The bass player matched Joe note for note on some parts, and the drummer was so tight in the pocket it was incredible.

I still think that this live, the live at the Rockpalast, represents the best Bonamassa (imo). Young, with a lot of energy, two awesome musicians with him, an explosive sound. No saxophones, no keyboards, no choirs, no double drummers. A simple power trio with tons of raw power. There's no Royal Albert, no Tour de Force, no Beacon Theatre or other gigs that could overcome this simply beautiful joy of music. Thank you Joe.

That Bass player is getting it 🎸🎸🎸🎸

Eric Czar what a bass player

Eric czar what a musician!

UNBELIEVABLE!!! GREAT!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Eric Czar... Awesome !

What happened to this Bonamassa? I miss back this Bonamassa! Joe, bring back this Bonamassa!

Eric and Kenny wicked jams!!

Best line up ever. Real shame Joe has lost some of this raw energy. Kenny Kramme on drums and Eric Czar on bass awesome.

Joe's band at it's apex. Never been the same since.

The good ol Joe days.

I agree. Joe's never been like this performance since. All 3 musicians are young, hungry, extremely gifted, and you can feel it from the first note. All 3 hold their own on that stage. A rare combination that I haven't seen repeated.

This is just mind boggling guitar work. Joe is one of the best, period. Wish he was still with these guys, this power trio was SMOKING HOT!!!

If I was a billionaire I would pay Joe and Eric to form a band and stay together. Maybe "The Czars of Smokin Guitars". They are equally virtuousic and unmatched in the history of humanity.

Joe really shows off in this video

One of the tightest trios for such a short grouping

Good ol' days. I have that DVD. Spectacular

Bonamassa is his prime!

Nice to see young Joe

I saw Joe live a year ago and as great as it was this is way way better. Joe you need to come back to this rough dynamic wild playing!

Ooo-baby, how cool was that!?

Wow it's just hard to put into words the good rocking vibes I get from this jam! 😮 ❤ ⭐ 🎶 🔥 🎸

Joe bonamassa will probably always be my favorite, you see there are a number of factors that puts him in his own special class as a professional gifted guitarist, first of all he can play right handed and left handed, everything he plays on his guitar with a right handed guitar he can switch the guitar around and play left handed, and very few people in the world are gifted to be able to do that with a musical instrument , especially the guitar, if my research is correct, Joe bonamassa is worth about 37 million dollars and that puts him in a special class because most guitarist, sad to say a lot of them, end up on drugs and alcohol and they don't know how to manage their money right or they get a bad manager that beats them out of their money, like the manager of Jimi Hendrix did to Jimi Hendrix, and also Joe bonamassa owns his own guitar museum ,and on top of that he has played with Clapton in that special theater over in England that very few guitar players ever get invited to be able to play in, he has traveled all over the world, the motor coach that he travels in when in the United States probably cost more than most people's homes do ,also Joe is very clean cut , goes to prove that you don't have to fill your body with tattoos ,all over your face, and put holes in your ears to be a blues guitarist, and also he was gifted as a very young child and his parents are some swell people that they saw the talent that he had inside of him and they groomed him, they spent time with him and energy and they really were devoted to make sure that that talent rather bloomed into a full blossom professional guitarist. Joe bonamassa will always be in his own special class that puts him in a leading position far and above all others that try to compete with him. Also he has two videos among many others on KZfaq that show him to be very articulated at different times in his life with extreme guitar talent on one of his songs titled ( taking the hit ), that he plays with a special guitar that I've never seen before, never saw a guitar like it before, it looks like it's made of mother of pearl, but he looked to be about 19 years old or so in that video and there's no other human on this planet that could play that song like he played it there on that stage, also the way he played the song( slow gin )in Israel ,is mind blowing , I mean it blew those Jewish people's minds apart to watch him play and sing that song the way he did. There are some talented artists that take a special song, that can do things with it that no other artists can, everybody reading this comment ought to check those two episodes of videos out, taking the hit and slow gin, the one he sang in Israel. Yes for many reasons I think Joe will always be one of my favorite and also it's nice to (not have to listen to a guitar player use bathroom wall language all the time) like a lot of them do, he seems to be more restrained with the way he communicates himself and I appreciate that.

Eric is a bass god. Period

What can you say, just, O M G.......

I have at least 5 DVD's of Joe in various concerts with various musicians in the band and this is the one I will pull out late at night to watch and listen to every time, fantastic concert.

The Joe Bonamassa trio was the highlight of JoBos music career!

Excellent playing! As a bassist myself, I'm impressed by eric czar. Crazy!

This band is fuckin' spot on. = Greatness.

Joe rules….then and now.

Great to hear. Hadn't seen this Rockpalast footage before. The guy on the bass is kickass here.

Best era

wauw, Eric is a master

Eric Czar is a genius. Right up there with Stanley Clarke. I wish he were still playing with Smokin' Joe.

this is his best performance ever!

This has become my go to KZfaq track... It does not get old

You will respect and enjoy, this surgical artist

2021 and I keep coming back to this video. What a amazing trio this guys were. Maybe it's one of the best DVDs I own, for sure

This 3 piece line up was so powerful. The first time I ever saw Joe was around '04 time frame with these two backing him. He opened for Frampton and blew everyone away. From the moment he walked on stage he owned it. Also, love the Frampton Do you Feel outro solo! Nice.

I just am in awe of Eric Zcar's bass playing style and ability. Watch joe and eric many many years ago doing Hendrix Ïf 6 was 9 and Spanish castle music. Bass masterclass.

I MUCH prefer this style of playing vs the Vegas Act style he's been doing lately.

OK... We need to start a petition to Joe to get together with the guys and put together a show, times past, alls god. Whos in?

A Massive Classic of Rock Guitar....ever witnessed by Humans...Joe B. and Eric the Czar of electric Bass...one of best live shows of all times..."Beautiful and Ferrous" !!

3 elements of musical style infused perfectly; rock, bass and funk by one tight band. Marvellous.

Eric is one badass bassist!

Love this trio. Killer band.

I miss this trio :(

wow .. blown away by all and Joe we all love you but dam the bass player is hot...

Not sure if I've already said this but I like the drummer and bass player. They are wickedly talented and compliment Joe very well.

Fantastic!!!!!!

What a great performance !! Joe and Eric pair so amazingly in the guitars and the drummer is also great. German audience is on fire. Great show, I bought this DVD!!

It's a shame he doesn't perform in this style anymore.

Powerful stuff. Joe is the best guitarist of the modern era!

The best group of Joe Power trio Joe now is pop

One of the best Blues and Rock guitarist I have ever seen. Amazing.

"So, it's like that" is my favorite album by JB. And I so appreciate his growth as a guitar player and musician. Not to mention the way Joe re-invented his live show and the way he presented himself. Joe is a wealthy cat thanks to his classy live shows. But that "Takin the Hit" is a barn burner along with that entire kickass album recorded way back when. Love it.

Wow!! Joe is the real deal! He's been payin' dues for years and I just hope I'll get to see him live sometime soon. Great interplay between this trio. All great! ✌😊🎸🥁🎸😍

...lest we forget, give Eric Czar just kudos--truly epic when he slaps it up a notch around the 2:00 mark!

You are crazy !!!!! Good good !!!!

Old stuff from Joe, but easily one of his most kick ass performances ever. Something I come back to now & again as a past favorite that he never plays live anymore. I've been roughly tracking view counts for various JB videos over the years since I "discovered" JB in 2011, and I'm surprised this one hasn't gotten a lot more views. Supreme bassist Eric Czar doesn't hurt on this one either. Amazing power trio!

Killer team, bass player specifically! Cliff burton-esque!!

Best in the business I have seen him four times never disappoints he was born about 100 miles north of my hometown upstate NY keeping the Blues alive with all the crapola dominating billboard we still have some refuge from the utter garbage of this era !

This is more like what it should be. Very solid and rock&bluesy. His best formula 😇

All three are outstanding, Joe, the drummer and the base player!

This was the best blues rock trio.. 15 years ago. Now, it's the Phil Sayce trio.

so BADASS!

Mountain time, down by the river, so many hits on this concert. It always amazed me how respectful the crowds are there.

Joe, I love ya but your bass player rocks just ta keep up with ya! As a former bass player, some of the licks he was throwin in totally rocked it.

After listening to this for 3 minutes; I hear Robben Ford licks from the same time period. After he starts singing I hear SRV; Then I hear some Terry Kath and some Clapton.. Influences are to be celebrated, someone is keeping these players alive and innovating on their styles. Go JOE!!

How can it get any better???

Cool to hear the Frampton quote at 8:16 since Frampton is what I constantly hear in Joe's playing and tone!

Me Joe, Eric and Kenny.

One of the greatest rock DVD's ever.

Great intensity!

You really are the very best 🎸🎶

Simmering 😎💥

Saw Joe twice in Belfast, great concerts before he changed his image. I think this is the best concert he's ever done. This is what a power trio is all about, controlled rawness!

Man I Just Keep coming Back To Watch This... Some Really Fantastic Sounds Right Here !!!

Completely Blown Away!! I FINALLY found my music..Could listen to Joe Bonamassa NON-STOP 24/7!!! Love Eric Clapton too. Been listening to blues since the 60's But Joe Bonamassa is well..I cant find the words!! All I can say is keep up the great music..Carry on bro!.

Love the pirate!

Needs to be pointed out just how fucking hard that intro is to play! It’s super deceiving! Took me what felt like forever!!!

His newer live performances still sound brilliant and there’s some great playing in them. But there’s something missing, something that is definitely present in this performance... This video was Joe in his prime.

My head just start spinning watching JB make love to that guitar ♥

yes this fantastic proper rock

Love JB no matter what the lineup is but for me he never sounded better than at this point. Great Band. Great song.

The bit from 5:30 on is INSANE!!! So tight

I listen to this maybe thousand fucking times; then I dance to it in my head, matching moves with notes and riffs and base. Get down and dirty.

Joe is just killer here. freekin killer. His vocals are killer too. He co-wrote this song too. I always hoped joe would return to some of his heavy rock stuff. A guitarist of his talent really shines in a power trio.

Even God was impressed.

fantastic..love it.....

man where is this track been all my life...this is awesome.........and 25 ppl didn't like this??? I don't get it what are you NOT hearing.... this is great music....I can really here the Frampton/Eric Johnson influence in his soloing at this point in his career especially the obvious ending line of this Booty' licous game....

It was this DVD that got me hooked. Despite band member changes,I feel truly honored to see him live Auckland NZ sept12.YEAH.

Killin' it

Agree, Czar sounds amazing!