Joe Bonamassa's Top 5 Guitar Solos Everyone Should Learn

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4 ай бұрын

In this clip Joe Bonamassa talks about and plays his 5 favorite solos from the likes of Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and beyond.
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@rickbeato2 4 ай бұрын

Full Interview Here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/obuSopue18u6h3U.htmlsi=txz96eoe2RX1NtUo

@aquadime3336 4 ай бұрын

This is why these clips are great. It reminded me I never finished watching the full interview. 😆

@ms_beastie 4 ай бұрын

Rick, u should have way more subs than the BS of many other channels

@mezzuna 4 ай бұрын

I was not subscribed. Now I am. Happy days

@litemetal Ай бұрын

Better guest…? You have Joe Bonamassa (!!) the only way to get better guests is to have God send Jimi and Stevie Ray back for a interview.

@renzocalcagno536 4 ай бұрын

Here's the list: 1) "The Thrill is Gone" / BB King 2) "Scuttlebuttin'" / SRV 3) "Blues Power" / Albert King 4) "Fire & Water" / Free (Paul Kossoff) 5) "Voodoo Child" / Jimi Hendrix - SRV versions

@iliana_b 4 ай бұрын

nothing from Slash? :D

@mikemacintyre1 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! My man!

@brockallenmusic 4 ай бұрын

What is the name of the second Free song he played? Wishing Well?

@donjohn2695 4 ай бұрын

@@brockallenmusic walk in my shadow was the second free song he played it's from the debut album by free called Tons of sobs

@Dave-nm3xc 4 ай бұрын

@@brockallenmusic Walk In My Shadows

@broli88 4 ай бұрын

I love how Joe just CASUALY has some of the best guitar tone I've ever heard in my life for this chat with Rick.

@ciaranhill4336 4 ай бұрын

INSANE tone, every thing he plays sounds incredible in this clip

@tijuanaiguana190 4 ай бұрын

I mean his guitar probably costs more than my house. So that’s helps…

@carlwilliams6977 4 ай бұрын

@@tijuanaiguana190Don't kid yourself! He's going to sound better on an off the rack guitar, then most players, using one of JB's best! Gear is secondary to the talent of the musician or athlete!

@justinainsworth6264 4 ай бұрын

It's bc he uses the controls on the guitar and pick attack to get the sound he wants in his head. Something amp model/settings alone cannot achieve. Guitar volume never on 10 is huge for Joe's tone it allows the fundamental of the note to shine through better.

@tbx59 3 ай бұрын

@@tijuanaiguana190 I hate this shit. The guitar is a solved problem. Gear doesn't make someone any better.

@sirefromtheshire 4 ай бұрын

One of my buddies is a huge blues guy and im a total metalhead. He took me to see Joe B at the Greek Theater in LA and it was incredible. The guy is a wizard…a true guitar hero. Really opened my eyes to an entire world of players that I was ignoring.

@swanneez5246 4 ай бұрын

Check out Joe Bonamassa's work with Black Country Communion. You will love it! Especially the live album.

@sirefromtheshire 4 ай бұрын

@@swanneez5246 I actually had listened to them before not knowing Joe Bonamassa was the guitarist in that band. Loved the sound.

@user-lv7ph7hs7l 4 ай бұрын

Similar, former metalhead slowly turning into a blues guy and Joe is a fantastic gateway drug to a lot of great blues.

@JD-rv7sf 4 ай бұрын

You might be on the road to being a bluesman. It happens.

@oceancrosby4578 4 ай бұрын

@@user-lv7ph7hs7l Of course I know who Joe is, but I'm not really familiar with his blues playing, I've listened to Gary Moore a lot more, but this little interview has kindled my interest.

@robmarchese 4 ай бұрын

Love the shout out to Paul Kossoff, who was a phenomenal player! Besides Joe's mammoth talent, his respect for his predecessors is unparalleled.

@bluzzjazz 4 ай бұрын

Yes, Joe always gives props and lavishes praise on those that came before him and that he gleaned his licks from. People knock him for whatever, but I find him humble and his interest as a historian, to be genuine.

@oceancrosby4578 4 ай бұрын

Worth noting Ronnie Van Zan lead singer/songwriter for Lynyrd Skynyrd loved the band "Free".

@ivermektin6874 4 ай бұрын

ok boomer

@Brandon-youtube 3 ай бұрын

I feel like that’s a huge things across the blues artists, almost all of them pay a lot of homage for those before them

@buckbumble 4 ай бұрын

The fact that he kept a straight face during Scuttle Buttlin’ makes you appreciate how effortless that is for Joe 😂

@yksityinenoma7821 4 ай бұрын

That’s effortless for every professional guitarist.

@kerwynwilliams 3 ай бұрын

no my good sir, it isn’t

@maxwelledison03 2 ай бұрын

@@yksityinenoma7821Not I your lifetime.

@stevehunt8423 4 ай бұрын

Joe just knows. Its not just technique, its not just feel, but he just knows. This stuff really means something to him.

@frankrichards3089 4 ай бұрын

It does. His live playing doesn't always do it for me, but here he is at his best. Black Country Communion was great tho

@AB-gb6zz 3 ай бұрын

@@frankrichards3089 Song of Yesterday if released in the 70s would be one of the most iconic rock songs. The canon of ~7-9 minute songs was just too saturated already and barely anyone knows it!

@bfish89ryuhayabusa 4 ай бұрын

I highly recommend learning Peter Green's solo from "Black Magic Woman". Incredible note choices and phrasing. And I personally really enjoy playing it.

@all_things_mark_knopfler 4 ай бұрын

Try to bring mark knopfler

@Two_Seat_Pete_FatA55 21 күн бұрын

Why?

@mikewhitfield2994 4 ай бұрын

Love Bonamassa. Totally don't understand all the hatin' on him. Sure, a lot of his playing is waaay over the top (because he CAN) but plenty of his playing is as smooth as B.B. King, lots of room for the notes to breathe. Dude is just a monster, one of the greatest guitarists ever, but he also gives plenty of room for his band or guest guitarists to shine. Just a super guy and a hell of a player.

@markburnham7512 4 ай бұрын

I can listen to Joe talking guitars and tones all day long, and I do.

@treff9226 4 ай бұрын

Me too, me three and me four!

@quietinterlude770 4 ай бұрын

Im surpised he didnt mention Peter Green. Listen to jumpin at shadows live in Boston, totally unique tone, feel, and vibrato

@redwood-in-stereo 4 ай бұрын

Peter green is in my pantheon

@MyMediaConsulting 4 ай бұрын

I first heard the Duster Bennett version. Then I heard Peter's version. That opening is the perfect fit for the song. It is a master class in feel. It also teaches a lesson an old teacher tried to impart to me. "Soloing is like talking. If you say too much nobody listens. So learn to stop talking and you'll learn how to solo."

@greenmanalishi6963 4 ай бұрын

He never mentions the maestro Peter Green. Peter had a direct connection from a higher power. It’s no surprise Jimmy page Modded his les Paul gifted by Joe Walsh to emulate greens sound (page mentions in 2005 interview) and BB King regarded him as a goat

@Jmoog 4 ай бұрын

Peter Green was the King!

@amjrpain919 4 ай бұрын

Gary Moore as well...

@DanielVerberne 4 ай бұрын

I know Rick has been doing this for years and years, but it certainly seems to me as an outsider that his ability to attract headline artists has happened quite quickly. Very impressive.

@dustinwitty 4 ай бұрын

Kossoff was unbelievable. Joe mentioned Andy Frasier as well. One of the best bass players there was.

@patgilliam6138 4 ай бұрын

Not only is his proficiency at his instrument incredible but his knowledge is Outstanding. Plus you know your at the top when Reese Wynans plays in your band.

@BluesRockAcademy 4 ай бұрын

Not so much knowledge If you don’t mention Gary Moore and Peter Green on top5 solos.

@MickH60 4 ай бұрын

@@BluesRockAcademy Really ? there's dozens more he could have mentioned, this isn't rehearsed, and everyone's favourites are going to be different. So you're comment about "knowledge" is insignificant....

@jonah290 17 күн бұрын

The Fish 'n Chip analogy! Brilliant.

@DG-od4pl 4 ай бұрын

The Thrill is Gone changed my life when I was popping my dads CDs into my first player when I was 10 and had no CDs of my own yet. The epitome of style and taste.

@FAGarcia23 4 ай бұрын

These guys are true fans of music and guitars. The details regarding which tone, switch, pickups, amp were using it's just amazing. Normal musicians or hobbyists can't get that deep.

@cbcacbca 3 ай бұрын

That sound he gets when he switches to the neck pickup is glorious.

@davidkeller6156 4 ай бұрын

I saw Free live when they were an opening band for Blind Faith. What a concert.

@jimbodavis1944 4 ай бұрын

Wow! Amazing… Blind Faith was there, then gone. A rare concert.

@Harris90 4 ай бұрын

I would love to hear Joe put out a full Free/Bad Company cover album.

@amjrpain919 4 ай бұрын

Joe is a phenomenal ambassador of blues guitar and music! He's infectious, and I love him! 😎👍

@JohnnyCarterMusicOfficial 4 ай бұрын

Respect

@marcleguerrannic7817 4 ай бұрын

The Fish and chips response is brilliant😂 Great interview as always, thank you.

@kevinsteur1 4 ай бұрын

First time I ever heard Joe plays Stevie, makes my day ❤

@jamesrobert4106 3 ай бұрын

And somehow made it an SRV tone on a Les Paul 😮.

@kjguitarman 4 ай бұрын

He’s so good and very knowledgeable about the history of guitar players and styles.

@These_go_to_eleven_1959 4 ай бұрын

Love Joe B's playing but also really appreciate that he inspires the younger players to check out vintage inspired gear like the Burst Les paul's. Young guys like Dirty Honey's John Notto are into Burst Les Paul's and i am glad to see it!👍

@situationunchanged9733 4 ай бұрын

My guitar teacher had an early sun burst Les Paul, iirc it was late 60s model, but could've been 70s. Thing had been around the world with him. Was bloody gorgeous and weighed a ton!!! Beautiful to play too

@These_go_to_eleven_1959 4 ай бұрын

@@situationunchanged9733 To me and from what Bonamassa said himself what makes the old guitars "Better is a combination of things. The materials used back then which were of a higher grade not like the cheaper stuff most use these days. and also the guitar has been played a LOT! So the parts are aging from playing it, the parts are a better grade and things like that is what makes them sound warmer and richer. There is nothing wrong with a Murphy Lab aged Les Paul but the aging was not done by playing it. That is why those old Japan made Les paul's from Greko, Burny,etc sound as good as a Gibson. the Japanese were using the same exact materials to build them and they used actual Gibson's to make them.

@fudsterhomme 4 ай бұрын

Yes to Paul Kossof shoutout. Absolute ledge!

@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm 3 ай бұрын

Live at the EL MACAMBO = SRV .

@alexwillis954 4 ай бұрын

To see Joe try to play Stevie they way he played it and say “I can’t do it” was kind of eye opening

@CleoS-vx5pd 10 күн бұрын

Although Joe's version of "I can't do it" is a million times better than everyone else's "I can't do it"! 😂

@MaunderMaximum 4 ай бұрын

I love that Joe plays 5ths with index and pinky like I do. So much more comfortable than using my ring finger.

@timboland7767 4 ай бұрын

You mean power chords ?

@MaunderMaximum 4 ай бұрын

@@timboland7767 2-string 5ths. See 3:46

@MickH60 4 ай бұрын

@@timboland7767 Root and 5th, power chord...

@N3gativeR3FLUX 4 ай бұрын

@@timboland7767The two terms are interchangeable...

@user-lv7ph7hs7l 4 ай бұрын

He said he does it if he expects to so bends, as it gives you better vibrato control but you should still try to use the pinky as much as possible.

@mjsmcd 4 ай бұрын

Opening of voodoo child slight return was an african tribe chant from the movie "naked prey" in 1961

@JDP-we9hk 4 ай бұрын

Love to listen to Joe talk guitars, gear, and music.

@jdguitar1040 4 ай бұрын

Love that he gives the shout out to Free/Kossoff. Very cool...

@stevekarr4613 4 ай бұрын

I love how Joe grunts between guitar phrases. It goes like this...then...and. Excellent!

@TheSpydersBand 4 ай бұрын

Still Got The Blues, Gary Moore’s solo. Also, his solo on Story Of The Blues.

@michaelmcleary8566 4 ай бұрын

Joe really nailed it with the mushy peas!

@hkguitar1984 4 ай бұрын

Thank You Rick, your content/guests are simply amazing.

@SamFugarino 4 ай бұрын

I love the look he had on his face when he started playing The Thrill is Gone.

@rareform6747 9 күн бұрын

Slow Voodo Chile with Windwood is out of world !

@tiagogomes4114 Ай бұрын

0:42 nailing that without even trying is so satisfying to see

@PK-ct1bm 4 ай бұрын

Terrifying times we live in, on one side. On the other hand: How cool is that: Watching Joe B. explaining and showing some essential licks and tricks.

@philibowey4809 4 ай бұрын

Totally with Jo bo on that one ..... FREE should be in the rock n roll hall of fame deffo ....Paul kossoff was one of the reasons I picked up the axe 🎸

@markhill9275 4 ай бұрын

ABSOLUTELY! When you look at so many loser bands and poor musicians in there, FREE is one of the greatest ever rock bands!

@vossmeister Ай бұрын

Free's gig where they played through an all-Orange backline was probably the one at Radio Bremen, Germany in 1970

@DanielVerberne Ай бұрын

I love playing the blues as a guitarist. However, I love it the most when it's just an aspect of the musical 'language' as opposed to being the main style on offer. Think of almost solo by guitarist Joe Satriani and you get a good idea of what I like - the moods conjured using the modes, soloing over chord changes, but when employing 'blue notes', bends, double-stops and other things out of the blue trickbag to bring excitement and attitude. Again, it's where blues is providing a critical ingredient without being the only thing on the menu.

@SemourDuncan 4 ай бұрын

Very happy, that you mentioned Free and Paul. One of my main famous bands, which is so much more than All right now. My Vision is an guitarized arangement of Heavy Load.

@DouglasMcLaughlin-kq7hk Ай бұрын

I'm Yarzo Spatflute and I play a '59 Strat hardtail built by hand by Leo through a wall of Dumbles, Altec Voice of Gods and racks of effects that require their own zip code and Guess how it sounds. Skill outdoes equipment.

@renanalcantara8856 8 күн бұрын

John Mayer's second Wild Blue solo from Stephen Colbert had a little bit of everything.

@mrdfoutz 3 ай бұрын

Only Joe could fit Mushy Peas perfectly into a technical explanation of guitar tuning!

@deefsound 4 ай бұрын

The fish & chip metaphor at the end: He ain’t wrong. 🤣

@claymor8241 4 ай бұрын

I hate mushy peas. Guess I’m just a maverick, that’s how I roll.

@deefsound 4 ай бұрын

Oh, I do too. It’s just that it looks wrong if they’re not on the plate. 🤣@@claymor8241

@hepgeoff 4 ай бұрын

Great respect for Rick and Joe! I wish I had 1/8 the talent of Joe B. Playing Scuttle Buttin just off the cuff like that, wow!

@MrMillipeed 4 ай бұрын

Excellent stuff. A must for any guitarist, at whatever level. BB & Kossof for tone, Jimi & SRV for chops, Albert King for the joy of it and all of them for musicality. But I'm sorry Joe, but I'm a Brit, been eating fish & chips since I was knee high to a grasshopper - but I hate mushy peas.

@jayteesgear 4 ай бұрын

I just watched Bonnamossa play “Fire & Water” 😮🎉 Rick, you just created a historic moment in my life! Gracias

@markhill9275 4 ай бұрын

OK Joe, here you go, 1, Ten Years Gone, 2, Be My Friend, (live), 3, Blue Sky (both Duane and Dickey), 4, Let it Be, (just absolutely Iconic) 5, Stairway (because it is THE iconic solo from the Greatest R+R song ever, and everyone should know Stairway!)

@JimmyKSimmonsOfficial 4 ай бұрын

Alright now, Hot Legs and You May Be Right were our most loved covers - we did our best to respect the original but make it our own (touring originals based band with a handful of selective covers) - crowds would go NUTS - iconic songs to say the least. Free should soooo be in the R&RHOF

@bryantcochran5065 4 ай бұрын

How great Joe B. Giving so many great tips for anyone that's on the guitar journey. He is so inspiring.

@user-bl5jr5vz6i 4 ай бұрын

Bill Nelson of Be Bop Deluxe. The original Live in the Air Age album. Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape 14th February 1977.

@navasaband 4 ай бұрын

Kossoff was the KING of smooth, tasty licks.

@TheSkateboardingShow 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Rick and Joe, I have always been a big Free fan and have thought that the guitar work is massively underrated, great to hear you mention them. Thank you for the inspiration and the suggestions 🙏👌👏👏👏

@marcozarattini1854 4 ай бұрын

The KOSS is my guitar hero...just great and so underrated...

@bnastali 4 ай бұрын

Goosebumps! So many tones.

@TruthOverLies 4 ай бұрын

Seen JB many times in Maryland…always a real treat. He puts on a great show!

@kevinsmith5318 3 ай бұрын

Joe B has an incrdible knowledge of fellow guitarists/musicians. Blows me away every time i see him play or interviewed. On a mission to buy every record he has put out.

@1019caveman 4 ай бұрын

Walk in my Shadow at 5:15. My favourite Free song. Used to cover it with my band.

@Tepekegoat68 4 ай бұрын

Scuttle Buttin is such an awesome song i swear!!!! one of my favs from SRV. Looove Joe’s tone!! Awesome interview Rick! 🤘😎

@12Cinti12 Ай бұрын

I loved the full interview, so fascinating and I am completely hooked on his music! Also, when he says “can’t just keep shredding”, the hell you can!! 😃 I just began to discover the shreddy side of Bonamassa and he’s killing it!! Best gateway “drug” to blues for people coming from metal/rock.

@danielhall7996 4 ай бұрын

No worries Rick, I’ve been subscribed for a long time already. Keep bringing us gold, friend. 👍

@AntarblueGarneau 4 ай бұрын

ALBERT KING "Personal Manager" from "Born Under a Bad Sign" LP

@learnonedooneteachone3822 4 ай бұрын

BOTH versions! That's amazing.

@barryspicer7949 4 ай бұрын

When I saw Free at Brighton Dome in the early 70s Kossoff wasn’t 100% and Rogers played some guitar, PK still blew it away though. Their back line at that gig was Orange … IIRC.

@samthebarber93 Ай бұрын

Unbelievable talent! He’s that technical my brain doesn’t even absorb a single bit of it 😂 all I know right now is that Les Paul is a forking beast!!!! Never hear such clean, bright and articulate tone come from a pair of HB’s! Would hate to think how much that things worth!

@simonwood721 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Joe for the Koss love! FREE Live! (LP) was my first introduction to FREE in my early teens and my true inspiration for playing guitar. You're so right, these guys deserve far more recognition. What a groove.....

@johnwatts8346 4 ай бұрын

best solos- stairway sympathy white room and hotel cal and 12 bar blues in general are the best chord progressions to solo over and hence the best solos.

@the_fleeing_dutchman 4 ай бұрын

totally concur with the mushy peas! Great guy, as usual!

@Rod-dg7fy 4 ай бұрын

Joe is amazing. He just keeps getting better.

@Bryan-jd7os 4 ай бұрын

He really does.

@mrfuzztone 4 ай бұрын

Since I am old I usually think of 2 Clapton leads in Cream songs: Sunshine of Your Love, Crossroads

@stratblooz1 4 ай бұрын

The last 10 seconds of this clip is the best last 10 seconds of any interview I've ever seen

@MrGB1999 4 ай бұрын

In true "fish and chips" style, the British guitarist John Squire created one of the best all-time bluesy solos. It isn't hard to play, but it never leaves you. That is the hallmark of a great solo. "Made of Stone"

@ScanDaled 4 ай бұрын

Love Joe Bonamassa!!!! First Class all the way while remaining a regular Joe... See you @ The Taft

@CSAndrewHenry 4 ай бұрын

Joe has such an effortlessness and ease about his playing. Magical to watch. and @Rick, another great interview that this is excerpts from. Truly, you are one of my favorite interviewers, putting your guests at ease, letting them talk and then cutting to the heart of it to always take things to the next level. Keep it up, PLEASE!

@taurushamilton2739 4 ай бұрын

I would add Hotel California solo, All Along the watchtower JImi, and Stairway solo and Highway Star Blackmore. Add those to the list and you will have covered a LOT of ground in your learning pursuits IMHO🙏🏾💯🤘🏾

@christian-van-e 4 ай бұрын

He can’t; its all pentatonic+ he plays😊😂

@vailgrass 4 ай бұрын

Honestly it’s an endless list. The important thing is to keep learning.

@taurushamilton2739 3 ай бұрын

@@vailgrass indeed!… it never stops if you love the instrument 💯🤘🏾

@taurushamilton2739 3 ай бұрын

@@christian-van-e 🤣🤣🤣good☝🏾

@roger10coutinho 3 ай бұрын

I just love to see Rick’s face after each solo played. It’s the best because my face probably is doing the same.

@ckallaher 4 ай бұрын

Didn't realize the difference between Beato 1 and Beato 2 channels! Now subscribed to both. I could listen to you and Joe talk all day. And his tone and chops: holy smokes!

@isaacverrall8782 4 ай бұрын

Glad Free was mentioned one of the most underrated bands ever

@giuliolepri596 Ай бұрын

To this list I would add another one song: chuck berry johnny b. goode. It's iconic and yet still so fun to play. It teaches you the fundamental of rock n roll and to have fun

@GOODTARGETBARTZ 4 ай бұрын

Bonus content unlocked

@Johnny_Dregs 3 ай бұрын

"Mushy peas come with fish and chips." Never heard that, but it completely made sense to me in this context."

@Dianelee999 4 ай бұрын

Hard work and credit where credit is due. That’s JB. 💜

@hellogais2177 4 ай бұрын

This is a main channel video, this is incredible, great resource

@PeterKKraus 4 ай бұрын

His solos on Last Kiss 2009 Royal Albert Hall are kind of mind boggling.

@brinsonharris9816 3 ай бұрын

Rick, how can you possibly get “better guests”? You had dinner with Joni Mitchell, interview Peter Frampton, got to pick Andy Summers’ brain and now you’re geeking out with Joe B.? I’m subbed to both for whatever that’s worth. Great work, Rick!

@tristanbower6275 4 ай бұрын

I would add claptons crossroads from the winterland in ‘68 as well

@marcotonetti 3 ай бұрын

Joe is an enciclopedia! I’m astonished 😮

@songperformer_NET 2 ай бұрын

Best version of the Thrill is gone, is "the Squirrels gone", a song about the angst of a dog trying to catch squirrels, the Scottish accent adds to the authenticity.

@fredimachadonet 4 ай бұрын

This is great! Please interview Eric Steckel. The guy is a blues metal monster.

@JDShellnut39 4 ай бұрын

Glad you pointed out this is a different channel! I've been a subscriber to your original channel for quite some time. I had on idea there was an RB2! Now I'm a subscriber here!

@derekjones208 10 күн бұрын

Love Joe's 'mushy peas' analogy - True Brit! Great! :)

@myownchannel247 4 ай бұрын

He should’ve mentioned his own song Sloe Gin 🔥

@playersteven007 Ай бұрын

You are Great when you have your own guitar named after you You still can outplay most guitarists and wish I could play one third as good. God bless and manny people know you.