2012 Music Top

Position: 94 of 100

Artist: Joe Bonamassa

Song: Dust Bowl

Album: Dust Bowl (2011)

Deezer Link: http://www.deezer.com/track/10209522

Alternate Video Link: http://www.vplay.ro/watch/sjhmrvjw/

The title track of Joe Bonamassa's 2011 album is more of a rocker than a blues song. That's not unusual coming from Bonamassa. The Canadian has proven his versatility time and time again balancing blues and rock in a very eclectic style. 

I consider Bonamassa one of the last "gunslingers". A new artist (made his debut back in 2001), Bonamassa is a blues guitarist worth of being put into the same category with names such as Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter, Jeff Healey, Peter Green, Rory Gallagher, Billy Gibbons and I'll even go as far as to include Stevie Ray Vaughan in this lot. A bunch of good and great white blues guitar players that took the essence of blues created by the truly great ones and expanded its borders. Say what you will that's some good company to find oneself in.

The song Dust Bowl, a Bonamassa original, has a great vibe to it. It's the perfect companion for a cold winter's or autumn's night walk, with its eerie organ part it almost feels like the perfect song to open a halloween party.