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Award-winning blues rock star, guitar hero and singer-songwriter Joe Bonamassa and his ace touring band will perform in concert at the King Center in Melbourne, Florida on December 8th at 8pm. The one-night-only show is in support of his album Black Rock, which was released on Bonamassa's J&R Adventures label in March 2010, debuted at #1 on Billboard's Blues Albums Chart and #38 on Billboard's Top 200 Chart, a huge leap from 2009's The Ballad of John Henry which debuted at #136 on the Top 200. The tenth full-length solo release and eighth studio album of his career, the disc marks Bonamassa's sixth collaboration with Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Black Crowes, Aerosmith) as producer.
A child prodigy, Bonamassa opened shows at age 12 for blues legend B.B. King, who said after first seeing him play, "This kid's potential is unbelievable...He's one of a kind." Bonamassa's recording career began in the early '90s with Bloodlines, a rock-blues group also featuring Robby Krieger's son Waylon and MiLes Davis' son Erin. His solo debut was in 2000 with the Tom Dowd-produced A New Day Yesterday, named for the Jethro Tull hit that Bonamassa delivers with what allmusic.com calls, "a jaw-dropping performance."Bonamassa averages 200 shows every year, almost always playing to sold-out and ever-larger houses, and with each gig, he comes more into his own as a virtuoso and a vocalist. As he heads back to the road in support of his new album, Bonamassa remains infinitely passionate about playing live and connecting with his audiences, something evident in comments like Paul Roy's for the recurring Blues Bash feature on blogcritics.org: "Joe is not only one of the world's best guitar players, but he is also one of the most charismatic and down to earth performers in the business...I would get out and see this guy the first chance you get." www.jbonamassa.com
