Joe Bonamassa-Dust Bowl (2011)

The ninth album from one of the great blues guitar talents of the 21st century. Recorded after his first tour with his side project, Black Country Communion, where he shared the stage with Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham, and Derek Sherinian. On this album, “Dust Bowl”, Joe Bonamassa once again collaborated with producer Kevin Shirley, resulting in a superb work of powerful and forceful blues. The rhythmic “Slow Train” kicks off an album so overwhelming that it doesn't leave a second's respite, and then tracks like the rock song “Black Lung Heartache”, the splendid version of Free's “Heartbreaker”, with the estimable voice of Glenn Hughes, the introspective “The Meaning Of The Blues”, the rhythmic and cheerful “Tennessee Plates”, with John Hiatt on vocals, the rhythm and blues “You Better Watch Yourself”, a cover of the great Little Walter, the dark blues “The Last Matador of Bayone” or the immeasurable “Prisoner”, an amazing blues rock version of an old Barbra Streisand song.