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hmmmm.... i am saddened that Joe Bonamassa has to take some of his precious (rare) free time, and respond to any negative comments from anyone. I havent seen the post that Joe is talking about, nor will I seek it out. Forum anonimity DOES make some gonads grow, but they are still bb balls if you ask me.
I was there at Mohican. Joe started the show off stage and set the tone for a wonderful display of guitar prowess, singing virtuosity, and supreme showmanship. Within 3 minutes, Joe was dripping in sweat...even his guitars perspired!!! I am a veteran of about 40 shows, all kine venues, all kine crowds, and I can't see this
"attitude" naysayers allude to. Joe has done many a festival in his day, and he knows that when you headline a 5-6 band festival, there are going to be some alcohol ladden moments. I think Joe expects it, and even smiles at them. BUT... to attack his personal appearance, and garb is a clear display of ignorance and jealousy.
The show was GREAT. Joe does not miss a beat (neither did Bogie or Mark), and I couldn't believe that he just kept on pounding the hits out in all that humidity. Non stop jamming!! I think Joe makes a point to tweak every song a little for every different show, and I think he does a fine job. Many shows I think Joe paces himself like a prize-fighter...jab, jab, jab, combo, uppercut, then back to jabbing, and then a few knockdowns, and then the final knockout. NO rope-a-dope, but constant birage of frenzied, furious, fretting, fantastic fingers, mixed in with a soulful voice.
Listen... why is Joe any different from the rest of us? Just because HIS profession is one that lets others share in it's process, does that make him less worthy of natural human tendencies? When the average Joe (pardon the pun) finishes their job, do they have to go out and fend off coodies that deter their health, by shaking strangers' hands?? If you show up for work, and your workspace was trashed by earlier shift, are you not allowed to grumble a little?? Just because Joe is a superstar, it does not make him un-human. He is flesh and blood with the same nerves and feelings the rest of us have.
As for "ego"... ohmy goodness...NOBODY can be any kine performer and not have an ego. In the days of MY youth, my guitar heroes ALL had supreme egos. So much so, that if they perceived anyone in their genre that was getting TOO much praise and following, they would dis them, and try to pollute the air with negativity. AND... there were many that you couldn't tell if they had egos or what, as those were the days of drug induced motivation to appear on stage and perform over, an over gain for crowds, after traveling miles, and miles...etc.
Joe is clean performer, who not only recognizes other talents, but, actually, promotes other talents in many different ways. Who heard of LD b4 Joe? Who here is on the road 300+ days out of the year, yet remembers to stop at grade schools to share with youth of America?? OK, then. If you are a blues fan, and you do NOT know that Joe is a mix of blues and rock, then you are not a blues fan.
ANYwayz... my lovely wife directed me to this post by Joe. IF whomever managed to get MY guitar hero upset enough to doubt his purpose in life wants to take ANYTHING up with me (or probably countless other fans who's necks are imflamed by such comments), I am ready, willing, and able to either spar with you verbally, or (my favorite) physically. I have dealt with your kine all my life, and i always win. So...tuck that little thing of yours between your legs, and run off to some woods and expire (if you can tear yourself away from licking yourself like the mangey dog you are).
whew, i feel better!!
Good thing I dont read the forum unless the wahine says I need to, as I don't like being ready to kill something, and it not being hunting season, yet. But... like goundhgs, and coyote, I guess idiots are always in season.
"reach up on the wall, baby, hand me down my shootin' iron".
aloha,
keithndebbielani
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