Charlotte, NC - Oct. 16, 2008

It's official!!!  If you want to get the "gold circle" tickets you have to call the box office over the phone at 704-358-9298.  They are the first five rows right in front of the stage.

GREAT SHOW!!!  Very good turnout...   Same Set List as with prior shows...

Really appreciate ALL the street team efforts in promoting this show, you guys make a difference!!!

This was my second time seeing Joe. The first time was at the Handlebar(greenville sc) earlier this year. I think this show was better than the first one. I was blown away by both shows. I brought a couple of new people with me and they walked away amazed and Joe fans now. I got very lucky at the show. Joe threw his pick on the last note on the last song near me. It hit the floor and everybody around  was looking for it. My friend Chris came up with it and after much begging and threating,( to make him walk the 100 miles home). He gave it to me. His intention was to give it to me all along. He just wanted to hear me beg for it. What a friend,( I might have called a cab or rented a car). Out of all the concerts I have been to this is the first pick I have ever gotten and its from my favorite musician out there right now. It will go in the coffin with me when I pass.

Thanks Joe, for giving me some precious new memories and helping me through what has been a trying time in my life.

Well this was my first time seeing Joe live and be sure it will not be the last! I actually only discovered his music about 3 weeks before the show here in Charlotte. I was checking out the web site and seen a date listed ,had no idea where the venue was but i knew i needed to get tickets. I also brought 2 friends and my wife and informed another friend about the show who brought 2 others so total we had 7. I have to say i was totally blown away with his abilities ,i'm a big Led Zepplin fan and he got into that Dazed and Confused riff i'd swear it was Jimmy himself on that stage. The theator he played at couldn't have been a better place to see him for the first time very intimate place. Sound quality was good ,we sat in the center almost back near the mixing boards. It was very cool when near the end of Askin Around for You Joe stepped to front of the stage and belted out the lyrics without the mic, he really puts his heart and soul into his music and it showed during that song. I'm hooked as a lifelong fan now and can't wait till comes around this way again. I've already considered heading north to cath a show since i still have family back up that way....alas I have too much work to do here to running off up north.
Again great show!!
Dave

The October 16th Show in Charlotte was my first show too... although I have listened to his music for about four years now.  I have a copy of the DVD "JB: live from the Rockapalast" (I will write a review in another thread) and the CD "Sloe Gin".  Having caught the BLUES BUG, I knew what to expect at the show... And Joe gave us an awesome night in Charlotte. I knew the set list would be similar to his newest CD.
  I also recall (as mentioned in the post above) that Joe has a strong enough voice now to belt out the last couple of verses of "Asking around for You" without a microphone. Bonamassa's voice is much stronger, rounder and just better in person. The other thing which stuck out to me, was how much bending, vibratos and harmonics he had in the cape for the show. Songs like "Sloe Gin," "Another Kind of Love," and "Just Got Paid" explode into something different when Joe plays them live. Youtube is fun, but it doesn't compare to a concert.
   Before, I said I knew what to expect at the show... But I'm going to have to take that back. You see, I waited around until after the show because I've heard he has a meet and greet sometimes. Right now, I am holding onto some special tabs which I had ordered several months ago from this site... to study from. Joe was kind enough to sign my tabs- this was such a quality show. That's just something I wont forget. I will absolutely catch another show... And though the Crunchy Blues Tones in the songs above are what got me hooked first, I'd say that songs like "Asking Around for You," "If Heartaches were Nickels" and "Black Night is Falling"  illustrate something else in Bonamassa's playing- that's where his own true voice on the Les Paul comes in... the guitar is really almost like a voice in the Bluesy Ballads.

Hey Rich, excellent pictures as usual!!  I know you were having a tough time with the lighting but they came out really good.  You have a great eye!!!

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