Orlando 11/5/2009 show

Welcome tpson and brace yourself! Don't be afraid to speak to anybody wearing a JB shirt. I'll be there with Jane. Please post your Bonabaptism review, they are the best! Thanks for taking the time to sign-up!    Cathy

my face hurts - from smiling!
I'm still absorbing everything, but a few things keep bubbling to the top...
Joe B never stops - finish a song, grab a guitar, start another song - boom boom boom for 2 hours!
The guitar tones were SO good all night - but there was something special about "Happy Times"
A friend came with who hasn't heard Joe B much - he was blown away by "Woke up dreaming"
"Live from Nowhere in particular" is a great album - being there is better.
I'll be re-living this for a while - but I'm already looking forward to next time!
THANKS Joe !

Every time I see Joe, I always walk away saying "That was one of my favorite Joe shows", and last night was no exception. Great performance, sound, lights, and crowd. I brought my sister for her first Joe show, and afterward I asked her how she liked it. She said "That was intense!", and it was.

Joe's voice was as good as I've heard it, playing was flawless and Joe had the sold out crowd in the palm of his hands for the whole show.

Hung around the bus (and 18 wheeler) after the show, and I think this was the biggest crowd I've ever seen wait for Joe after a show. As usual, Joe hung around signing, talking, and taking pictures with his fans for a long time.

Every show is perfect in it's own way, and every show is little different...the mark of a great performer. Can't wait for tonight in Clearwater!

FANTASTIC SHOW FROM BEGINNING TO END!!! JOE AND THE BAND WERE ABSOLUTELY ON FIRE!!! SEEN HIM IN WESTHAMPTON NY IN APRIL AND ALL I CAN SAY IS IT DONT GET ANY BETTER   BUT THE ORLANDO SHOW WAS  SMOKING HOT I HAD SECOND ROW CENTER  SOUND WAS AMAZING  SET LIST WAS FANTASTIC     BAND WAS FANTASTIC AND JOE WAS OFF THE CHARTS     SAME SET LIST AS BIRMINGHAM I DO BELIEVE     IF I CAN PICK A HIGHLIGHT OF THE SHOW IT STARTED WITH JOHN HENRY AND ENDED WITH JUST GOT PAID TODAY          THIS IS MY FIRST REVIEW AND I HAVE SEEN JUST ABOUT EVERY ROCK AND BLUES  BAND OUT THERE SINCE THE SEVENTIES AND I GOT TO SAY JOE AND THE BOYS ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE BEST BANDS I HAVE EVER SEEN LIVE

Going to the Clearwater show tonight. Just wondering-is there an opening band? What time has Joe been going on stage? I need to plan the pre show festivities.

Greetings from the Internet Cafe in Clearwater Beach. I heartily agree with Ken. One of the best! The crowd was energized the entire time. It was wonderful to see how many young fans were there and fully animated. I can't rave enough about the clarity of sound and the perfection of the lighting, IMHO. Joe's voice had that extra something too. At one point I whispered to Jane that it was "scary good". The after show comments were as Ken reported. Slack jawed new devotees, wondering if the experience was real or memorex..lol..

Our pre-show meeting with Joe, seeing Bogie, Carmine and Rick made it feel like a coming home. Then, the bonus of hooking up with Ken, Sue and co., as well as getting a big hug from BJJ, meeting Ms. Tia and their son. I think I'm beginning to understand why Dead fans took to the road with the band. I think I could be happy on the road chasing these guys.

The selfish me knows that access to Joe and the Band is going to become harder as they become more popular, and that makes me sad.  The true fan in me understands and I wish them all the success they so deserve!

***IMPORTANT*** Joe was commenting on his recent award as "Break-out Artist" and the irony that on November 11th he will celebrate 20 years of gigging!! Congrats Joe and I raise a glass to the next 20!!!   Love to all, Cathy

(your editor is delighted for you as he looks out at the gray drizzle...)

Well I reckon I'll chime in.  Even though I don't have the set list I can tell you some highlights.  John Henry rocks HARD.

Oh BTW...spoke to Joe briefly before he picked up his guitar and had a little fun with "Who are you dude?  Some Johnny-Come-Lately?  Some Overnight Sensation?"  When he looked up and smiled I congratulated him.  He said, "20 years on 11/11..."  He spoke about that during the show...

Anyway he went promptly onstage and the Bonamassa Band shook the foundations of that old theatre and laid waste to the rafters.  The roof was on fire. From TBOJH to Last Kiss was SMOOTH.  Rick sang his harmony and as it faded that minor blues intro thundered goose bumps up my spine and set my hair on fire.  So Many Roads is just effing BLUES.  I have spoken.  So much feeling!

So It's Like That could make your granny dance.  I wonder if those slackers in the latest incarnation of BFTB would care to do it...my frustration runneth over.  Ken you should come back.  I got a singer you would like.  Nickels?  just gets better all the time.   I can tell they just keep tweaking it and playing with it AND WHY NOT?  Further On Up the Road we don't need no Clapton Eric.

Now Sloe Gin is where Joe showed me his sense of humor.  On that long intro, he played some stuff (If one would listen properly, sniffs the Doc) that was just playful and amusing.  He did a descending run and I laughed out loud.  The poor inebriated female next to me moved 2 seats away after a sidelong glance.  I was in the balcony at that point.

I vaguely remember missing the horns on that Lonesome Road but not much.  Was it on to Happer Times?  Then I heard some funk...WTF?  What is that gonna break into?  WHOA!  Bridge To Better Days...MsTia's favorite, even though at the end of a lousy day at work, she was tired of idiot drunks...no honey, they're fans...and the lights had given her a headache...no baby you came with that.  Here take one of these...she likeded that song.  The Divine MsTia must be happy. 

Since I can't sit still I meandered through the Plaza talking with some folks in the Company during the remainder of the show...I had to eat.  Got caught, too...with my mouth full...hard to be smooth with a panini on your face...

During the encore one of the Plaza staff was standing there with a look on his face I have come to recognize.  He started asking questions so fast I had to hold up my hand.  "How old are you?"  "Nineteen," he said. 

Are you inspired?  I've never seen anything like this in my life...

MuchHope
BigJeff