Topic: Sioux Falls - March 2, 2011
I'll have more to say later, but once again MAGNIFICENT!!!
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I'm with Lee on this one: simply amazing performance!!
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Alright so here goes.
He used his Bonaburst on Cradle Rock, So Many Roads, and When the Fire Hits the Sea.
http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn38 … G_5598.jpg
He then used a new original 59 Les Paul for So It's Like That, and If Heartaches Were Nickels. No reissue. He tweeted that he enjoyed playing 9-0829 for the first time. That serial number checks in as a real 59.
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Then he played his 'Bonabyrd' Gibson one off of a Les Paul style body and Firebird headstock for Slow Train.
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He then had a Goldtop Bigsby Les Paul on Dust Bowl
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Then he used his 'Peter Green' Les Paul for You Better Watch Yourself, and Sloe Gin.
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For Ballad of John Henry he used one of his Signature Candy Apple Blue Les Pauls.
http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn38 … G_5627.jpg
On Lonesome Road Blues and Happier Times he used a red semi-hollow (unsure of the model number) with a golden trem and pickups.
http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn38 … G_5634.jpg
He then took out his new original 59 again for Steal Your Heart Away and Great Flood.
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He then used a new white SG Doubleneck for Young Man Blues.
http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn38 … G_5641.jpg
On Woke Up Dreaming he used an Alvarez acoustic he has had for a bit.
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Then he had a gray flame top Ernie Ball Music Man for Django/Mountain Time.
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And for the encore of Bird On A Wire, he used the Giglotti Custom Tele.
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For the second encore song Just Got Paid he used the Korina V.
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His amp setup was the same as usual, the Marshall Silver Jubilee, Category 5 JB 100, the Van Weelden Twinkleland, and the Carol Ann JB 100. My camera was having troubles taking a good rig shot since it was in the dark.
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Glad you had such a cool time, Austin. Thanks for putting names to all these guitars. That '59 is very similar to one that Joe borrowed to play with Derek Trucks at Hot August Blues in 2009. Apparently Joe didn't realize that it was original until part way through the song, and there is a video on you tube where you can see him noticing that fact. Pretty funny.
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Re: Sioux Falls - March 2, 2011
Excellent report Austin! Putting a photo to each guitar is a great idea!
BTW, guitar used on "Lonesome Road Blues" and "Happier Times" is a Gibson 355 I believe.
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Lee wrote:
Excellent report Austin! Putting a photo to each guitar is a great idea!
BTW, guitar used on "Lonesome Road Blues" and "Happier Times" is a Gibson 355 I believe.
I heard that it's the one he got on Ebay? Just like Freddie Kings?
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Well Austin, I'm sure that your report had the gearheads and guitar addicts in twelve states of ecstasy, but as a humble, non-musician listener, I'd really like to know what you felt about what you heard, highlights, overall impression, relative degree of jaw drop, that kind of thing - rather than only how awesome all the guitars were.
Whenever your academic work permits, of course. 
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Amsterhammer wrote:
Well Austin, I'm sure that your report had the gearheads and guitar addicts in twelve states of ecstasy, but as a humble, non-musician listener, I'd really like to know what you felt about what you heard, highlights, overall impression, relative degree of jaw drop, that kind of thing - rather than only how awesome all the guitars were.
Whenever your academic work permits, of course.
I can try! 
It is a Friday, so no work for me tonight!
So he started playing off stage in the dark and came on, and I was so impressed by his tone, and obviously his playing. Joe can shred; I don't care what you say. During one of the solos he did a sweep picking line, crazy arpeggios, and amazing feel on the slow stuff. His use of the volume and tone knobs is unreal. So much versatility to be had on each song he played. Tal's playing was very tight, right in the pocket as far as drummers go. Very chill dude, smiling and making Carmine and Joe laugh. Carmine has some great chops too. Rick is just simply great as keyboardists go. Very nice playing here as well.
Some of my highlights song wise were definitely Sloe Gin, If Heartaches Were Nickels, Slow Train, Lonesome Road Blues, Happier Times, and Woke Up Dreaming. Joe can be so emotional in the slower stuff and I dig it. Lonesome Road Blues is just a sweet blues song that I dig, and Joe could jam on Woke Up Dreaming for days!! This is not my video, but it is of the Sioux Falls show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6kjSWJD … ideo_title
I mean 11 minutes? I think my socks were rocked off from the moment he stepped on stage, and then my mind was just blown.
My overall impression was that he is a great performer, playing non stop for two and a half hours or so. Very good show in my book. Mistakes? What mistakes? Joe's vocals were wonderful, as was his playing; not to mention at the same time!
My jaw was in shock! Being able to see my biggest influence on guitar for the first time, and up close was astounding. I can't wait to go again. Such a great guy, and full of musicality, unlike some famous performers these days.
All in all - well worth the $75 dollar ticket. I need to get more CD's dating farther back into his playing though. I'm only back until LFNWIP.
As a guitar player, I hope some day I can perform at a level like Joe. Not 2,000+ venues, but even 500. Just to be able to do that is something I want to be able to accomplish. I need to practice more though! 
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Now that's what I was talkin' about, Austin! Thank you. 
There are so many different ways that people have their Bonabaptisms - some, like you, wait for ages pretty well knowing what to expect (in the ballpark anyway) when they finally see their first show. Others, like me, get totally surprised by a thunderbolt out of a clear sky - 'who the %£*^ is this guy and how come I never heard of him'?
But it's all good, however it happens....just in case you haven't gone far enough back yet through the Joe catalog, let me direct your attention to these two utterly magnificent, stupendous clips (any excuse, eh Jane )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoJyg9HcaZw
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That is what we wanted Austin. Nothing like a Bonavirgin giving us a first hand report to whet the appetite for more. And by gosh, some gearheads are literate! 
Good job.
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Thanks for the review - makes me jones all the more for the upcoming Reading show - a first for me seeing Joe live, too. And I thought it was cool to see the list of all the guitars, I'm starting to recognize them a little bit from various fan pics and vids.
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RickB wrote:
That is what we wanted Austin. Nothing like a Bonavirgin giving us a first hand report to whet the appetite for more.
Good job.
Rick
literate wut r u tlkng abt?
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Amsterhammer wrote:
Now that's what I was talkin' about, Austin! Thank you.
There are so many different ways that people have their Bonabaptisms - some, like you, wait for ages pretty well knowing what to expect (in the ballpark anyway) when they finally see their first show. Others, like me, get totally surprised by a thunderbolt out of a clear sky - 'who the %£*^ is this guy and how come I never heard of him'?
But it's all good, however it happens....just in case you haven't gone far enough back yet through the Joe catalog, let me direct your attention to these two utterly magnificent, stupendous clips (any excuse, eh Jane
Despite Joe's switch to Gibson, he had a unique strat tone to die for!
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Despite Joe's switch to Gibson, he had a unique strat tone to die for!
And that, my young friend, is the key word! Joe has a tone to die for, whatever axe he plays! In case you don't know him, please check out Michael Burks (topic with many links in Other artists), another player who has a tone that melts my insides!
How refreshing and unexpected to find a young person who appreciates the proper and correct use of language! 
I can't help being a pedant about spelling and grammar, my father drummed it into me from an early age and the affliction has remained with me for over half a century.
The spread of textspeak has a lot to answer for. 
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