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Posted 01 Jun 2018
"Joe Bonamassa - British Blues Explosion Live" will premiere on the Arkansas Educational Television Network Tuesday, June 5, at 8:30 p.m.
Joe Bonamassa's love of the British Blues is at the heart of his musical inspiration. For the first time, he'll pay special homage to the British blues rock guitarists that inspired him - Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page.
"If it wasn't for certain British musicians of the early 1960s, the Blues may well never have exploded into rock music as we know it today, and indeed may have passed into history," Bonamassa said.
Clapton, Beck and Page are some of the greatest guitarists of their time who influenced Bonamassa's career. All three are Yardbirds alumni, and actually all played together at one time in the same band. Page went on to form Led Zeppelin, which became the ultimate electric blues band, and both Clapton and Beck became international superstars in their own right.
Now Joe Bonamassa will pay tribute to these legends of the British Blues, in a stunning live concert,which was recorded at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London, in July 2016.
During the 90-minute broadcast, the Arkansas PBS Foundaion will be accepting bids on an Epiphone Les Paul Special II electric guitar autographed by Bonamassa.
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