When heīs in the studio, Joe Bonamassa wastes no time and minces no words. `Iīm too busy to be a babysitter, if thatīs any indication of how I do things,` Bonamassa said by phone from Nashville, where he was producing a record for a fellow blues guitarist. `My job is to push them. My job is to create scenarios where theyīre not in their comfort zone, and then they flourish.` Thatīs kind of how Bonamassa came up. As a preteen blues prodigy, he toured with B.B. King. As a teenager, he played in a band called Bloodline with the sons of Miles Davis, Robby Krieger and Sammy Hagar. In his 20s, he got dropped by his label. And today, at 42, heīs probably the most popular blues guitarist in America....
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