| Black Rock | ||||
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| Released | March 23, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Blues rock | |||
| Length | 52:51 | |||
| Label | J&R Adventures | |||
| Producer | Kevin Shirley | |||
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Black Rock is an album by the American blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. It was recorded at Black Rock Studios in the Greek island of Santorini and it was released worldwide on March 23, 2010.
Track 8, "Night Life", features a duet between Bonamassa and his childhood hero B. B. King.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Steal Your Heart Away" (Bobby Parker cover) | Bobby Parker | 3:48 |
| 2. | "I Know a Place" (John Hiatt cover) | John Hiatt | 4:19 |
| 3. | "When the Fire Hits the Sea" | Joe Bonamassa | 3:55 |
| 4. | "Quarryman's Lament" | Joe Bonamassa | 5:22 |
| 5. | "Spanish Boots" (Jeff Beck cover) | Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood | 4:38 |
| 6. | "Bird on a Wire" (Leonard Cohen cover) | Leonard Cohen | 5:21 |
| 7. | "Three Times a Fool" (Otis Rush cover) | Otis Rush | 2:02 |
| 8. | "Night Life" (ft. B. B. King; Willie Nelson cover) | Walt Breeland, Paul Buskirk, Willie Nelson | 3:26 |
| 9. | "Wandering Earth" | Joe Bonamassa | 4:19 |
| 10. | "Look Over Yonder's Wall" (Freddie King cover) | James Clark | 3:27 |
| 11. | "Athens to Athens" | Joe Bonamassa | 2:26 |
| 12. | "Blue and Evil" | Joe Bonamassa | 5:44 |
| 13. | "Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind" (Blind Boy Fuller cover) | Blind Boy Fuller | 4:25 |
Guest artist:
| Charts (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [2] | 49 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [3] | 98 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [4] | 28 |
| French Albums (SNEP) [5] | 108 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] | 22 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [7] | 40 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] | 60 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [9] | 24 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [10] | 14 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [11] | 1 |
| US Billboard 200 [12] | 39 |
| US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [13] | 1 |
Joseph Leonard Bonamassa is an American blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. He started his career at age 12, when he opened for B.B. King. In the last 13 years Bonamassa has put out 15 solo albums through his independent record label J&R Adventures, of which 11 have reached number 1 on the Billboard Blues charts.
Deuces Wild is the thirty fifth studio album by B.B. King released on November 4, 1997. Every song on the album features a second famous musician.
A New Day Yesterday is the debut studio album by American blues rock musician Joe Bonamassa. Recorded at Pyramid Recording Studios in Ithaca, New York, it was produced by Tom Dowd and released on October 24, 2000 by independent record label Okeh in tandem with Epic Records and 550 Music. The album registered at number 9 on the US Billboard Top Blues Albums chart and spawned the singles "Miss You, Hate You" in 2001 and "Colour and Shape" in 2002.
Sloe Gin is the sixth studio album by American blues rock musician Joe Bonamassa. Produced by Kevin Shirley, it was released on August 21, 2007 by J&R Adventures and topped the US Billboard Top Blues Albums chart. The title of the album is a reference to the song of the same name by English musician Tim Curry from his 1978 debut album Read My Lips.
You & Me is the fifth studio album by American blues rock musician Joe Bonamassa. Produced by Kevin Shirley, it was released on June 6, 2006 by J&R Adventures and topped the US Billboard Top Blues Albums chart. It is Bonamassa's first album not to contain a title track.
The Ballad of John Henry is the seventh studio album by the American blues rock musician Joe Bonamassa. Produced by Kevin Shirley, it was released on 24 February 2009 by J&R Adventures and topped the US Billboard Top Blues Albums chart.
Dust Bowl is the ninth studio album by blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. It was released worldwide on March 22, 2011. The cover art is based on a famous 1936 photograph by Arthur Rothstein.
Don't Explain is a 2011 cover album recorded by American singer Beth Hart and blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa.
The discography of Joe Bonamassa, an American blues rock musician, consists of 15 studio albums, 18 live albums, three collaboration albums, 30 singles, 15 video albums, 13 music videos and 54 other appearances. Born in Utica, New York, Bonamassa began his career as a member of the band Bloodline, before beginning his solo career in 2000 with the release of A New Day Yesterday. The album reached number 9 on the US Billboard Blues Albums chart. The guitarist continued to see success in the blues genre, topping the chart with 2002's So, It's Like That and 2006's You & Me, before making his debut on the Billboard 200 in 2007 with Sloe Gin, which reached number 184. Bonamassa's albums have continued to increase in chart success over the years, with The Ballad of John Henry reaching number 103 on the Billboard 200, Black Rock, Dust Bowl and Driving Towards the Daylight reaching the top 40, and Different Shades of Blue and Blues of Desperation reaching the top 20. Several of the musician's video albums have also topped the Billboard Music Video Sales chart.
Seesaw is a cover album of soul and blues classics recorded by American singer Beth Hart and blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa in 2013. It follows up on the success of their initial collaboration for the Don't Explain cover album in 2011. Seesaw was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Blues Album of 2013.
Rhythm & Blues is the 16th studio album by American blues musician Buddy Guy. It was released in July 2013 under RCA Records. Rhythm & Blues marked Guy's largest first week sales in the Soundscan Era, and was his fourth album to reach No. 1 on the Top Blues Albums Chart.
Different Shades of Blue is the eleventh studio album by blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. It was released on September 22, 2014.
Beacon Theatre: Live from New York is the fifth live album by the American blues rock musician Joe Bonamassa. The album was recorded across two nights on November 4 and 5, 2011 at the Beacon Theatre in New York and released by J&R Adventures on DVD on March 8, 2012, and later on CD on September 24, 2012.
Blues of Desperation is the twelfth studio album by American blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. It was released on March 25, 2016 through J&R Records.
Rock Candy Funk Party is an American jazz-funk band from Los Angeles, California. It was formed in 2009 by drummer Tal Bergman and guitarist Ron DeJesus, who had previously released Grooove, Vol. 1 in 2007. After adding guitarist Joe Bonamassa, bassist Mike Merritt and keyboardist Renato Neto, the band released its debut album We Want Groove in 2013, which reached number 5 on the US Billboard Jazz Albums chart and number 6 on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart. Percussionist Daniel Sadownick joined after the album's release, featuring on the band's first live album Rock Candy Funk Party Takes New York: Live at The Iridium in 2014.
Live at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening is the fifteenth live album and video by American blues-rock musician Joe Bonamassa. Produced by Kevin Shirley, it was released on June 23, 2017 by J&R Adventures. The album documents Bonamassa's two performances at the Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall in New York City, New York on January 21 and 22, 2016. It is the guitarist and vocalist's second all-acoustic live collection, following 2013's An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House.
Tour de Force: Live in London is a series of videos and live albums by American blues-rock musician Joe Bonamassa. Produced by Kevin Shirley and directed by Philippe Klose, the albums document the guitarist and vocalist's four performances at four venues in London, England in March 2013. Each of the four shows were initially released as videos on October 28, 2013 in Europe by Provogue Records, and the following day in North America by J&R Adventures, with a box set featuring all four shows and a special collector's edition hardback book also issued at the same time. All four shows were issued as live albums on May 19, 2014.
Black Coffee is the third cover album recorded by American singer Beth Hart and blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa, released on January 26, 2018 on J&R Adventures and Mascot Label Group. It follows their 2013 cover album together titled Seesaw.
Nobody Told Me is a studio album by British blues musician John Mayall. It was released on 22 February 2019 through Forty Below Records.
Time Clocks is the fifteenth solo studio album by American blues rock musician Joe Bonamassa, released through J&R Adventures in North America and Provogue Records in Europe on October 29, 2021. "Notches", "The Heart That Never Waits" and the title track were released as singles as prior to the album.
