Sloe Gin (album)

Sloe Gin
Studio album by Joe Bonamassa
Released	August 21, 2007
Genre	Blues rock
Length	48:52
Label	J&R Adventures
Producer	Kevin Shirley
Joe Bonamassa chronology

Last updated November 07, 2019

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.^[1] 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 .

Blues rock is a fusion genre combining elements of blues and rock. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electric blues and rock: electric guitar, electric bass guitar, and drums, sometimes with keyboards and harmonica. From its beginnings in the early- to mid-1960s, blues rock has gone through several stylistic shifts and along the way it inspired and influenced hard rock, Southern rock, and early heavy metal. Blues rock continues to be an influence in the 2010s, with performances and recordings by popular artists.

Joe Bonamassa is an American blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter.

Kevin Shirley, also known as The Caveman, is a music producer and mixer for many artists, such as the bands Journey, Iron Maiden, Rush, Led Zeppelin, Joe Bonamassa, Beth Hart, Marya Roxx, Dream Theater, The Springbok Nude Girls, HIM, Tyler Bryant, Mr. Big, and Europe.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Music website Allmusic gave Sloe Gin four out of five stars, with reviewer Steve Leggett claiming that the album showed how Bonamassa had "stepped up his songwriting ... and cut way down on his clichés, delivering in the process his most varied and impressive album yet".^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ball Peen Hammer" (Chris Whitley cover)	Chris Whitley	3:27
2.	"One of These Days" (Ten Years After cover)	Alvin Lee, Joe Bonamassa	5:40
3.	"Seagull" (Bad Company cover)	Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs	3:49
4.	"Dirt in My Pocket"	Bonamassa, James Huff	4:54
5.	"Sloe Gin" (Tim Curry cover)	Bob Ezrin, Michael Kamen	8:13
6.	"Another Kind of Love" (John Mayall cover)	John Mayall	3:10
7.	"Around the Bend"	Bonamassa, Will Jennings	5:15
8.	"Black Night" (Charles Brown cover)	Jessie Mae Robinson	4:22
9.	"Jelly Roll" (John Martyn cover)	John Martyn	2:12
10.	"Richmond"	Bonamassa, Mike Himelstein	4:31
11.	"India"	Bonamassa, Rick Melick	3:19

Chart performance

Chart (2007)	Peak
US Billboard 200 ^[3]	184
US Billboard Top Blues Albums ^[1]	1
Dutch Albums Chart ^[4]	27
Swedish Albums Chart^[5]	39
UK Albums Chart ^[6]	50

Personnel

Musical performers

Joe Bonamassa – guitars, vocals
Carmine Rojas – bass
Anton Fig – drums, percussion
Rick Melick – keyboards, tabla
Bogie Bowles – hammered dulcimer, drums on "Seagull"

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Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, ghazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi.

Carmine Rojas is an American bass guitarist, musical director and composer. His musical styles include rock, R&B/funk, and jazz.

Additional personnel

Jeff Bova – orchestration
The Bovaland Symphonic Orchestra – strings
Kevin Shirley – production, mixing
Jared Kvitka – engineering
Ryan Smith – mastering

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An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of Western classical music, which combines instruments from different families, including bowed string instruments such as the violin, viola, cello, and double bass, brass instruments such as the horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba, woodwinds such as the flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon, and percussion instruments such as the timpani, bass drum, triangle, snare drum, cymbals, and mallet percussion instruments each grouped in sections. Other instruments such as the piano and celesta may sometimes appear in a fifth keyboard section or may stand alone, as may the concert harp and, for performances of some modern compositions, electronic instruments.

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References

1 2 "Blues Albums". Joe Bonamassa Album & Song Chart History. Billboard . Retrieved January 9, 2012.
1 2 Steve Leggett. "Review". Joe Bonamassa - Sloe Gin. Allmusic . Retrieved January 9, 2012.
↑ "Billboard 200". Joe Bonamassa Album & Song Chart History. Billboard . Retrieved January 9, 2012.
↑ "Discografie Joe Bonamassa". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
↑ "Discography Joe Bonamassa". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
↑ "The Official Charts Company - Joe Bonamassa". Official Charts Company . Retrieved January 9, 2012.

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[usblues-1] 1 2 "Blues Albums". Joe Bonamassa Album & Song Chart History. Billboard . Retrieved January 9, 2012.

[allmusic-2] 1 2 Steve Leggett. "Review". Joe Bonamassa - Sloe Gin. Allmusic . Retrieved January 9, 2012.

[3] "Billboard 200". Joe Bonamassa Album & Song Chart History. Billboard . Retrieved January 9, 2012.

[4] "Discografie Joe Bonamassa". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 9, 2012.

[5] "Discography Joe Bonamassa". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 9, 2012.

[6] "The Official Charts Company - Joe Bonamassa". Official Charts Company . Retrieved January 9, 2012.