Guitarist | 8 years ago
“My father had a great record collection," says Joe Bonamassa. "He was a big fan of John Mayall, The Jeff
Beck Group, Clapton, Led Zeppelin… It’s
an interesting full circle that the British
Blues grabbed me before the American
stuff. Ultimately, the American stuff kinda
took shape and I enjoyed going back and
discovering Robert Johnson, but through
the gateway of Eric Clapton. Discovering
Willie Dixon through the gateway of Jimmy
Page, and so on and so forth.
“I love those versions of tunes, like I Ain’t
Superstitious that The Jeff Beck Group
did. Such swagger! They were making
early hard rock records but they were
intrinsically blues songs.”
Interviewed in summer 2016 for Guitarist.
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