When a 12-year-old Joe Bonamassa played with his blues hero: “He pointed his Telecaster at me. It was his way of saying, ‘Welcome to the big leagues kid. I’m testing you to see if you have it’”

Joe Bonamassa and Albert Collins comp.

Joe Bonamassa has looked back on the time he shared the stage with one of his blues guitar heroes, Albert Collins.

When he was just 11 years old, Bonamassa found himself tucked under the wing of blues virtuoso Danny Gatton. Just a year later, he was trading licks with Albert Collins on stage. It was an education.