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Matt Owen

“He wanted to show me his really nice old Les Paul, and I just said, ‘I don’t like Les Pauls,’ and walked off”: When Joe Bonamassa was introduced to Joanne Shaw Taylor – who “offended” him on their first meeting

Joe Bonamassa at the 67th GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony held at the Peacock Theater on February 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, California AND Joanne Shaw Taylor performs at Palace Theatre on February 29, 2024 in Southend, England.

Joe Bonamassa’s rolodex of guitar greats is as comprehensive as it gets, and one of his closest contemporary collaborators is Joanne Shaw Taylor – who left quite the first impression when the two players met.

Having emerged from the UK pub circuit as one of the country’s finest blues guitar exports in recent memory, Taylor first struck up a friendship with Bonamassa in 2008. Over the years, the pair have performed together, recorded together, and in 2022, Bonamassa produced Taylor’s The Blues Album.

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