It feels inconceivable to think about a world where Joe Bonamassa isn’t on tour. The bluesman reckons he’s played around 3,500 shows since bursting onto the scene in the early ’90s and it’s felt like he’s been glued to the road since.
Thankfully, he tells Guitar Player, “more of them were good than bad,” but he has reflected on the worst show of his career, which he calls “The Golden Goose”. It came after his solo career had got off to a positive start, and brought him crashing down to Earth.
