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The score
Joe Bonamassa: A Life Story
The life and career of Joe Bonamassa, told chronologically through a score drawn entirely from his own music.
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29 SONGS · ABOUT 2 HR 15 MIN
| Scene | Score | Artist | Storyboard |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happier Times | Joe Bonamassa | New Hartford, New York — 1977. Joe Bonamassa grows up surrounded by guitars and records. Encouraged by his father, he picks up the guitar at age four. |
| 2 | Sloe Gin | Joe Bonamassa | The obsession takes hold. Joe immerses himself in blues and British blues-rock, spending countless hours learning the music and language of the guitarists who came before him. |
| 3 | Steal Your Heart Away | Joe Bonamassa | “Smokin’ Joe.” Still a child, Joe begins playing weekend gigs around upstate New York and Pennsylvania. School during the week. Clubs on the weekend. |
| 4 | Lonesome Road Blues | Joe Bonamassa | 1989 — age 12. Joe opens for B.B. King. The opportunity becomes one of the defining early moments of his life and career. |
| 5 | Feelin Good | Joe Bonamassa | The impossible becomes plausible. B.B. King treats the young guitarist as a musician rather than a novelty. A professional life in music suddenly feels possible. |
| 6 | Another Kind of Love | Joe Bonamassa | The prodigy becomes public. Television, interviews and major blues artists begin drawing attention to the young guitarist from upstate New York. |
| 7 | Slow Train | Joe Bonamassa | Adolescence on the road. Joe joins Bloodline, records an album and experiences life inside a working band before eventually choosing his own path. |
| 8 | One of These Days | Joe Bonamassa | Start again. No longer simply the child prodigy or a member of someone else’s band, Joe commits to becoming a solo artist. |
| 9 | You Upset Me Baby | Joe Bonamassa | 2000 — A New Day Yesterday. His first solo album arrives. The career is now his own, but the audience still has to be built. |
| 10 | Night Life | Joe Bonamassa | One room at a time. Joe tours relentlessly, building an audience city by city, club by club and eventually across Europe. |
| 11 | Reconsider Baby | Joe Bonamassa | Royal Albert Hall — May 4, 2009. Joe headlines the legendary venue. Eric Clapton joins him onstage. Two decades of work reach a defining breakthrough moment. |
| 12 | Long Distance Blues | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 13 | Stop! | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 14 | Blues Deluxe | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 15 | A New Day Yesterday | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 16 | Jockey Full of Bourbon | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 17 | Miss You, Hate You | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 18 | Black Night | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 19 | Last Kiss | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 20 | Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 21 | Quarryman's Lament | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 22 | Story Of A Quarryman | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 23 | When The Fire Hits The Sea | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 24 | Walk In My Shadow | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 25 | Ball Peen Hammer | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 26 | Bridge to Better Days | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 27 | So Many Roads | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 28 | Woke Up Dreaming | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |
| 29 | Dust Bowl | Joe Bonamassa | TBA |