You & Me

Joe Bonamassa

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 6, 2006)
• Original Release Date: June 6, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Premier Artists
• ASIN: B000FC2F2O
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,346 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From the Artist

This is the CD I’ve had head in my head for a while. With You & Me, we are trying something different, trying to extend the boundaries of traditional blues. In essence, we wanted to do our part in helping to redefine the sound of modern blues music.

Product Description

A powerful fusion of the "big rock sound" and swampy blues, You & Me gets much of its inspiration from such masters as Peter Green, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and John Lee Hooker. Bonamassa delivers all the excitement and power of his electrifying live performances while mixing it up with dynamic music choices; from hard to soft, electric to acoustic, a music roller coaster seldom achieved by recording artists today.

You & Me also marks the debut collaboration of Bonamassa and producer Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, The Black Crowes, Aerosmith, Joe Satriani). Says South African-born Shirley: "When I was approached to work with Joe, I already knew he was an awesome talent, but I also knew I’d want to do something a little different from a straight blues album. There are a lot of very good blues players performing copycat versions of classics. I wanted more of a rock sound, and I wanted Joe to showcase his depth and versatility; his vocals as well as his incredible guitar playing."

Highlights include: "Asking Around For You," a classy, poignant bluesy ballad a la Ray Charles; "Django," a Jeff Beck-flavored tribute to Django Reinhardt; "High Water Everywhere," a grungy, Delta blues tribute to the recently devastated city of New Orleans; "So Many Roads," a blues classic made famous by legend Otis Rush; and "Tea For One," a lesser known Led Zeppelin song which has been embellished with full orchestra – featuring Jason Bonham on drums.

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Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Joe just keeps getting better and better!, April 3, 2006

By	Perry Rubenstein "PhatMaus" (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You & Me (Audio CD)

I was extremely lucky to catch Joe live four nights ago in Annapolis, and he played three of the tracks from this CD. He was (naturally) awesome, and this collection shows an even greater maturity -- both in his playing and vocals -- than that heard on from "Blues Deluxe" and "Had to Cry Today." In my mind, there's absolutely no question that Joe's one of the best -- if not THE BEST -- guitarists playing today.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good..., July 16, 2006

By	M. Bernocchi "mbernocchi" (Old Windsor, Berkshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The new album of Joe Bonamassa is very good however, just to point it out from the very beginning, it is not as good as his previous two. In my opinion it remains a couple of steps behind the absolutely marvellous Blues Deluxe and the following Had To Cry Today. Joe, as he explains in the linear notes, wanted to do a blues album this time, and he takes inspiration once again mainly from the sound of the 1970 British blues school. The sound of the album waves from the opening delta blues style of a solid cover of an old Charlie Patton's song, to a couple of Chicago blues, from an acoustic country blues to a jazz tune. Best song of the album is the cover of the classic So Many Roads however as in Tea For One, taken from the Zeppelin repertoire, and in Asking Around For You the use of electronic strings instead of maybe a nice carpet of B3 doesn't do for me. A special mention is deserved by the 12 year-old LD Miller who plays a nice harmonica solo in Your Funeral And My Trial, really very good. Having said that Joe's playing is once again fantastic throughout the entire CD and the band very solid, in my opinion he has also improved his singing. I am looking forward to having the chance to see him playing live in London next September and I am sure that the live version of many of the songs included in his new album will be excellent!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as Blues Deluxe but decent, July 27, 2006

By	J. Johnson (Anniston, AL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Take it easy boys with these superlative reviews. Just because you like your new cd doesn't mean you should throw 5 stars at it. That rating should be reserved only for absolutely
superior music of which this cd isn't. This is a slightly above average cd and not even close to being as good as Blues Deluxe.
Why was I disappointed when I first listened to it? Because I got sucked in by all of the gushy Amazon reviews. Cut 7's nice in a Robin Trowerish kind of way. I'll be nice and give it a 3.5.