Unprecedented Live Concert Event on 180g 2LP! Bonamassa Pays Tribute to His Early Career at the Borderline!
This 200-seat club in the heart of London was chosen to stage a revival of Bonamassas early career power-trio jam nights. Armed with a Fender Stratocaster Bonamassa along with a single drummer and bassist launched into a setlist marked with extended takes of songs from his first set of albums.
Tour De Force Live In London chronicles Bonamassas atmospheric rise from the intimate club environment of The Borderline to the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Beginning in the 200-capacity London Borderline with a trio, Bonamassa pays tribute to his earlier career performing songs he hasnt played live in years. The following evening at Shepherds Bush Empire is a blues-themed night featuring a horns section with a soulful, big-blues-band feel. Then on to the Hammersmith Apollo which opens with a short acoustic set before moving into a rock-inspired evening. Finally, on the fourth and final night at the Royal Albert Hall, Bonamassa treats the crowd to a half acoustic/half electric show of his most popular and well-known songs featuring the acoustic band from his #1 Billboard acoustic CD/DVD An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House.
The end result over 9 hours of concert footage more than lives up to its billing as The Guitar Event of The Year and sees Bonamassa reliving, revisiting, and redefining the many phases and pivotal moments throughout his career and delivering a once-in-a-lifetime performance that more than serves as an appropriate retrospective for an artist who has already achieved so much.
"A triumph." -Premier Guitar
"Tour de Force lives up to its name and then some. Bonamassa turns in another masterful performance, as do the rest of the musicians featured." -Blues Rock Review
"A+, Joe Bonamassa is the real deal and in many ways, both musically and professionally, he represents the future of the music business. No one plays with more passion than Joe and where many musicians look like a deer in the headlights at the current music business climate, he is building an empire." -Classic Rock Revisited
Features:
180g Vinyl
2LP Set
Import
Selections:
1. I Know Where I Belong
2. Spanish Boots
3. Your Funeral My Trial
4. Blues Deluxe
5. Pain And Sorrow
6. Happier Times
7. Steal Your Heart Away
8. Miss You, Hate You
9. The River
10. Burning Hell
11. Don't Burn Down That Bridge
12. Story Of A Quarryman
13. Are You Experienced?
This 200-seat club in the heart of London was chosen to stage a revival of Bonamassas early career power-trio jam nights. Armed with a Fender Stratocaster Bonamassa along with a single drummer and bassist launched into a setlist marked with extended takes of songs from his first set of albums.
Tour De Force Live In London chronicles Bonamassas atmospheric rise from the intimate club environment of The Borderline to the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Beginning in the 200-capacity London Borderline with a trio, Bonamassa pays tribute to his earlier career performing songs he hasnt played live in years. The following evening at Shepherds Bush Empire is a blues-themed night featuring a horns section with a soulful, big-blues-band feel. Then on to the Hammersmith Apollo which opens with a short acoustic set before moving into a rock-inspired evening. Finally, on the fourth and final night at the Royal Albert Hall, Bonamassa treats the crowd to a half acoustic/half electric show of his most popular and well-known songs featuring the acoustic band from his #1 Billboard acoustic CD/DVD An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House.
The end result over 9 hours of concert footage more than lives up to its billing as The Guitar Event of The Year and sees Bonamassa reliving, revisiting, and redefining the many phases and pivotal moments throughout his career and delivering a once-in-a-lifetime performance that more than serves as an appropriate retrospective for an artist who has already achieved so much.
"A triumph." -Premier Guitar
"Tour de Force lives up to its name and then some. Bonamassa turns in another masterful performance, as do the rest of the musicians featured." -Blues Rock Review
"A+, Joe Bonamassa is the real deal and in many ways, both musically and professionally, he represents the future of the music business. No one plays with more passion than Joe and where many musicians look like a deer in the headlights at the current music business climate, he is building an empire." -Classic Rock Revisited
Features:
180g Vinyl
2LP Set
Import
Selections:
1. I Know Where I Belong
2. Spanish Boots
3. Your Funeral My Trial
4. Blues Deluxe
5. Pain And Sorrow
6. Happier Times
7. Steal Your Heart Away
8. Miss You, Hate You
9. The River
10. Burning Hell
11. Don't Burn Down That Bridge
12. Story Of A Quarryman
13. Are You Experienced?
