Joe Bonamassa
Stephen Talkhouse
Amagansett, Long Island, NY

August 23, 1996


The Ken G. Masters Series #29


Sony D3 Cassette Master (unknown mics)

Transfer:
Maxell XL-II > Sony Deck TC-WE 475 > JVC XL-R2010 CD-RW > Soundforge 9.0 > HD > TLH (Sector Boundaries Aligned) Level 8 Flac > Dime 9/18/13


Transferred, Balanced and Tracked by George


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A BIG Thank You goes out to the taper Ken G. who captured this show.

Smokin' Joe played amongst a capacity crowd of just 150 people.

Once i did some research I learned that this recording had never circulated.


Joe is originally from New Hartford, CT and had his first album release in 1994 with a band called "Bloodline".

With members from the offspring of Miles Davis, Robby Krieger and Berry Oakley.

This could be Joe's Bloodline band. I haven't been able to determine the members on stage.

Aside from Joe's 1994/95 Bloodline band, this is probabley the one of the earliest known live recordings in circulation.

I'm sure there may be earlier live recordings in private collections.

I do know that at a very young age, he had met B.B. King in his early teens and was later invited to be Mr. King's opening act,

back in November 1991 for several East Coast dates.

Joe is ripping it up here at the Talkhouse and just having a great time.

He finishes with a 12 minute version of Jimi Hendrix's "Are You Experienced".


Recording Notes

There is a tape flip during Track 08 @ 3:20 min mark

The entire show was captured here.

I need help with the set list.

Check out samples and grab this one up.



01
02
03
04 Don't Look Back
05
06
07
08
09
10
11 Miss You Hate You
12 I'm Going Down
13 Are You Experienced

Total Time = 92:06 min

Enjoy

George