![]() ![]() ![]() “You’re never gonna see me go, ‘Well, I don’t really feel like playing guitar, and I’m just gonna let Josh take all the solos, or I’ll we’ll just we’ll just cut all the guitar, so I’m just gonna sing and play acoustic guitar.’ There will be a revolt, you know? There will be 2,500 people revolting tonight, leaving. Still, Bonamassa knows he’s the reason people buy tickets to his shows. Like in the case of ‘Self-Inflicted Wounds,’ our great vocalist Jade MacRae takes a vocal solo at the very end and it brings the house down.” That gives Bonamassa a superb cast to help re-create his songs and transform the studio recordings for the live setting. The great musicians tend to attract talented musicians to their touring bands. Backup singers Jade MacRae and Danni D’Andrea, who have worked with Liam Gallagher and Prince, respectively, are “saints” for tolerating his singing voice, he says self-effacingly. “He’s killer.” He calls both drummer Lamar Carter (Raphael Sadie, Demi Lovato) and bass player Calvin Turner (Marc Broussard, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews) “amazing” musicians. Guitarist Josh Smith is a “better player than I am,” he continues. He’s a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. He’s a living legend played with Stevie Ray and Delbert McClinton. “He gets the biggest ovation of the night. Keyboard player Reese Wynans “gets a standing ovation every night,” says Bonamassa before a recent concert in Charlotte, N.C. “ better than me - all of them,” he tells Billboard‘s Behind the Setlist podcast. ![]()
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