Guitar Legend Joe Bonamassa Proves Blues Music Is Not Dead

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., April 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Blues-rock guitar hero Joe Bonamassa proves once again that blues music is alive and well with his chart-topping tribute to Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. Joe Bonamassa – Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks (J&R Adventures) debuted with #1 slots on Billboard's Blues Chart and Music Video Chart, beating out Miley Cyrus' Bangerz Tour. It also earned the #21 slot on Billboard's Top Current Albums Chart and #2 on Billboard's Independent Chart. It currently remains at the #1 Blues Chart slot for the second week.

This is Bonamassa's 14^th #1 Blues Album. He holds the record for most No. 1s on the Blues Chart, trailed by B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan who both share second place with nine No. 1s. Since 2010, Bonamassa has earned five No. 1 Billboard Blues Albums during this same week in March: Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks (2015), Live in Amsterdam (2014), An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House (2013), Dust Bowl (2011) and Black Rock (2010).

Bonamassa's manager and partner at J&R Adventures Roy Weisman said, "J&R's success is the product of a 25 year relationship between Joe and myself where we actively reinvest in ourselves and the company by taking advantage of breakthrough technologies and marketing techniques that other labels simply glance over."

USA Today called Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks "an incendiary live album/DVD" and Joe a "master guitarist."

Glide Magazine called it "one of the best live blues albums released in the last decade."

Joe Bonamassa – Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks is available now: http://shop.jbonamassa.com/collections/red-rocks

Watch the DVD trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1fIpH0j3aU

For a Free Song Download of the Track "Tiger In Your Tank" click here: http://jbonamassa.com/albums/2015/red-rocks/red-rocks-free-song.php

Unlike any Bonamassa show before, Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks marks the start of a tribute concert series that will display a different band and catalog of material that will vary from Bonamassa's music as a solo artist. For Muddy Wolf, songs were carefully selected from the catalogs of Howlin' Wolf, one of Chicago's most influential bluesmen, known for his deep, scratchy voice, and Muddy Waters, considered the "father of modern Chicago blues." Waters was a major inspiration for the British blues explosion of the 1960s, a genre that has heavily influenced Bonamassa's original music throughout his career. The concert featured a selection of songs from each artist, followed by a 30-minute set of songs from Bonamassa's own extensive catalog. The Blu-ray and DVD contain over 1.5 hours of bonus features including exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, a photo gallery, historic footage of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, and a featurette of Bonamassa and producer Kevin Shirley's trip to The Crossroads.

This summer, Bonamassa will continue his celebration of blues heritage with the Three Kings of Blues Tour during which he'll travel to amphitheaters across the country with a musical tribute to Albert King, B.B. King and Freddie King.

This tour (as well as the Muddy Wolf concert) is presented by Keeping the Blues Alive (KTBA), which Bonamassa founded to promote the heritage of the blues to the next generation, fund music scholarships, and supplement the loss of music education programs in public schools.

For more details about the tour and tickets, visit: http://jbonamassa.com/tour-dates/

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