The Vinyl Countdown # 475

Joe Bonamassa, Live at Carnegie Hall – An Acoustic Evening (2017)

I’ve never understood Joe Bonamassa’s popularity. He’s graceless – it’s meat’n’spuds playing. He’s not great – and even though he’s more than competent I spot not an inch of soul nor even grit in his playing. Here’s a triple-LP, an acoustic, 9-piece band (which is kinda ridiculous – “unplu…