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is Joe Bonamassa one of us - "Time Clocks"?

“Notches,” co-written with Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr, is a rocking beast and dazzles on every level. The band blasts off with Bonamassa singing about having travelled the world, his guitar licks spare against the pulsing rhythm section, only to draw back todidgeridoo[AUS] and dissonant chords. With lines like “Try to get one over, I’ve got news for you, When youpoke the bear,you’re bound to lose,” it makes one wonder what the man behind the suit has been going through.

Strings come in to play on “Questions and Answers,” a dramatic rock song aboutbetrayaland bitterness.

Time Clocks moves into melancholy, desperation perhaps, with songs like“Mind’s Eye,”co-written with Bernie Marsden. It’s a melodic rock ballad about the need to slow the spiral down, about the importance of tuning in toboth sides of a story.A distinctive march,“Curtain Call,”with acoustic guitar, strings and a stomping fiery streak, Joe sings “This is the march of abroken soul.”The effects combined with the strike of drums arechilling.

“HangingOn A Loser,” co-written with Tom Hambridge, is a lively, bluesy tune with delightful piano, slide guitar and aswampy,honkytonk feel. With great groove and gospel backing singers, you can hear that Joe and the band are having a blast.

https://www.rockandbluesmuse.com/2021/10/27/review-joe-bonamassa-time-clocks/

Vinyl ed. comes out Dec17th

https://shop.jbonamassa.com/collections/time-clocks/products/joe-bonamassa-time-clocks-double-vinyl-set-released-2021