Blues Of Desperation -Dl- Desperation

Blues of Desperation is Bonamassas most powerfully diverse and boldly realized album yet, with the material ranging from the gutsy, gritty blues call to arms of This Train (Joes guitar is set to rude throughout) to the elegant yet emotionally shattering ballad What Ive Known for a Very Long Time to the soul-nourishing, acoustic-based Americana of The Valley Runs Low, on which Bonamassas voice rises up majestically to meet Marnes, McRae and Tippins in gospel-like rapture. And then theres the bleary, tequila-soaked Drive, dripping with the kind of raw, wicked and unsettling sensuality that could have David Lynch green with envy.