Bonamassa Says
“He said, ‘Hey, kid, where’d you learn how to play?’ I said, ‘Well, my dad taught me.’ And he goes, ‘You want to see a cool Telecaster?’ I was a guitar geek from birth, and he pulls out this ‘53 Tele. I had never seen anything like that.
He starts playing, and my mind is blown from the first notes, I’ve never heard anyone play American styles that seamlessly, and with real intent. Like, he learned everything. You’re hearing Les Paul, and you’re hearing Hank Garland. It was really a life-changing moment.”
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“I met him at the Silver Lake, New York Blues Festival. I was asked to play half a set with the first band, and I was just about to turn 12, I was playing with the Cold Shot Blues Band, and I noticed a guy wearing a John Deere hat and some overalls watching me play. just thought it was somebody who worked at the sound company.”