Before Joe Bonamassa exploded in the blues world as a solo artist, he was a member of the powerful southern blues-rock quintet known as Bloodline. In addition to Bonamassa’s virtuosic lead guitar solos, the band boasted an impressive lineup of young players who were also the sons of very famous musicians. Bloodline included Waylon Krieger on rhythm guitar (son of The Doors’ guitarist Robby Krieger), Berry Oakley, Jr. on bass and lead vocals (son of the late Allman Brothers’ bassist Berry Oakley), drummer Erin Davis (son of jazz legend Miles Davis) and veteran keyboardist Lou Segreti, as well as the young “Smokin’ Joe Bonamassa.”

Bloodline was formed at the beginning of 1992 with all of its early original songs produced by Phil Ramone, who envisioned all the potential this young band. Bonamassa was the center with his masterful guitar licks, even when he was just a teen and the troupe’s youngest member. He was attending school at the same time that he was playing gigs at venues like the Beacon Theatre in New York, and excelling at both.

In 1994, Bloodline released its self-titled album. It produced one hit single, "Stone Cold Hearted", which reached No. 32 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The group split shortly after the release of the record, immediately following a tour opening for Tesla and Lynyrd Skynyrd, with its members taking separate musical journeys.

Now watch the young guitar prodigy Smokin’ Joe Bonamassa tear it up with Bloodline on their soulful rocker “Dixie Peach”.