Format: Blu-ray
Žanr: Muzički
Poreklo: Strani

Blu-Ray

Live album by Joe Bonamassa
Released June 23, 2017
Recorded January 21 and 22, 2016
Venue Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
(New York City)
Genre Blues rock
Length 1:33:24
Label J&R Adventures
Producer Kevin Shirley
Joe Bonamassa live album chronology
Live at the Greek Theatre
(2016) Live at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening
(2017) British Blues Explosion Live
(2018)

Live at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening is the fifteenth live album and video by American blues-rock musician Joe Bonamassa. Produced by Kevin Shirley, it was released on June 23, 2017 by J&R Adventures. The album documents Bonamassa`s two performances at the Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 21 and 22, 2016. It is the guitarist and vocalist`s second all-acoustic live collection, following 2013`s An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House.

For his performances at the Carnegie Hall, Bonamassa performed with a number of musicians in addition to his regular backing band, including Chinese-American cellist and erhuist Tina Guo, American mandolin and banjo player Eric Bazilian, and Egyptian percussionist Hossam Ramzy. The album reached number 64 on the US Billboard 200 and number 30 on the UK Albums Chart, while the video topped the Billboard Music Video Sales chart and reached number 2 on the UK Music Video Chart.

Background and release
During January 2016, Joe Bonamassa completed a short acoustic tour in the United States, including regular band members Anton Fig (drums) and Reese Wynans (piano), alongside Chinese-American cellist and erhuist Tina Guo, American mandolin and banjo player Eric Bazilian, Egyptian percussionist Hossam Ramzy, and Australian backing vocalists Mahalia Barnes, Juanita Tippins and Gary Pinto. The tour ended with two performances at New York City`s Carnegie Hall on January 21 and 22, which were described in the tour`s press release as being the recognition of one of Bonamassa`s `childhood dreams`.[1] Speaking to Guitarist magazine about the shows, Bonamassa recalled that `Carnegie was a life-long dream because I was a born New Yorker ... [and] Carnegie was this mystical place, you know? They don`t run many non-classical concerts through there. So to make it there and to do two nights with this incredible nine-piece acoustic band really means something to me and it was great.`[2]

On April 19, 2017, it was announced that the two Carnegie Hall shows would be released as a live album and video entitled Live at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening.[3][4] Bonamassa differentiated the album from his first acoustic release, 2013`s An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House, by explaining that `Where Vienna was four-piece stripped down as bare bones as it gets, this was an ensemble ... It was a big band`.[2] Prior to the album`s release, videos were shared of several performances from the shows, including Blues Deluxe song `Woke Up Dreaming`, Black Country Communion track `Song of Yesterday`, and Blues of Desperation songs `This Train`, `Drive` and `The Valley Runs Low`.[5][6] Live at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening was released on June 23, 2017 on double CD, vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray formats.[7] Three songs from the album registered on the US Billboard Blues Digital Songs chart upon the album`s release: Bette Midler cover `The Rose` at number 7, `Song of Yesterday` at number 10 and `This Train` at number 12.[8]

Personnel
Joe Bonamassa – guitar, vocals
Anton Fig – drums
Reese Wynans – piano
Tina Guo – cello, erhu
Eric Bazilian – mandolin, banjo, saxophone
Hossam Ramzy – percussion
Mahalia Barnes – vocals
Juanita Tippins – vocals
Gary Pinto – vocals
Kevin Shirley – production, mixing
Eric Roa – recording
Jared Kvitka – engineering
Bob Ludwig – mastering
George Ghanem – cover design
Dale Voelker – package design
Christie Goodwin – photography