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_____________WednesdayAugust27th2008Malibu, CA Joe Bonamassa - Live From Nowhere In Particular is out! 1st week chart positions.... CHART: Top Current Blues Albums #1* BONAMASSA*JOE - LIVE FROM NOWHERE IN PARTICULAR # 15 BONAMASSA*JOE - SLOE GIN CHART: Record Label INDEPENDENT Current Albums #19 BONAMASSA*JOE - LIVE FROM NOWHERE IN PARTICULAR CHART: Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) #4* BONAMASSA*JOE - LIVE FROM NOWHERE IN PARTICULAR CHART: Top Current Albums (TOP 200) #136* BONAMASSA*JOE - LIVE FROM NOWHERE IN PARTICULAR
_____________MondayAugust25th2008Malibu, CA
Just back from Las Vegas, where Mrs. Shirley and her friends were enjoying the hedonism of Sin City while I holed up with the young lad being Dad/Mr. Mom/a "babysitter". I actually prefer the quiet like that, and it gave me a chance to rise early on Saturday morning to tackle a bicycle ride to the Red Rocks (above, taken with my phone camera) - which are just spectacular. I recommend it to everyone who travels to Vegas, but 6am doesn't really work for too many there - which is the way I like it. Quiet, solitude. Saw the Olympics Closing Ceremony on Youtube today.... OY! Eldest beloved son is in Germany, taking in all things German. My favorite peeps actually! In the studio today with an unsigned band called Doublethink. I liked the demos, now I'm loking forward to hearing the band cranking live, minus any Pro Tool trickery, which I'm not always very fond of. _____________MondayAugust18th2008Malibu, CA . LONG JOURNEY BACK INTO TOP 10 New lead vocalist Arnel Pineda helps return Journey to the AC top 10 for the first time in almost 12 years, as the aptly titled “After All These Years” (Nomota) rises 12-10. The band last resided in the top 10 with its sole AC No. 1, “When You Love a Woman,” which led for three weeks in December 1996. I'm proud to have been involved in both of those! Journey has placed 12 songs on the chart, starting with the No. 14-peaking “Who’s Crying Now” in 1981. _____________SaturdayAugust16th2008Malibu, CA Classic Rock review of Joe Bonamassa: Live From Nowhere In Particular and another
_____________MondayAugust11th2008Malibu, CA OK, check this out - you can win one of these Gibson Joe Bonamassa Les Paul guitars. Exactly what he plays, no cheap version. Promise!
All you have to do is sign up here, or click anywhere above. The deal is, for each live CD you sell (over the net - not much work at all), you make yourselves a little cash (about $2 - $2.80), and the one who sells the most wins one of these AMAZING limited edition guitars. (insider tip - about 100 sales might do it!). It's really that easy. I have signed up to it - in the spirit of promoting Joe, who I think is a genius - and all the money I generate I am donating to charity. Also, I have elected not to be in the running for the guitar, so a fan really does have a chance to win it, so don't fret or set the forums alight just yet! And if you want to donate to the charity cause, which will find me biking up the mountains of Nepal in October, check it out here. justgiving.com/kevthecave By the way, for those just interested in the music and studio goings-on, I am tweaking Iron Maiden surround sound mixes for the movie. And cutting vinyl sides for the Joe Live album today. There ya go..... ____________ThursdayAugust7th2008Malibu, CA Just had dinner with the Joe and the guys from his band, and they are the coolest cats in the world. Buy your amazing new Joe Bonamassa CD, Live From Nowhere In Particular, from here, and I will donate $2 from EVERY purchase (of each CD) to the charity MENCAP, plus I will send every purchaser a Caveman trinket, either a pin or a charm. Just click SHIPPING AND HANDLING ARE FREE!!!
CDs will be delivered August 19th. This offer ends September 30th. _____________WednesdayAugust6th2008Malibu, CA Took the Good Wife out last night and ventured into Hollywood to see Joe Bonamassa play the Henry Fonda Theater. It's not often I stretch my boundaries like that in L.A. - I'd really rather go to Hong Kong than drive the freeways to Hollywood, so I loaded up a limo with surfie-types, tequila and limes, and braced myself for the journey and we had a great time - ending up at In 'n Out Burger at 1am - like the old days! Joe's gig was great - he opened up with one of the new songs from his 2009 studio album, and it's gonna be great to see how the new stuff goes down. _____________MondayAugust4th2008Malibu, CA It's August. _____________ThursdayJuly31st2008Malibu, CA Having an over-active 11 month old can knock the stuffing out of anyone, and reduce one's sense of humor to a snivelling, exhausted groan. Then they smile at you and wave..... Talking of waves, we're having super high tides at the moment, and the waves are breaking over our 2 story home - we have storm shutters down, and one of our neighbors had delayed the expense of fitting new storm shutters, and last night had all his windows blown in, and his house drowned in wave after explosive foamy wave, thirty foot of angry spray and salt - we had fire trucks flashing away and neighbors running around hunting blankets and towels. The morning light isn't going to be kind to the picture - kind of a murder scene in brine!
Oh yeah - music. Joe Bonamassa. Seen above playing a solo on the new studio record, due 2009, on his B.B. King autographed Gibson Lucille and sporting the finest in Caveman swag! Guitar Player have reviewed his new live album in their September 08 issue, proclaiming Joe "Possibly the finest blues rocker on the scene, Joe Bonamassa is an awesome player with a killer voice and a great band. And all this is highlighted on his new live two-CD release, which finds Joe playing with soul, intensity, and savage tones on tunes like "Walk In My Shadows," and "Sloe Gin," and the blazing steel-stringed acoustic workout of "Woke Up Dreaming." Peace
KevTheCave (c) Caveman Productions Inc. 2008
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