Great band. I especially like the songs Autumn Almanac and Apeman. ...but the air pollution keeps "foggin'" up my eyes...

Kid A + Pink Moon = kidmoon

Thunder Road -- bruce springsteen

Moon Struck One -- the band

Moonshiner -- jolie holland

Old Crow Medicine Show Mississippi Nights St. Louis, MO Nov. 17, 2006 (my birthday!) Great time. Awesome show.

Wasted Words -- allman brothers

Hey, I like white bluesmen as much as the next (white) guy: Page, Peter Green, the guy from the Black Keys, Billy Gibbons, Jeff Beck, etc.; I was just saying (or trying to say) that Joe Bonamassa didn't quite make my personal cut. And I wasn't trying to offend, xmas -- my comment was meant to be more humorous than hurtful. Also, I completely agree: blues is about emotion. To be more clear about my feelings on JB's music: it sounds way too polished -- like the emotion was scrubbed away. And that reminds me of later Clapton. All technical excellence, no grit.

It's my opinion, of course. I suppose I'd have cited sources if it was fact. Don't get me wrong, he's a fantastic guitar player, but, like Clapton (post-Blind Faith), he just sounds like a white guy trying to play blues music.

Very few white guys can succeed at making good blues music. Bonamassa is not one of them. He makes music for middle-aged white people and kids who don't know any better.

Blinded By The Light -- bruce springsteen

Come Dancin' -- the kinks

Call It Stormy Monday -- the allman brothers/t-bone walker

called quest

Young Modern Station -- silverchair