Dust Bowl (album)

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ReleasedMarch 22, 2011 (2011-03-22)
Studio
Length63:00
Dust Bowl
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 22, 2011 (2011-03-22)
Studio
GenreBlues rock
Length63:00
LabelJ&R Adventures
ProducerKevin Shirley
Joe Bonamassa chronology
Black Rock
(2010)
Dust Bowl
(2011)
Don't Explain
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllmusicStarStarStarStar[2]
Premier GuitarStarStarStarStarHalf star[3]

Dust Bowl is the ninth studio album by blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. It was released worldwide on March 22, 2011.[4] The cover art is based on a famous 1936 photograph by Arthur Rothstein.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slow Train"Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley6:49
2."Dust Bowl"Bonamassa4:33
3."Tennessee Plates" (ft. John Hiatt; John Hiatt cover)John Hiatt, John Porter4:18
4."The Meaning of the Blues" (Often mistakenly listed as a Bobby Troup cover, but this is an original JB song.)Bonamassa5:44
5."Black Lung Heartache"Bonamassa4:14
6."You Better Watch Yourself" (Little Walter cover)Bonamassa, Walter Jacobs3:30
7."The Last Matador of Bayonne"Bonamassa5:23
8."Heartbreaker" (ft. Glenn Hughes; Free cover)Paul Rodgers5:49
9."No Love on the Street" (Tim Curry cover)Tim Curry, Michael Kamen6:32
10."The Whale That Swallowed Jonah"Bonamassa4:46
11."Sweet Rowena" (ft. Vince Gill)Vince Gill, Pete Wasner4:34
12."Prisoner" (Barbra Streisand cover)John Desautels, Karen Lawrence6:48
Total length:63:00

Personnel

  • Joe Bonamassa – guitars, vocals (all tracks); tzouras, baglama and slide bouzouki (tracks 2, 5); mandolin (track 10)
  • Carmine Rojas – bass (tracks 1–2, 4–9, 12)
  • Anton Fig – drums (tracks 1–2, 4–9, 12); percussion (tracks 2, 5); Hammer guitar (track 5); shaker (track 9)
  • Rick Melick – organ (tracks 1–2, 4–8, 12); piano, tambourine (tracks 2, 5–7, 12); synthesizers (track 4), accordion (track 5)
  • Peter Van Weelden – spoken word (track 2)
  • John Hiatt – vocals (track 3)
  • Vince Gill – guitar (tracks 3, 11); vocals (track 11)
  • Michael Rhodes – bass (tracks 3, 10–11)
  • Chad Cromwell – drums (tracks 3, 10–11)
  • Steve Nathan – Hammond organ (track 3); piano (tracks 3, 11)
  • Tony Cedras – trumpet (track 7)
  • Glenn Hughes – vocals (track 8)
  • Arlan Schierbaum – Hammond organ (track 9)
  • Blondie Chaplin – guitar (track 9)
  • Beth Hart – vocals (track 9)
  • Reese Wynans – Hammond organ, piano (track 10)
  • Kevin Shirley – production

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