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Joe Bonamassa was born in New Hartford, New York, and raised in Utica. His father introduced him to the guitar and to British blues rock recordings by musicians including Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. Bonamassa began performing at a young age, studied with guitarist Danny Gatton, and opened shows for B.B. King while still a child.
Before beginning his solo career, Bonamassa played in Bloodline with Berry Oakley Jr., Erin Davis, and Waylon Krieger. He released his debut solo album, A New Day Yesterday, in 2000. Produced by Tom Dowd, the record combined original material with songs associated with artists including Rory Gallagher, Free, and Al Kooper.
Bonamassa followed the debut with So, It’s Like That, Blues Deluxe, Had to Cry Today, You & Me, and Sloe Gin. His 2009 album The Ballad of John Henry arrived during the same year that he performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall, where Eric Clapton joined him onstage.
During the following decade, Bonamassa released Black Rock, Dust Bowl, Driving Towards the Daylight, Different Shades of Blue, Blues of Desperation, and Redemption. His recordings combined blues traditions with hard rock, soul, country, acoustic music, and orchestral arrangements.
Bonamassa has also recorded extensively with singer Beth Hart. Their three studio albums, Don’t Explain, Seesaw, and Black Coffee, reinterpret songs connected to blues, soul, jazz, and rock performers. The concert album Live in Amsterdam documented their touring collaboration.
Royal Tea was released in 2020, followed by Time Clocks in 2021 and Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 in 2023. Bonamassa’s seventeenth solo studio album, Breakthrough, arrived in July 2025 with ten original songs, including “Trigger Finger,” “Broken Record,” “Drive by the Exit Sign,” “Still Walking with Me,” and the title track.
In June 2026, Bonamassa released The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork, a concert album and film honoring Rory Gallagher. Recorded during three tribute performances in Cork, Ireland, the audio release included fourteen live recordings drawn from Gallagher’s catalog.
Bonamassa has received five Grammy Award nominations through 2026. He also founded the Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation in 2011 to support music education, scholarships, and working musicians. His other projects include Black Country Communion, Rock Candy Funk Party, production work, and the independent record-label ventures developed with his longtime management team.
The complete A-to-Z list below brings together Bonamassa’s solo studio recordings, Beth Hart collaborations, bonus tracks, and the official live recordings included in this restoration. Distinct studio, alternate, and concert versions remain separate entries.
Complete List Of Joe Bonamassa Songs From A to Z
0–E
- “Addicted” – Black Coffee (2018) (with Beth Hart)
- “Ain’t No Way” – Don’t Explain (2011) (with Beth Hart)
- “Amsterdam, Amsterdam!” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “Another Kind of Love” – Sloe Gin (2007)
- “Antwerp Jam” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “Around the Bend” – Had to Cry Today (2004)
- “Around the Bend” – Sloe Gin (2007)
- “As the Crow Flies” – The Ballad of John Henry (2009)
- “As the Crow Flies (Live)” – The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork (2026)
- “Asking Around for You” – You & Me (2006)
- “Athens to Athens” – Black Rock (2010)
- “Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind” – Black Rock (2010)
- “Back on My Stompin’ Ground (Live)” – The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork (2026)
- “Bad Penny (Live)” – The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork (2026)
- “Baddest Blues” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “Ball Peen Hammer” – Sloe Gin (2007)
- “The Ballad of John Henry” – The Ballad of John Henry (2009)
- “Better the Devil You Know” – Different Shades of Blue (2014) (Best Buy exclusive)
- “Beyond the Silence” – Royal Tea (2020)
- “Bird on a Wire” – Black Rock (2010)
- “Black Coffee” – Black Coffee (2018) (with Beth Hart)
- “Black Irish Eyes” – Different Shades of Blue (2014) (Best Buy exclusive)
- “Black Lung Heartache” – Dust Bowl (2011)
- “Black Night” – Sloe Gin (2007)
- “Black Roses” – Redemption (2018) (bonus track)
- “Blue and Evil” – Black Rock (2010)
- “Blues Deluxe” – Blues Deluxe (2003)
- “Blues of Desperation” – Blues of Desperation (2016)
- “Breakthrough” – Breakthrough (2025)
- “Bridge to Better Days” – You & Me (2006)
- “Broken Record” – Breakthrough (2025)
- “Bullfrog Blues (Live)” – The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork (2026)
- “Burning Hell” – Blues Deluxe (2003)
- “Calling Card (Live)” – The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork (2026)
- “Can’t Let Go” – Seesaw (2013) (with Beth Hart)
- “Can’t Let Go” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “Chocolate Jesus” – Don’t Explain (2011) (with Beth Hart)
- “Chocolate Jesus” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “Close to My Fire” – Seesaw (2013) (with Beth Hart)
- “Close to My Fire” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “Colour and Shape” – A New Day Yesterday (2000)
- “Come Rain or Come Shine” – Black Coffee (2018) (deluxe bonus track; with Beth Hart)
- “A Conversation With Alice” – Royal Tea (2020)
- “Cradle Rock” – A New Day Yesterday (2000)
- “Cradle Rock (Live)” – The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork (2026)
- “Current Situation” – A New Day Yesterday (2000)
- “Curtain Call” – Time Clocks (2021)
- “Damn Your Eyes” – Black Coffee (2018) (with Beth Hart)
- “Deep in the Blues Again” – Redemption (2018)
- “Different Shades of Blue” – Different Shades of Blue (2014)
- “Dirt in My Pocket” – Sloe Gin (2007)
- “Dislocated Boy” – Driving Towards the Daylight (2012)
- “Distant Lonesome Train” – Blues of Desperation (2016)
- “Django” – You & Me (2006)
- “Don’t Burn Down That Bridge” – A New Day Yesterday (2000)
- “Don’t Explain” – Don’t Explain (2011) (with Beth Hart)
- “Don’t Hand Me Your Hangups” – Royal Tea (2020) (bonus track)
- “Don’t You Do Me No Favours” – Royal Tea (2020) (bonus track)
- “Drive” – Blues of Desperation (2016)
- “Drive by the Exit Sign” – Breakthrough (2025)
- “Driving Towards the Daylight” – Driving Towards the Daylight (2012)
- “Dust Bowl” – Dust Bowl (2011)
- “Evil Mama” – Redemption (2018)
F–J
- “Faux Mantini” – Had to Cry Today (2004)
- “Feelin’ Good” – The Ballad of John Henry (2009)
- “For My Friend” – Don’t Explain (2011) (with Beth Hart)
- “For My Friends” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “From the Valley” – The Ballad of John Henry (2009)
- “Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter” – The Ballad of John Henry (2009)
- “Get Back My Tomorrow” – Different Shades of Blue (2014)
- “The Ghost of Macon Jones” – Redemption (2018)
- “Give It Everything You Got” – Black Coffee (2018) (with Beth Hart)
- “The Great Flood” – The Ballad of John Henry (2009)
- “Had to Cry Today” – Had to Cry Today (2004)
- “Hanging on a Loser” – Time Clocks (2021)
- “Happier Times” – The Ballad of John Henry (2009)
- “The Hard Way” – So, It’s Like That (2002)
- “Headaches to Heartbreaks” – A New Day Yesterday (2000)
- “The Heart That Never Waits” – Time Clocks (2021)
- “Heartache Follows Wherever I Go” – Different Shades of Blue (2014)
- “Heartbreaker” – Dust Bowl (2011) (featuring Glenn Hughes)
- “Heavenly Soul” – Driving Towards the Daylight (2012)
- “Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)” – Different Shades of Blue (2014)
- “High Class Girl” – Royal Tea (2020)
- “High Water Everywhere” – You & Me (2006)
- “Hope You Realize It (Goodbye Again)” – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 (2023)
- “How Deep This River Runs” – Blues of Desperation (2016)
- “I Didn’t Think She Would Do It” – Royal Tea (2020)
- “I Don’t Believe” – You & Me (2006)
- “I Don’t Live Anywhere” – Blues Deluxe (2003)
- “I Fall Apart (Live)” – The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork (2026)
- “I Gave Up Everything for You, ‘Cept the Blues” – Different Shades of Blue (2014)
- “I Got All You Need” – Driving Towards the Daylight (2012)
- “I Know a Place” – Black Rock (2010)
- “I Know Where I Belong” – A New Day Yesterday (2000)
- “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know” – Seesaw (2013) (with Beth Hart)
- “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “I Want to Shout About It” – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 (2023)
- “I Wonder Who (Live)” – The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork (2026)
- “I’d Rather Go Blind” – Don’t Explain (2011) (with Beth Hart)
- “I’d Rather Go Blind” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “I’ll Take Care of You” – Don’t Explain (2011) (with Beth Hart)
- “I’ll Take the Blame” – Breakthrough (2025)
- “I’ve Got Some Mind Over What Matters” – Redemption (2018)
- “If Heartaches Were Nickels” – A New Day Yesterday (2000)
- “If I Tell You I Love You” – Seesaw (2013) (with Beth Hart)
- “If I Tell You I Love You” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “India” – Sloe Gin (2007)
- “Is It Safe to Go Home” – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 (2023)
- “It’s Hard But It’s Fair” – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 (2023)
- “Jelly Roll” – Sloe Gin (2007)
- “Jockey Full of Bourbon” – The Ballad of John Henry (2009)
- “Joy” – Black Coffee (2018) (with Beth Hart)
- “Junction 61” – Had to Cry Today (2004)
- “Just ‘Cos You Can Don’t Mean You Should” – Redemption (2018)
K–O
- “King Bee Shakedown” – Redemption (2018)
- “Known Unknowns” – Time Clocks (2021)
- “Last Kiss” – The Ballad of John Henry (2009)
- “The Last Matador of Bayonne” – Dust Bowl (2011)
- “Lazy Poker Blues” – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 (2023)
- “Left Overs” – Blues Deluxe (2003)
- “Lie #1” – So, It’s Like That (2002)
- “Life After Dark” – Breakthrough (2025)
- “Livin’ Easy” – Blues of Desperation (2016)
- “Living on the Moon” – Different Shades of Blue (2014)
- “Lonely Boy” – Royal Tea (2020)
- “Lonely Town Lonely Street” – Driving Towards the Daylight (2012)
- “Lonesome Road Blues” – The Ballad of John Henry (2009)
- “Long Distance Blues” – Blues Deluxe (2003)
- “Look Over Yonder’s Wall” – Black Rock (2010)
- “Lookout Man” – Royal Tea (2020)
- “Love Ain’t a Love Song” – Different Shades of Blue (2014)
- “Love Is a Gamble” – Redemption (2018)
- “The Loyal Kind” – Time Clocks (2021)
- “Lullaby of the Leaves” – Black Coffee (2018) (with Beth Hart)
- “Man of Many Words” – Blues Deluxe (2003)
- “The Meaning of the Blues” – Dust Bowl (2011)
- “Messin’ with the Kid (Live)” – The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork (2026)
- “A Million Miles Away (Live)” – The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork (2026)
- “Mind’s Eye” – Time Clocks (2021)
- “Miss Lady” – Seesaw (2013) (with Beth Hart)
- “Miss Lady” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “Miss You, Hate You (Full-Length Version)” – A New Day Yesterday (2000)
- “Miss You, Hate You (Rock Radio Remix)” – A New Day Yesterday (2000)
- “Molly O’” – Redemption (2018)
- “Mother Love” – So, It’s Like That (2002) (hidden track)
- “Mountain Climbing” – Blues of Desperation (2016)
- “Mountain Time” – So, It’s Like That (2002)
- “Mumbling Word” – Blues Deluxe (2003)
- “My Mistake” – So, It’s Like That (2002)
- “Never Give All Your Heart” – Different Shades of Blue (2014)
- “Never Make Your Move Too Soon” – Had to Cry Today (2004)
- “Never Say Goodbye” – So, It’s Like That (2002)
- “New Coat of Paint” – Driving Towards the Daylight (2012)
- “A New Day Yesterday” – A New Day Yesterday (2000)
- “Night Life” – Black Rock (2010) (featuring B.B. King)
- “No Good Place for the Lonely” – Blues of Desperation (2016)
- “No Love on the Street” – Dust Bowl (2011)
- “No Slack” – So, It’s Like That (2002)
- “Notches” – Time Clocks (2021)
- “Nutbush City Limits” – Seesaw (2013) (with Beth Hart)
- “Nutbush City Limits” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “Nuthin’ I Wouldn’t Do (For a Woman Like You)” – A New Day Yesterday (2000)
- “Oh Beautiful!” – Different Shades of Blue (2014)
- “One of These Days” – Sloe Gin (2007)
P–T
- “Pack It Up” – Blues Deluxe (2003)
- “Pain and Sorrow” – So, It’s Like That (2002)
- “Pain’s on Me” – Breakthrough (2025)
- “Palm Trees Helicopters and Gasoline” – You & Me (2006)
- “Pick Up the Pieces” – Redemption (2018)
- “Pilgrimage” – Time Clocks (2021)
- “A Place in My Heart” – Driving Towards the Daylight (2012)
- “Prisoner” – Dust Bowl (2011) (Barbra Streisand cover)
- “Quarryman’s Lament” – Black Rock (2010)
- “Questions and Answers” – Time Clocks (2021)
- “Reconsider Baby” – Had to Cry Today (2004)
- “Redemption” – Redemption (2018)
- “Revenge of the 10 Gallon Hat” – Had to Cry Today (2004)
- “Rhymes” – Seesaw (2013) (with Beth Hart)
- “Rhymes” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “Richmond” – Sloe Gin (2007)
- “The River” – Had to Cry Today (2004)
- “Royal Tea” – Royal Tea (2020)
- “Savannah” – Royal Tea (2020)
- “Saved” – Black Coffee (2018) (with Beth Hart)
- “Scarlet Town” – Different Shades of Blue (2014) (Best Buy exclusive)
- “Seagull” – Sloe Gin (2007)
- “Seesaw” – Seesaw (2013) (with Beth Hart)
- “Seesaw” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “Self-Inflicted Wounds” – Redemption (2018)
- “Shake This Ground” – Breakthrough (2025)
- “Sick in Love” – So, It’s Like That (2002)
- “Sinner’s Prayer” – Don’t Explain (2011) (with Beth Hart)
- “Sinner’s Prayer” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “Sitting on Top of the World” – Black Coffee (2018) (with Beth Hart)
- “Sloe Gin” – Sloe Gin (2007)
- “Slow Train” – Dust Bowl (2011)
- “So Many Roads” – You & Me (2006)
- “So, It’s Like That” – So, It’s Like That (2002)
- “So, What Would I Do” – Different Shades of Blue (2014)
- “Someday After a While (You’ll Be Sorry)” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” – Don’t Explain (2011) (with Beth Hart)
- “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “Somewhere Down the Road” – Redemption (2018) (bonus track)
- “Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go” – Driving Towards the Daylight (2012)
- “Soul on Fire” – Black Coffee (2018) (with Beth Hart)
- “Spanish Boots” – Black Rock (2010)
- “Steal Your Heart Away” – Black Rock (2010)
- “Still Walking with Me” – Breakthrough (2025)
- “Stones in My Passway” – Driving Towards the Daylight (2012)
- “Stop!” – The Ballad of John Henry (2009)
- “Story of a Quarryman” – The Ballad of John Henry (2009)
- “Strange Fruit” – Seesaw (2013) (with Beth Hart)
- “Strange Fruit” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “Stronger Now in Broken Places” – Redemption (2018)
- “Stronger Now in Broken Places (Band Version)” – Redemption (2018) (bonus track)
- “A Sunday Kind of Love” – Seesaw (2013) (with Beth Hart)
- “Sweet Rowena” – Dust Bowl (2011) (featuring Vince Gill)
- “Takin’ the Hit” – So, It’s Like That (2002)
- “Tamp Em Up Solid” – You & Me (2006)
- “Tattoo’d Lady (Live)” – The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork (2026)
- “Tea for One” – You & Me (2006)
- “Tennessee Plates” – Dust Bowl (2011) (featuring John Hiatt)
- “Them There Eyes” – Seesaw (2013) (with Beth Hart)
- “Them There Eyes” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “This Train” – Blues of Desperation (2016)
- “Three Times a Fool” – Black Rock (2010)
- “Time Clocks” – Time Clocks (2021)
- “Too Much Ain’t Enough Love” – Driving Towards the Daylight (2012) (featuring Jimmy Barnes)
- “Torn Down” – You & Me (2006)
- “Travellin’ South” – Had to Cry Today (2004)
- “Treat Her Right (Live)” – The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork (2026)
- “Trigger Finger” – Breakthrough (2025)
- “Trouble Town” – Different Shades of Blue (2014)
- “Trouble Waiting” – A New Day Yesterday (2000)
- “The Truth Hurts” – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 (2023) (featuring Josh Smith and Kirk Fletcher)
- “Twenty-Four Hour Blues” – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 (2023)
U–Z
- “Unbroken” – So, It’s Like That (2002)
- “Under the Radar” – So, It’s Like That (2002)
- “The Valley Runs Low” – Blues of Desperation (2016)
- “Waiting for Me” – So, It’s Like That (2002)
- “Walk in My Shadows” – A New Day Yesterday (2000)
- “Walk on Hot Coals (Live)” – The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork (2026)
- “Walking Blues” – Blues Deluxe (2003)
- “Wandering Earth” – Black Rock (2010)
- “Well, I Done Got Over It” – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 (2023)
- “Well, Well” – Don’t Explain (2011) (with Beth Hart)
- “Well, Well” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
- “The Whale That Swallowed Jonah” – Dust Bowl (2011)
- “What I’ve Known for a Very Long Time” – Blues of Desperation (2016)
- “When One Door Opens” – Royal Tea (2020)
- “When She Dances” – Had to Cry Today (2004)
- “When the Fire Hits the Sea” – Black Rock (2010)
- “When the Sun Goes Down” – Had to Cry Today (2004)
- “Who’s Been Talking?” – Driving Towards the Daylight (2012)
- “Who’s That Coming? (Live)” – The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork (2026)
- “Why Does It Take So Long to Say Goodbye” – Royal Tea (2020)
- “Why Don’t You Do Right” – Black Coffee (2018) (with Beth Hart)
- “Wild About You Baby” – Blues Deluxe (2003)
- “Win-O” – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 (2023)
- “Woke Up Dreaming” – Blues Deluxe (2003)
- “You Better Watch Yourself” – Dust Bowl (2011)
- “You Don’t Own Me” – Breakthrough (2025)
- “You Left Me Nothin’ But the Bill and the Blues” – Blues of Desperation (2016)
- “You Sure Drive a Hard Bargain” – Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 (2023)
- “You Upset Me Baby” – Blues Deluxe (2003)
- “Your Funeral and My Trial” – You & Me (2006)
- “Your Heart Is As Black As Night” – Don’t Explain (2011) (with Beth Hart)
- “Your Heart Is As Black As Night” – Live in Amsterdam (2014) (with Beth Hart)
Joe Bonamassa Albums and Major Releases
A New Day Yesterday (2000)
So, It’s Like That (2002)
Blues Deluxe (2003)
Had to Cry Today (2004)
You & Me (2006)
Sloe Gin (2007)
The Ballad of John Henry (2009)
Black Rock (2010)
Dust Bowl (2011)
Don’t Explain (2011)
Driving Towards the Daylight (2012)
Seesaw (2013)
Different Shades of Blue (2014)
Live in Amsterdam (2014)
Blues of Desperation (2016)
Redemption (2018)
Black Coffee (2018)
Royal Tea (2020)
Time Clocks (2021)
Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 (2023)
Breakthrough (2025)
The Spirit of Rory Live from Cork (2026)
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