Joe Bonamassa at Paramount Theatre, October 19, 2019

Live Nation presents Joe Bonamassa
Paramount Theatre
2025 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612-2303 USA
8:00 PM, Saturday, October 19, 2019

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[7:58 PM lights down, pre-show PA There's No Business Like Show Business, band out]

1. [8:00 PM] Evil Mama
2. [8:07 PM] King Bee Shakedown
3. [8:13 PM] Just 'Cos You Can Don't Mean You Should
4. [8:21 PM] Self-Inflicted Wounds
5. [8:29 PM] This Train
6. [8:40 PM] How Deep This River Runs
7. [8:48 PM] Don't You Lie to Me (I Get Evil)
8. [8:53 PM] Sloe Gin
9. [9:08 PM] Well, Well
10. [9:17 PM] I Can't Quit You Baby
11. [9:27 PM] Little Girl
12. [9:32 PM] The Ballad of John Henry
    [set ends 9:40 PM; applause, all off for a minute]
    
    Encore
    [JB strolls onstage playing solo acoustic guitar]
13. [9:41 PM] Woke Up Dreaming
    [9:49 PM; JB swap to electric; add the rest of the band]
14. [9:49 PM] Mountain Time
    [show ends 10:01 PM; applause & bows; then off]

• Mahalia Barnes: harmony vox;
• Joe Bonamassa: guitar, vox;
• Paulie Cerra: tenor saxophone, harmony vox;
• Lemar Carter: drums;
• Jade McRae: harmony vox;
• Michael Rhodes: bass;
• Lee Thornburg: trumpet;
• Reese Wynans: Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards.

Passed the entrance exam and made it to my seat with only a few minutes to spare. Hard to believe, but Bonamassa runs his shows like clockwork: lights down before 8 PM and onstage within a minute or so after the hour … to shred hard for nearly two hours before wrapping things up. I thought the sound was muddy and overcompressed at the start (how can it be like that for the second show at the same venue?), but either it got better as the evening wore on, or I got better at deciphering the lyrics.

Big thanks to JFL2422 for posting accurate info to Setlist.fm

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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