Joe Bonamassa at SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center, November 23, 2022

J Adventures presents Joe Bonamassa
SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center
1301 L St, Sacramento, CA 95814 USA
8:00 PM, Wednesday, November 23, 2022

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[7:55 PM] {lights down; Tom Petty & the Heartbreaker's the Waiting blasting from the PA}

1. [8:00 PM] Evil Mama
2. [8:06 PM] Dust Bowl
3. [8:13 PM] Love Ain’t a Love Song
4. [8:21 PM] Self-Inflicted Wounds
5. [8:29 PM] Breaking Up Somebody's Home
   {girls off}
6. [8:39 PM] Hidden Charms
7. [8:43 PM] Double Trouble
   {girls back}
8. [8:53 PM] I Didn’t Think She Would Do It
   [8:59 PM] {JB banter about plans for Thanksgiving tomorrow; band introduction}
9. [9:05 PM] A Conversation With Alice
10. [9:14 PM] The Heart That Never Waits
11. [9:25 PM] Lonely Boy
12. [9:35 PM] Just Got Paid {girls off ~9:37 PM}
    [9:46 PM] {encore break}
    
    Encore
    [9:48 PM] {JB intro story for Mountain Time; everybody back}
13. [9:52 PM] Mountain Time
    [10:04 PM] {final applause}
    [10:06 PM] {lights & PA up: blasting Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business; show ends}

• Joe Bonamassa: guitar, vox;
• Lemar Carter: drums;
• Jade MacRae: harmony vox, hand percussion;
• Josh Smith: guitar;
• Juanita Tippens: harmony vox, hand percussion;
• Calvin Turner: bass;
• Reese Wynans: keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ.

I was a little cranky from the long drive up to Sacramento (traffic trouble AGAIN!), but we made it to town with just enough enough time to park, amble up to the venue, wait 5 min to get through the super-slow security check, pee, and then get to our seats a couple minutes before the lights came down. It was a stressful stretch, which made it hard to be in the right frame of mind for digging the music. When the show started, I thought the mix was overly compressed, with everything smushed down in order to leave room for the vocals on top. That might be good for making out the lyrics, but I didn't like it. Happily, the sound guy seemed to dial things in much better over the next 30 minutes: I was a happy listener by the time we got to Self-Inflicted Wounds.

Joe is a polished professional, and like Jeff Beck, he runs his show like clockwork. Ain't no time for him to be messing around: there's work to do! Tonight's gig was a solid two hours. Thanks Joe!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2022 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2022 event list! ☸ On to the next event!