Watch 12 year old Bonamassa play with guitar legend Danny Gatton

[@TheReleasedMusic]

Danny Gatton was one of the greatest ever, Joe Bonamassa was lucky to have him as a teacher.

[@randybailin4902]

Incredible proficiency and feel for a 12-year old kid. Some of us are just born to greatness. He plays too many notes at times, but how can you tell a 12-year old kid to not show off? That came later.

[@Halliday7895]

lol still plays too many notes... He should've worked on songwriter more in my opinion.

[@scottcrosby-art5490]

​@@Halliday7895 His millions of number 1 albums say otherwise

[@Brandosway]

1​@Halliday7895 You should have worked on grammar! "songwriter" lol

[@WhySoLoud]

I think BB King toned him down off that habit, when he did his summer tour with the great one later that same year.

[@mike-vz1cv]

Danny Gatton was and is class period..

[@harvey1954]

I was still a year away from learning how to tune my guitar at 12.

[@jes34118]

Holy smokes he was already great way back then

[@bloozedaddy]

Like most kids he hadn't learned to let the music breathe yet but I've seen him five times live over the years and he has an incredible amount of soul and dynamics in his playing.

[@SerbanTV]

BloozeDaddy you speak the truth!

[@soundguy5813]

Disagree think he is mechanical & over plays !!!!

[@jasonphelps2914]

@@soundguy5813 You mean Joe, not Danny?

[@soundguy5813]

Yes Joe not Danny he rocks

[@bloozedaddy]

@@soundguy5813 listen to a song like Better Days or the live version of Walk In My Shadow where he really just lays notes in the pocket without the EJ style arpeggios. Much preferred for me.

[@SuperKevinCR]

Joe today is fantastic live! You won’t regret going to watch him.

[@RickCosmo]

'lil Joe, the God..Joe, you are the man. Loved SRV..now lovin' JoBonamassa

[@kylecoats4444]

Ive never heard a kid with tone so good. He sounds like hes been playing 30 years

[@8Seven65]

Probably helps that he's playing through Danny's rig, but yeah, he'd obviously spent some time listening to the "Kings" by this point, and is playing with confidence beyond his age, especially given who he's playing with.

[@BossNotes]

@@8Seven65 Mr Gatton was his guitar teacher , joe speaks of him often !

[@mitchelllevine5664]

I saw “Smokin’ Joe” a couple of years later, and he was far better than this, in fact. Possibly the only true guitar prodigy I know of

[@melodymakermark]

There’s a video here somewhere of Derrick Trucks at about the same age, on stage with The Allman Brothers, and was every bit if not more impressive.

[@benwilson6559]

@@8Seven65He was opening for B.B. King this same year. I don’t think the setup matters.

[@earlycuyler8719]

When I was joe's age I was in the outhouse exploring life with a very inappropriate magazine! Come to think of it I was still in there at Danny's age!

[@chrisbrewer7149]

Man you getting the pages all stuck together

[@bryantcochran5065]

Joe has that guitar in his collection now and uses it on stage frequently.

[@RCHeath]

I’m not sure. That was Dan’s #1 and I am almost positive that it was returned to Holly. I will have to ask her.

[@alanshadyvally]

Just holding that guitar would be unreal.

[@AlexBrown-vx2nt]

Saw you 2 months ago Joe and you slayed St. Louis and thanks for ending the night with Just Got Paid…I think your best show ever was in Royal Albert hall. Big fan!

[@williamchadduck3910]

Danny was a great teacher

[@billlowe6883]

Danny Gatton was in his own League

[@janniechamness1076]

I LOVED YOU THEN AND I love this man now❤

[@susanthomas424]

I saw this video and I believe one where he was playing with BB King and that’s how I found out about Joe Bonamassa. And I’ve been a fan ever since.

[@stutzbearcat5624]

GotDAMM! I like the way he sounds here better than now. That's some RAW SHIT!! 💪💪👍👍

[@TheFreebasslessons]

I was at this show =)

[@reidwhitton6248]

I was there as well. Danny opened for Clarence Gatemouth Brown.

[@kipponi]

Clarence Gatemouth Brown. Even Frank Zappa liked him. Play violin too then ?

[@xelphinx]

You were there? COol☆☆☆ When Where was it?🎵

[@billytom]

He was a Bad Ass even at 12 years...

[@kencrisp2588]

He was Born playing a Fender STRAT !

[@jameslomonaco5271]

Amazing. One of the best even then.

[@MaryGerdt]

Thanks for sharing Joe's home movies! Wow! He's too young to be playin' the blues so good...

[@Tonguefunsome]

There's a lot of really great musicians but Joe has that it factor,like that of a Louis Armstrong or any of the great performers down through history. There's just a life and breath to his art.

[@jacquelinekaes6884]

formidable

[@3201henry]

I played at the Sandusky County Fair whin I was 12 years old.The differance between Joe and myself is Joe has a true Gift From God.He's a natural, i have to work my ass of and he was playing better at 12 than I play now.Not saying Joe doesent or didnt work his ass off,because I am sure he did.It just payed off for him.I still would be honered to be able to play my Guitar with him.Who Wouldent?

[@Rhonda72861]

This was back when people ask every time he was introduced, "BonnaWho? LOL I love his playing now even more than I did then!

[@zacharytaylor3632]

So much confidence to rip

[@ioodyssey3740]

the pinnacle of his carreer!

[@1MM349]

Buenísimo 👏👏👏👏 ya era con 12 años

[@Obermenzing]

Sehr sehr cool !!

[@MuayThaiSabaiSabai]

Obermenzing sehe ich auch so!

[@mtdnelson]

Yeah, I'd be happy if I could play like that now! Oh, and Danny Gatton... :) Awesome!

[@theloniousbeck7577]

I think this kid is going to be famous!

[@ГабріелПопович]

Джо-КРАСАВА!!! В 12 лет,уровень...шапки вниз!!!😊💪💪💪👏👏👏👍

[@evillbunny2]

Not necessarily. My dad is a professional guitarist and I grew up in a house full of guitars. But I was never thought I would be able to play until I picked up rockband in highschool. That motivated me to start playing and nothing has torn me away since. Some of the best young guitarists I know have the same story. Despite the bad rap they get, those games inspire the young generation more than they ever could have in the past.

[@melodymakermark]

@evillbunny2, I had a Mel Bay chord book and a bunch of 45’s for inspiration. Kids coming up today sure have the resources.

[@69erthx1138]

A world without JB? Just can't go there🔥🎸

[@TroubadourJuggernaut]

wonder where the master Danny's Tele is today ?

[@paulbuxton1326]

Saw one in London Denmark st 🇬🇧🎼👌

[@nikolaikitanov9996]

Little genius!

[@MrBrushie]

wonderfull!!!

[@kz4506]

hes got it a kid with vibe

[@Arcturian1111]

Amazing, does he have any Music DNA in his family.

[@ozzgod]

awesome...! and thank you for the equally awesome 'Slow Train' download...

[@kencrisp2588]

Watch 12 yr old Joes Brim it goes up on HIGH NOTES and down on LOW NOTES AWESOME !!!!!

[@williamgeorge2433]

Too bad he doesn't play like this now.

[@nugeman7779]

You cant teach that. He was born that way. "It in him, and it gonna come out"-John Lee Hooker

[@scooterallen1834]

He just commanded what he wanted to feel and hear.

[@marzannaolter]

Super 👍👏

[@ashotmelik9938]

Bravo little joe😊😊😊😊😊

[@antoniogambardella785]

The perfect video ✌✌✌💪💪💪🔥🔥🔥👌👌👌🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤

[@r.k.2000]

Joe's got an Albert Collins thing going on here. Incredible!

[@mackdaddy8739]

This kid will never amount to anything......Anybody got tickets to his next show???

[@ozzballs100]

If you think it inspires you so be it, I just feel it's a joke. I've been playing bass now for 30 years and guitar for abour 3. I grew up not knowing my dad and my uncle bass player Extrordinare was my Idol growing up. I did Everything he did, around 12 years old I decided it was time to learn bass, he had many and of all of them he handed me his 1962 Fender Jazz Bass, had my cassetes and I played Everyday, All Day til my fingers were Raw. I guess you can pick out the lines thru the game. Peace

[@yasminaberrabane2883]

B.B.👑JUNIOR 🙏❤️🌹 PARIS : 2020

[@davedicko]

He was better than me and I'm 57 as well!

[@calebproductions5970]

Holy shit

[@UVDan]

Better than me and I am 57.

[@munter10]

Apparently age has nothing to do with raw talent and ability lol

[@potterman83]

I actually like him more in his pre-eric johnsonlicks era

[@sbalger]

Starts around 0:60:00

[@RCHeath]

Ah when your teacher was the greatest ever born to hold a guitar…

[@ozzballs100]

I tried removing my comments,the whole point I was trying to make is Joe is Brilliant and if more kids spent the time learning to play a real instrument, instead of video games imitating instruments there may be alot more prodigies such as Joe, but now you're getting nasty and insulting me which I'm not going to tollerate. I evn agreed with you that you may pickup on the songs easier by just hearing the music Cream was also my inspiration, Jack Bruce 1 of the best bassists Ever. I'm Done now

[@sed64]

Only a matter of talent , nothing to do with the age 🧿

[@Brandosway]

I simply don't understand the disparaging comments that were made about a very talented 12-year-old kid. Jealousy!

[@wjamyers]

ClickBait FakeNews headline... he didn't play with Gatton.

[@donfilkins298]

😂😂 the was Gatton in the video . That was his guitar

[@wjamyers]

@@donfilkins298 Gatton didn't play. He didn't play with Gatton, so click bait title is fake news. I guess you like fake news.

[@SDPickups]

Almost all young guitar players use too many notes and don't put any feel into the solos. I used to be that way long time ago. Then one night a regular gal at our jams told me "slow down, play like you are making love to a woman." Lesson learned, and he did learn eventually.

[@Bobbydawriter]

Everyone has a different path. There is no "right" or "better" way. My son played video games and Guitar Hero, then found the REAL guitar and credits his incredible dexterity and hand-eye coordination to those games. Is that really why he's so good…? Who knows….but it's his reality. (he also played classical piano at eight, so music is in his soul). I think kids can be exposed to a myriad of things and find their passion organically. All that said, what a fun video!

[@nathanmcintyre1]

Alright. We get it man

[@cah88]

@@nathanmcintyre1 OCD is a sunofabitch

[@cah88]

@@nathanmcintyre1 OCD is a sunofabitch

[@cah88]

@@nathanmcintyre1 LMFAO okay I'm done. I'll get back to work now.

[@johnbrown9183]

with SRV gone I lean towards Eric Johnson's Texas style to carry the standard. Joe is great but more of a copy in my view. I don't get Beck's out there jazz and Tommy Emmanuel I see as a great talent as well. Versatile but I am drawn to soul and innovation like Santana. British groups blazed some trails as did Jimi Hendrix. Southern rock had Duane Allman, Dickey Betts and Gary Rossington, feel-good but derivative. Who will bear the standard of soul sacrifice in the coming ages? We miss the greats.

[@jamesholmberg3158]

Aint he dat Nazzzcar Driver? Wait, that's Jimmie Johnson....

[@nicklambert1981]

12!?

[@UVDan]

Smoke em if ya got em!!! In the immortal words of Charlie Daniels "That's how you do it son.". Well played Joe of the past, well played!

[@ThomasAtzinger]

Well, he didn't "play with Gatton" because Danny let him play his guitar.

[@oinkooink]

Roughly 1989 I guess

[@Vigilante311]

His playing today does absolutely nothing for me, but here he was excellent

[@3201henry]

I agrie with Wayne Smith,Your right buddy.Just think how good we would be playing if all this modern Tech.was around when we where younger.

[@utooberblooper]

its hard to understand when your not part of the gaming generation,but it is true that these games do inspire kids to play real instruments,they're not stupid,sooner or later they realize what they're trying to emulate and jump to the real deal.when they do,they learn 10x faster than i ever learned,(1986 till now is what,almost 30 years)because of youtube,the internet and communication.all the things your condemning are a benefit bud,sorry but they are.

[@BoyAlbanjari-km3gk]

Keep❤ LOVESS😱💗☑️💝🏳️🆙🌼💨💨

[@chrischoir3594]

he was better then

[@riteandleft]

Er, wow..

[@ozzballs100]

Rockband is B.S. If you want to learn an Instrument then you want to learn pushing ared, green, blue button etc isn't going to teach you Anything but coordiation when prompted to hit that color. Joe Bonamassa heard Cream at the Royal Albert Hall and Eric Claptons playing Inspired him to Learn to play guitar. A Real guitar Not a video game

[@CARNELIANTURQUOISE]

His father started teaching him to play the guitar when he was 4, his father was his inspiration. He tells his history very differently!

[@mariokaspers6863]

well, he should do something with that talent. 🤪

[@rowdyyates3801]

It was better in person.

[@aaronlebos]

I easily prefer how he plays here compared to now. He's straight raw here, pure fire, he's turned into a generic and predictable blues player.

[@Geotubest]

I agree. Very clinical now. No soul.

[@EatYourOwnBacon]

Blues is the most predictable music there is lol and this is extremely generic blues

[@J.JEvans-72]

​@@EatYourOwnBacon If you do it well , it should still hold your interest. I can listen to the one riff of Muddy Waters " I'm a Man " & still get a musical head rush

[@ylcn77ylcn]

.Kompleksy .

[@stilldreamin57]

I may be stating the obvious, but Joe at 12 is much more interesting, and dare I say, better guitar player than the Joe 20 years later. Reminds me of the arc of Shuggie Otis' career. At 15 years old, cutting a record with Al Kooper, (Kooper Session) Shuggie was one of the greatest blues guitar players in the world, IMO. The most melodic yet soulful blues guitarists I've ever heard. Then 30 years later I saw him in Tacoma, WA and he had nothing left to say, IMO. Where is Shuggie now?

[@ozzballs100]

That's the kind of guitar parents need to buy their kids.......Not Guitar Hero where they learn to push 5 different colored buttons

[@boyan.guitar]

yuppie guitar hero.

[@ideath173]

Joe never has, nor will ever have, the blues.

[@ParkerP29]

ideath well isn’t it just another useless opinion!

[@danlovepeaceunity]

​@@ParkerP29but a spot on opinion

[@soundguy5813]

He played better & with more feel at 12 . Over plays with no emotion now boring after 2 min

[@marilynread364]

We simply don’t agree.

[@sorencin11]

Joe is great now. But 12 year old Joe is horrible

[@InfoArtistJKatTheGoodInfoCafe]

😅😂😅😂Your jealous is showing 😅😂😅😂😢😊

[@sorencin11]

Horrible bonnamassa

[@Stevewatson3]

Dam some icepick but it’s good 😊

[@Bobbydawriter]

Everyone has a different path. There is no "right" or "better" way. My son played video games and Guitar Hero, then found the REAL guitar and credits his incredible dexterity and hand-eye coordination to those games. Is that really why he's so good…? Who knows….but it's his reality. (he also played classical piano at eight, so music is in his soul). I think kids can be exposed to a myriad of things and find their passion organically. All that said, what a fun video!

[@Bobbydawriter]

Everyone has a different path. There is no "right" or "better" way. My son played video games and Guitar Hero, then found the REAL guitar and credits his incredible dexterity and hand-eye coordination to those games. Is that really why he's so good…? Who knows….but it's his reality. (he also played classical piano at eight, so music is in his soul). I think kids can be exposed to a myriad of things and find their passion organically. All that said, what a fun video!

[@Bobbydawriter]

Everyone has a different path. There is no "right" or "better" way. My son played video games and Guitar Hero, then found the REAL guitar and credits his incredible dexterity and hand-eye coordination to those games. Is that really why he's so good…? Who knows….but it's his reality. (he also played classical piano at eight, so music is in his soul). I think kids can be exposed to a myriad of things and find their passion organically. All that said, what a fun video!

[@Bobbydawriter]

Everyone has a different path. There is no "right" or "better" way. My son played video games and Guitar Hero, then found the REAL guitar and credits his incredible dexterity and hand-eye coordination to those games. Is that really why he's so good…? Who knows….but it's his reality. (he also played classical piano at eight, so music is in his soul). I think kids can be exposed to a myriad of things and find their passion organically. All that said, what a fun video!

[@Bobbydawriter]

Everyone has a different path. There is no "right" or "better" way. My son played video games and Guitar Hero, then found the REAL guitar and credits his incredible dexterity and hand-eye coordination to those games. Is that really why he's so good…? Who knows….but it's his reality. (he also played classical piano at eight, so music is in his soul). I think kids can be exposed to a myriad of things and find their passion organically. All that said, what a fun video!