I got a chance to meet Joe... got the photo to prove it....and I listened in as he talked to others and he was so generous with his time and patient with all of us Fan Boys who listen to every story and song,... study every bend and riff... thank you Joe for being so kind.
Then just put a revolving door between the lockers! LOL! I was fortunate enough to catch one of Joe's shows at the Blue Hills Pavilion, in Boston, MA. Awesome show with Non Stop, No Nonsense, Rock & Roll. Thanks again Joe! And Thank you Norm! And remember, "You're only as old as you feel"!
Joe is definitely one of the very best guitarists playing guitar today and a humble guy. Just listen to him be quick to say how many really good guitarists are out there playing these days. 👍👍👍
It’s Los Angeles. We’ve seen bigger ‘stars’ before. I once pulled into the Hollywood Guitar Center as Joe was arriving and parking his mammoth Ford Fairlane convertible. I was aware of him, and it was a ‘cute moment,’ given how much people obsess over him on TGP, but come on-what would you expect to happen? Nothing to get giddy about.
I used to go in music stores on 48th street in NYC back in the 80’s like Manny’s, Sam Ash……. We used to catch some cool well known players in there. Sadly those iconic stores are all gone now. No place in the east except The House of Guitars in Rochester NY. I’ve been going there since I was a senior in high school. Joe stops in there quite a bit too. Twice I have just missed him by an hour or two. He buys every decent tweed Fender amp they get in. I think the store manager Curt keeps them set aside for Joe. I missed Joe at Rumble Seat in Ithaca NY when they had a store right next to the state theater back in 2011. He was playing the State that night so my wife and I swung by Rumble Seat to check out some guitars. They informed me Joe had just left.
Love you guys, man Joe Bonamassa, one of the best blues players ever God bless everyone at norms. Norm is looking great. I know he was sick for a while. I hope he continues to stay well.
Great to see the passion & joy from these two gentlemen. We all could be so fortunate to become players grade or roadworn without a broken headstock in the path of life.🙏🤘🏽🤙🏽
Norm: “Joe Bonamassa is the best of the best”, I remember when A New Day Yesterday first came out and me and a bunch of friends put it on, and it was like a covers album of all our heroes, which split the room. The arguments of whether it was right or wrong went on for weeks. I remember saying “He’s been brought up on his Dad’s records”. It was then that I knew he was one of us, and that he was just the one of us in the room that could play like that. I’ve never felt differently, and I’ve never felt such a kindred spirit to any other player. What I want to say is, as I was on Joe’s side in 2000, would he possibly consider swapping the Nocaster for my 2005 CS ’51 Nocaster as a thank you? Haha. Love you guys. Feels like family.
Joe is phenomenal, watched him last year at the RAH, such a great show, then lemmo at Brixton, how lucky am I, two great mega talents but so humble with it.
I was slow to come to the party but ... his choice of material and arrangements along with the musicians he surrounds himself with really shows me he deserves the accolades. A true musician.
Joe is an incredible player. His vocals have developed so much over the last couple years too. His singing ranks right up there now with some of the great blues shouters!
@@simonvanderheijden432 His singing has gotten a great deal more emotive, skilled, controlled and developed over the course of the last three years. He has obviously been working a great deal on it. And yes... in terms or vocal range, control and emotive ability, his vocals are capable of holding their own with respected blues shouters.
@@kensettle3184 I find it overly affected, like he's self-consciously trying to be a blues singer. Great guy. Great chops. But I just can't get into his music.
Scratching my head here about the puzzling sight of the folk browsing in the background not looking around when Joe is playing or even just because Joe is there. Must be more to them than meets the eye.
There is a strong possibility the store customers were told, something along the lines of, "Hey everybody, we've got a video to shoot here so please just carry on and Joe will be around for a while after we're done shooting."
Aaaaaye.... not too long ago Joe said there's not going to be any more guitar stunt work in the store! What a champ! I'm with you Norm, in terms of blues/rock, Bonamassa is right up there! Riiiiight up there. What a legend.
joe b will definitely be considered one of the greats in the history of blues/blues rock guitar playing. haters can hate all they want. He put in the work and continues to put in the work and it shows big time.
Hard to sit and listen to that, but then, 'it ain't braggin' if you can do it,,,' 'and there were these two old guys,,' Yes, there were!! Thanks fellas,
I like Joes enthusiasm passion and dedication to being a musician, but everytime I click on one of these videos I can just tell what he’s going to play
Norm, I was in line at Walgreens the other day and I was doing the same thing with the DOBs. Hang in there, your are a gem.... player grade, but a gem none the less !!!
Im a blues/rock gutarist from philly. That music wadnt as popular in clubs back when i was playing every night. Its exploded over the last 20 years or so. Joe is the best player p.o period. I have no doubt he could blow the best off stage including Clapton, or guys like Trower, or even SRV. Maybe not Rory Gallagher 😊 your the best joe, take care, continued success.
Baloney. First of all the first big Blues Revival was 40 years ago in the 80s with guys like Stevie Ray (who would destroy Bonermasa). the Blasters and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. As far as the original 60s guitar heroes if there was no Clapton, Page, Hendrix and their sources like Buddy Guy (who could also destroy little Joe),T Bone Walker etc young pup Joe would have nothing to play!! Joe hasn't raised any bar. He plays too many notes without thought. See Peter Green for comparison. Joe is like the new age digital version of the Blues - all the correct clichés but less feel and heart. Trower's 1st 3 LPs were fantastic and nobody could sing better than Bass Jimmy Dewar but his abject rip of Hendrix style sort of put him a level below innovator same as Joe. Today you want innovation you gotta go see Matteo or Tosin. 🎸
Awesome musician, guitar, and store owner😊. I almost went to Norm’s last Saturday, if I had I wouldn’t bother anyone but would have been transfixed by the playing I heard.
I always love how Joe just shreds - then immediately deflects any attention off of himself by re-entering the conversation with uncle Norm. Could listen to these two talk for hours.
Ok ... On the adjacent-warehouse-guitar-swap-proposition: When I was 12, about a year before that guitar was made, my father took me to New York for a day and we toured the vault at the New York Federal Reserve Bank where his fraternity brother just happened to be the Director. At that time, the vault held small stores of solid gold bars from the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, South Africa and other countries. These deposits were housed in separate "cells" arranged around the perimeter of a central room of the larger vault. The vault and the "cells" were built in the nineteenth century for this express purpose (by the commercial bank that owned the property at that time). The Vault was constructed of Bricks and each cell had a door made of steel bars, just like a jail cell. Pallet Loads of gold bars were stored in each cell and in the central room of the vault. In those days, currencies around the world were still on the Gold Standard meaning that if commercial entities in Great Britain made purchases in the United States, the Government of Britain would facilitate the transfer of funds by moving gold bars from their cell to the central room where the store of US Gold was kept. The process was a little more complicated than that, involving a lot of math to determine what the actual balance of payments and rates of exchange were, etc, but essentially, International Finance was conducted by having a forty-something year old black guy load a few of the Queen's gold bars onto a heavy duty wooden platform truck and wheel it into the central room where he would stack it on top of a pile of US Gold. As part of the tour, I got to sit on top of a pallet of US Gold about 4ft x 4ft x 3ft and they let me hold a bar in my hands to feel the weight. Then we went to the RBB&B Circus at Madison Square Garden. Anyway, Norm and Joe may be the last exemplars of this ancient method of value transfer. Only in this case we might conjecture that Michael Lemmo is the Mighty Grand Shlepper of Value!
I don't usually covet a guitar, but that firebird is my dream guitar! Hopefully Joe will use it as a stage guitar and we will get to hear it roar and scream!
I'm getting up there in years too, I'll settle for 'player grade' any day of the week! You're looking great Norm, I'm glad that the condition scared the... guitars out of you
Love the people in the store ,nice vlog great that Joe and norm are so good for each other and the guitar world, go get you a guitar at Norms rare guitars, thanks BigAl California.praise Jesus Christ grace amen 🙏
I made a huge mistake and sold my Firebird 15 years ago.. don’t want to pay 3500-5000 for one today so I built one.. it’s all about the player though … love joe’s work!
I love that JB can’t help himself when it comes to Norms Special Deals!! I think the easiest option for Joe would be to buy Norms Business🎸🎼🎸 I also wish I could play like Joe!! These videos are awesome guys🥰
Gibson making multi use Guitars Les Paul great as a canoe paddle or dur to its weight you can also use it as an anchor. This Firebird looks like it would make a decent plough!
Someone pls make a compilation of Norm saying he's "had this guitar for 30-something yrs." how has he never had a guitar for 10 yrs? Haha love you Norm, just joking with ya.
Joe B. RULES.. Great Player.. VERY Hard worker.. and Just an overall great guy.. Got to meet him a few times.. Super personable
That phrase Norm said about selling peace and love is something to think about. Sick firebird!
I bet he votes democrat
Joe is just magic he makes the guitar glow! He's such a nice man!😊
Norm is speaking from the heart. Joe is a treasure. Love Jen's giggles too.
Love Norm. Love Joe.
Impossible to watch a video of these two without having a big grin on your face.
Norm is a Teddy bear. God bless you friend. Joe is a legend. What a pleasure to watch
I got a chance to meet Joe... got the photo to prove it....and I listened in as he talked to others and he was so generous with his time and patient with all of us Fan Boys who listen to every story and song,... study every bend and riff... thank you Joe for being so kind.
So good to see norm looking good and being happy!
Then just put a revolving door between the lockers! LOL!
I was fortunate enough to catch one of Joe's shows at the Blue Hills Pavilion, in Boston, MA.
Awesome show with Non Stop, No Nonsense, Rock & Roll.
Thanks again Joe!
And Thank you Norm!
And remember, "You're only as old as you feel"!
Joe is definitely one of the very best guitarists playing guitar today and a humble guy. Just listen to him be quick to say how many really good guitarists are out there playing these days. 👍👍👍
Moments like that are not to be wasted
Love that people in the background in a GUITAR SHOP are oblivious to the fact that one of the greatest ever is playing right next to them.
They must have been told to “act natural”. Or they think Joe must just work there.
It’s Los Angeles. We’ve seen bigger ‘stars’ before.
I once pulled into the Hollywood Guitar Center as Joe was arriving and parking his mammoth Ford Fairlane convertible. I was aware of him, and it was a ‘cute moment,’ given how much people obsess over him on TGP, but come on-what would you expect to happen? Nothing to get giddy about.
I used to go in music stores on 48th street in NYC back in the 80’s like Manny’s, Sam Ash……. We used to catch some cool well known players in there. Sadly those iconic stores are all gone now. No place in the east except The House of Guitars in Rochester NY. I’ve been going there since I was a senior in high school. Joe stops in there quite a bit too. Twice I have just missed him by an hour or two. He buys every decent tweed Fender amp they get in. I think the store manager Curt keeps them set aside for Joe. I missed Joe at Rumble Seat in Ithaca NY when they had a store right next to the state theater back in 2011. He was playing the State that night so my wife and I swung by Rumble Seat to check out some guitars. They informed me Joe had just left.
Oblivious or just respectful?
You used to be able to meet Larry hartke in a Sam ash in New York. Not to mention he kept jacos real amp there
what a joy to hear and see JOE and NORM
Love you guys, man Joe Bonamassa, one of the best blues players ever God bless everyone at norms. Norm is looking great. I know he was sick for a while. I hope he continues to stay well.
Real talent is when you're as great as Joe B AND ALSO as humble as Joe B. Great guy!
Great to see the passion & joy from these two gentlemen. We all could be so fortunate to become players grade or roadworn without a broken headstock in the path of life.🙏🤘🏽🤙🏽
Norm: “Joe Bonamassa is the best of the best”, I remember when A New Day Yesterday first came out and me and a bunch of friends put it on, and it was like a covers album of all our heroes, which split the room. The arguments of whether it was right or wrong went on for weeks. I remember saying “He’s been brought up on his Dad’s records”. It was then that I knew he was one of us, and that he was just the one of us in the room that could play like that. I’ve never felt differently, and I’ve never felt such a kindred spirit to any other player. What I want to say is, as I was on Joe’s side in 2000, would he possibly consider swapping the Nocaster for my 2005 CS ’51 Nocaster as a thank you? Haha. Love you guys. Feels like family.
Joe is phenomenal, watched him last year at the RAH, such a great show, then lemmo at Brixton, how lucky am I, two great mega talents but so humble with it.
Joe is a supertalent, who keeps on developing, greetings from Holland.
That Firebird really has a special flavor.
“Special flavor” Very well put. It does.
Sounds great. Who needs an LP anyway? ;)
@@paulneeds Who needs a house??
We love you, Joe. Keep up the good work!
I saw Joe in Leeds UK this year. He is definitely the best.
Norm’s “player grade”. Love it!
2:57 «Oh Stop It, You».
So nice ♥
You can appreciate the total love and respect they have for each other. Joe is a one of one like Beck, Clapton, Page and a few others.
Disagree
By far not and I like him like some of the local players in bars he is a good guitarist yet not that far above-average
I was slow to come to the party but ... his choice of material and arrangements along with the musicians he surrounds himself with really shows me he deserves the accolades. A true musician.
These 2 legends should have a regular podcast/show so we can all enjoy the banter
Joe is an incredible player. His vocals have developed so much over the last couple years too. His singing ranks right up there now with some of the great blues shouters!
Yeah, he's an amazing guitar player and an overall nice dude but let's not pretend he can hold a candle to the great blues singers.
@@simonvanderheijden432 so what? he has his own style of singing and people enjoy it. Quit comparing him. This isn't a competition.
@@simonvanderheijden432 His singing has gotten a great deal more emotive, skilled, controlled and developed over the course of the last three years. He has obviously been working a great deal on it. And yes... in terms or vocal range, control and emotive ability, his vocals are capable of holding their own with respected blues shouters.
@@kensettle3184 I find it overly affected, like he's self-consciously trying to be a blues singer. Great guy. Great chops. But I just can't get into his music.
Definitely without a doubt…. My all-time favorite blues guitar player & the greatest alive🙏👍👍😎✌️❤️
From Norms stash to Joe's collection....a natural organic occurrence !!
Scratching my head here about the puzzling sight of the folk browsing in the background not looking around when Joe is playing or even just because Joe is there. Must be more to them than meets the eye.
There is a strong possibility the store customers were told, something along the lines of, "Hey everybody, we've got a video to shoot here so please just carry on and Joe will be around for a while after we're done shooting."
How could everyone in the store not stop, turn around, and look at the magic that is happening?!
the paint and finish design mind blowingly nice!!
Aaaaaye.... not too long ago Joe said there's not going to be any more guitar stunt work in the store! What a champ! I'm with you Norm, in terms of blues/rock, Bonamassa is right up there! Riiiiight up there. What a legend.
Great to see you looking and sounding so much better, Norm.
joe b will definitely be considered one of the greats in the history of blues/blues rock guitar playing. haters can hate all they want. He put in the work and continues to put in the work and it shows big time.
Norm and Joe are always great together but who is that beautiful voice and delightful laugh behind the camera?
Hard to sit and listen to that, but then, 'it ain't braggin' if you can do it,,,' 'and there were these two old guys,,' Yes, there were!! Thanks fellas,
Great heart warming offering.
Great vid he is on top of his game. Joe's doing pretty well too.
Went to the concert and felt like I saw real history. Have seen this only three times in my 63yrs. Joe Walsh with the Eagles, and Fleetwood Mac.
Norm is looking great!!
I like Joes enthusiasm passion and dedication to being a musician, but everytime I click on one of these videos I can just tell what he’s going to play
Such a great video and I agree with everything you say about Joe, Norm! 🧡🎶🍀🌷🎶🧡
Norm, I was in line at Walgreens the other day and I was doing the same thing with the DOBs.
Hang in there, your are a gem.... player grade, but a gem none the less !!!
Im a blues/rock gutarist from philly. That music wadnt as popular in clubs back when i was playing every night. Its exploded over the last 20 years or so. Joe is the best player p.o period. I have no doubt he could blow the best off stage including Clapton, or guys like Trower, or even SRV. Maybe not Rory Gallagher 😊 your the best joe, take care, continued success.
Baloney. First of all the first big Blues Revival was 40 years ago in the 80s with guys like Stevie Ray (who would destroy Bonermasa). the Blasters and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. As far as the original 60s guitar heroes if there was no Clapton, Page, Hendrix and their sources like Buddy Guy (who could also destroy little Joe),T Bone Walker etc young pup Joe would have nothing to play!! Joe hasn't raised any bar. He plays too many notes without thought. See Peter Green for comparison. Joe is like the new age digital version of the Blues - all the correct clichés but less feel and heart. Trower's 1st 3 LPs were fantastic and nobody could sing better than Bass Jimmy Dewar but his abject rip of Hendrix style sort of put him a level below innovator same as Joe. Today you want innovation you gotta go see Matteo or Tosin. 🎸
@@cuda426hemiand Buddy Guy still has it at 87!
@@mohamedtlass3842 👍👍👍
Gary Moore would eat Divamassa for breakfast.
Norm❤ and JOE❤ are amazing person😍👍
I love when Joe plays while Norm talks😂😂
❤️bonamassa. Thank you Uncle Norman 🎸
Hi JOE & NORM & EVERYONE! THANK YOU!
Noman there’s no denying Joes THE MAN!!
THAT WAS GOLD WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That Firebird sounds Phenomenal
Cool video & even Cooler to see Norm looking / sounding like his old self again here. Thanks Joe for obviously bringing Joy to Norm & crew . 😎👍
I'm so happy to see a new video up
i became a fan of these guitars after i saw my favorite guitar player playing one THE LATE GREAT ALLEN COLLINS !
Awesome Norm🎸《☆》Joe Kool👍🏾🤳very Down to Earth guy✌😎☯️
Awesome musician, guitar, and store owner😊. I almost went to Norm’s last Saturday, if I had I wouldn’t bother anyone but would have been transfixed by the playing I heard.
Casual name dropping at Norm’s. Expectations soar if you’re sporting a Firebird too.
I always love how Joe just shreds - then immediately deflects any attention off of himself by re-entering the conversation with uncle Norm.
Could listen to these two talk for hours.
He is fantastic live ,puts on a show ,you certainly get your moneys worth
Love this Joe and you!
Man the top guitaris in the world pops in norms .you couldn't make it up. Love to all x
Joes great, cant wait to see him live!
Ok ... On the adjacent-warehouse-guitar-swap-proposition:
When I was 12, about a year before that guitar was made, my father took me to New York for a day and we toured the vault at the New York Federal Reserve Bank where his fraternity brother just happened to be the Director. At that time, the vault held small stores of solid gold bars from the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, South Africa and other countries. These deposits were housed in separate "cells" arranged around the perimeter of a central room of the larger vault. The vault and the "cells" were built in the nineteenth century for this express purpose (by the commercial bank that owned the property at that time). The Vault was constructed of Bricks and each cell had a door made of steel bars, just like a jail cell. Pallet Loads of gold bars were stored in each cell and in the central room of the vault. In those days, currencies around the world were still on the Gold Standard meaning that if commercial entities in Great Britain made purchases in the United States, the Government of Britain would facilitate the transfer of funds by moving gold bars from their cell to the central room where the store of US Gold was kept. The process was a little more complicated than that, involving a lot of math to determine what the actual balance of payments and rates of exchange were, etc, but essentially, International Finance was conducted by having a forty-something year old black guy load a few of the Queen's gold bars onto a heavy duty wooden platform truck and wheel it into the central room where he would stack it on top of a pile of US Gold.
As part of the tour, I got to sit on top of a pallet of US Gold about 4ft x 4ft x 3ft and they let me hold a bar in my hands to feel the weight. Then we went to the RBB&B Circus at Madison Square Garden.
Anyway, Norm and Joe may be the last exemplars of this ancient method of value transfer. Only in this case we might conjecture that Michael Lemmo is the Mighty Grand Shlepper of Value!
I don't usually covet a guitar, but that firebird is my dream guitar! Hopefully Joe will use it as a stage guitar and we will get to hear it roar and scream!
Love Joe!❤ Love Norm❤❤❤❤❤
I'm getting up there in years too, I'll settle for 'player grade' any day of the week! You're looking great Norm, I'm glad that the condition scared the... guitars out of you
This is special. Thank you.
Roy in Knoxville Tennessee
Love the people in the store ,nice vlog great that Joe and norm are so good for each other and the guitar world, go get you a guitar at Norms rare guitars, thanks BigAl California.praise Jesus Christ grace amen 🙏
Super post. Love them both to pieces.
I made a huge mistake and sold my Firebird 15 years ago.. don’t want to pay 3500-5000 for one today so I built one.. it’s all about the player though … love joe’s work!
Nice to see Joe back at Norm's...Norm, you had Lemmo demo this Firebird two weeks ago and you called it a 1964.
Norm's leg breakers -- what a concept!!!
Seeing Joe in November here in Baltimore, can’t wait
Very entertaining,and get to see guitars,that otherwise wouldn,t,Straturday Rules
Seeing Joe at the Moody theater in Austin next month.
Love Joe's playing, wish he could do all the shop demos.
I love that JB can’t help himself when it comes to Norms Special Deals!!
I think the easiest option for Joe would be to buy Norms Business🎸🎼🎸
I also wish I could play like Joe!!
These videos are awesome guys🥰
ジョーは小さい頃からギター弾いてたんだよね。
そのギターを操ってトップスターになったんだから祝福するよ！
ファイヤー・バードはジョーにとっての特別のモデルだからね✨
ノーマンとの音楽を通じた友情も特別ダ👍
Looking good Norm!
I love at the beginning of the video the girl in the background notiing they started recording and she turns around
Looking well Mr. Norman!👍
There's a real friendship and connection between Joe and norm and some of Joe's prized possessions came from norm including Amos.
Nice FB good 2 see Joe, the cutting sound in epitome here.theCat.
I agree with Norm! Joe is the best!!!
Norm is right joe bonamassa is really a great player
I'm a drummer don't know a ton about guitars except to me this 1 is BEAUTIFUL! Ain't that similar to what Allen Collins played?
Gibson making multi use Guitars Les Paul great as a canoe paddle or dur to its weight you can also use it as an anchor. This Firebird looks like it would make a decent plough!
Sweet Guitar and player.
“Player grade” 😂
Jen with the zingers!
Thank you very much.
Mr. joe, guitarist is fighting now.
Please,after me. Ok?
1:45
Who’s going to argue with Norm’s views on Joe..I’d say he’s seen them all come & go at one time or another!
Joe, you should let Trogoly Curate your guitar collection.🐉🐲
your best video yet !
Someone pls make a compilation of Norm saying he's "had this guitar for 30-something yrs." how has he never had a guitar for 10 yrs? Haha love you Norm, just joking with ya.
JOE KING
Joe the best 🎸🎶💥
that Rivera amp❤