Dust Bowl (album)

Dust Bowl
Studio album by Joe Bonamassa
Released	March 22, 2011
Recorded	Black Rock Studios - Santorini, Greece, Ben’s Studio - Nashville, TN, The Cave - Malibu, CA, and The Village - Los Angeles, CA [1]
Genre	Blues rock
Length	63:00
Label	J&R Adventures
Producer	Kevin Shirley
Joe Bonamassa chronology
Black Rock (2010) Dust Bowl (2011) Don't Explain (2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Premier Guitar	[3]

Dust Bowl is the ninth studio album by blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. It was released worldwide on March 22, 2011.^[4] The cover art is based on a famous 1936 photograph by Arthur Rothstein.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Slow Train"	Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley	6:49
2.	"Dust Bowl"	Bonamassa	4:33
3.	"Tennessee Plates" (ft. John Hiatt; John Hiatt cover)	John Hiatt, John Porter	4:18
4.	"The Meaning of the Blues" (Often mistakenly listed as a Bobby Troup cover, but this is an original JB song.)	Bonamassa	5:44
5.	"Black Lung Heartache"	Bonamassa	4:14
6.	"You Better Watch Yourself" (Little Walter cover)	Bonamassa, Walter Jacobs	3:30
7.	"The Last Matador of Bayonne"	Bonamassa	5:23
8.	"Heartbreaker" (ft. Glenn Hughes; Free cover)	Paul Rodgers	5:49
9.	"No Love on the Street" (Tim Curry cover)	Tim Curry, Michael Kamen	6:32
10.	"The Whale That Swallowed Jonah"	Bonamassa	4:46
11.	"Sweet Rowena" (ft. Vince Gill)	Vince Gill, Pete Wasner	4:34
12.	"Prisoner" (Barbra Streisand cover)	John Desautels, Karen Lawrence	6:48
Total length:			63:00

Personnel

• Joe Bonamassa – guitars, vocals (all tracks); tzouras, baglama and slide bouzouki (tracks 2, 5); mandolin (track 10)
• Carmine Rojas – bass (tracks 1-2, 4-9, 12)
• Anton Fig – drums (tracks 1-2, 4-9, 12); percussion (tracks 2, 5); Hammer guitar (track 5); shaker (track 9)
• Rick Melick – organ (tracks 1-2, 4-8, 12); piano, tambourine (tracks 2, 5-7, 12); synthesizers (track 4), accordion (track 5)
• Peter Van Weelden – spoken word (track 2)
• John Hiatt – vocals (track 3)
• Vince Gill – guitar (tracks 3, 11); vocals (track 11)
• Michael Rhodes – bass (tracks 3, 10-11)
• Chad Cromwell – drums (tracks 3, 10-11)
• Steve Nathan – Hammond organ (track 3); piano (tracks 3, 11)
• Tony Cedras – trumpet (track 7)
• Glenn Hughes – vocals (track 8)
• Arlan Schierbaum – Hammond organ (track 9)
• Blondie Chaplin – guitar (track 9)
• Beth Hart – vocals (track 9)
• Reese Wynans – Hammond organ, piano (track 10)
• Kevin Shirley – production

Charts

Charts (2011)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5]	32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6]	39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7]	53
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[8]	31
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[9]	12
French Albums (SNEP)[10]	115
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11]	10
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[12]	7
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13]	27
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14]	17
UK Albums (OCC)[15]	12
US Billboard 200[16]	37
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)[17]	1
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[18]	7

References

1. "guitarlifestyle.com".
2. "allmusic ((( Dust Bowl > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
3. Premier Guitar review
4. "allmusic.com". Retrieved 23 March 2011.
5. "Austriancharts.at – Joe Bonamassa – Dust Bowl" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
6. "Ultratop.be – Joe Bonamassa – Dust Bowl" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
7. "Ultratop.be – Joe Bonamassa – Dust Bowl" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
8. "Danishcharts.com – Joe Bonamassa – Dust Bowl". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
9. "Dutchcharts.nl – Joe Bonamassa – Dust Bowl" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
10. "Lescharts.com – Joe Bonamassa – Dust Bowl". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
11. "Officialcharts.de – Joe Bonamassa – Dust Bowl". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
12. "Norwegiancharts.com – Joe Bonamassa – Dust Bowl". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
13. "Swedishcharts.com – Joe Bonamassa – Dust Bowl". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
14. "Swisscharts.com – Joe Bonamassa – Dust Bowl". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
15. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
16. "Joe Bonamassa – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Joe Bonamassa. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
17. "Joe Bonamassa – Chart history" Billboard Top Blues Albums for Joe Bonamassa. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
18. "Joe Bonamassa – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Joe Bonamassa. Retrieved February 1, 2014.