A meld of rock and world music with jazz and western
overtones, hallmarked by Michael’s trademark sizzling leads
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After receiving his first guitar at age 10, a determined
Michael became self-taught with the help of his bedroom radio, spending days on
end playing along with Jimi Hendrix, Wes Montgomery and B.B. King records.
After studying jazz guitar in high school, an impromptu backstage audition for
George Clinton in 1974 earned 17-year-old Michael a seat on the Parliament
mothership alongside the immortal Eddie Hazel, under the name “Kidd
Funkadelic”.
Hampton has spent the past half-century playing nearly 400
shows with the band, in 25 countries across 6 continents. Highlights include
multiple appearances at world-renowned festivals like Montreux Jazz,
Glastonbury, Reading, Woodstock ’99, Coachella, Bonnaroo, Roskilde,
Lollapalooza, Fuji Rock, and Isle of Wight, and venues like the Apollo Theater,
The Fillmore, Royal Albert Hall, Madison Square Garden, The Troubadour, Red
Rocks, The Beacon, and Sydney Opera House.
Though best known for his role in
the funk guitar pantheon, Hampton is also an accomplished
multi-instrumentalist, with drums, keys, and synth programming credits across
the Parliament discography.
Parliament-Funkadelic legacy guitarist and Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame member Michael Hampton's Into the Public Domain, is a mini
album produced by 9-time Grammy Award winner and Ruffhouse Records co-founder
Joe “The Butcher” Nicolo. A founding father of power-funk electric guitar,
Hampton edges into new territory on Into the Public Domain, a meld of rock and
world music with jazz and western overtones, hallmarked by Michael’s trademark
sizzling leads.
"P-Funk
(Wants to Get Funked Up)" (Parliament), 1975
"Give
Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)" (Parliament), 1976
"Do
That Stuff" (Parliament), 1976
"I'd
Rather Be With You" (Bootsy's Rubber Band), 1976
"Bop
Gun (Endangered Species)" (Parliament), 1977
"Funkentelechy"
(Parliament), 1978
"The
Pinocchio Theory" (Bootsy's Rubber Band), 1977
"Aqua
Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" (Parliament), 1978
"Bootzilla"
(Bootsy's Rubber Band), 1978
"Flash
Light" (Parliament), 1978
"One
Nation Under a Groove" (Funkadelic), 1978
"(Not
Just) Knee Deep" (Funkadelic), 1979
"The
Electric Spanking of War Babies" (Funkadelic), 1981
MICHAEL HAMPTON
APPEARS
MARCH 31ST 2026
ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS
WITH RAY SHASHO
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Blues-rock superstar Joe Bonamassa is one of the most
celebrated performing musicians of today. As a three-time GRAMMY-nominated
artist and 13x Blues Music Award Nominee (4 wins), he achieved his 26th No. 1
album on the Billboard Blues Chart with Tales Of Time, a sprawling and
expansive live concert film and album, shot at the breathtaking Red Rocks
Amphitheatre in Colorado in August 2022. Only in his mid-40s, Bonamassa has
become a living legend with an astounding multi-genre catalog.
He has released
more than 40 albums, including studio and live recordings, as well as
collaborative albums with his adventurous side projects: Black Country
Communion and Rock Candy Funk Party. A prolific writer who is always on the hunt to expand his
eclectic musical horizons, Bonamassa has a limitless work ethic whether it’s in
a studio, on the road, or working with other artists to spur new music. In
recent years, he has produced an immense number of albums including Joanne Shaw
Taylor, Marc Broussard, Larry McCray, Jimmy Hall and others for his independent
label KTBA Records, and has also recently launched Journeyman LLC, a
full-service artist management, record label, concert promotion, and marketing
company that builds awareness for independent artists worldwide.
Recent
producing highlights include ‘Crown’ by the blues legend Eric Gales, which was
nominated for “Best Contemporary Blues Album” at the 2023 GRAMMY Awards. Bonamassa has been featured in several publications from
Esquire, WSJ, and Parade to Rolling Stone and American Songwriter, as well as
on the covers of Guitar World, Guitar Player, Vintage Guitar, Guitarist, and
Classic Rock Magazine. His non-profit Keeping The Blues Alive provides funds
and resources to schools and artists in need and has positively impacted more
than 91k students to date while raising over 2 million in donations. Joe Bonamassa has released Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, his new studio
album, out today via his own J&R Adventures.
In celebration of this
landmark release, which marks 20 years since his first independent album,
Bonamassa has unveiled the project’s latest single "Is It Safe To Go Home.” Following an extensive summer run that included his debut
appearance at the Hollywood Bowl, which was recorded for his next live concert
film, the hardest working bluesman in show business began his U.S. Fall Tour on
October 23rd at The Cannon Center in Memphis, TN, before crisscrossing the
country and capping the year at the guitar-shaped Hard Rock Live in Hollywood,
FL on December 2nd.He’ll star his U.S. Spring
tour for 2024 on February 19th in Louisville, KY - The Louisville
Palace.
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'BLUES
DELUXE VOL. 2'
With Epic
Original Track
"Is It Safe To Go Home"
The Long-awaited
New Album Out Today Honors 20 Years of Iconic Blues Mastery
Today, the 26x Billboard chart-topper Joe Bonamassa has
released Blues Deluxe Vol. 2, his new studio album, out today via his own
J&R Adventures. In celebration of this landmark release, which marks 20
years since his first independent album, Bonamassa has unveiled the project’s
latest single "Is It Safe To Go Home,” a standout from the album, crafted
by producer Josh Smith. "I wrote 'Is It Safe To Go Home' specifically for
this project and for Joe,” Smith recalls. “I can't believe what he did with it.
The vocal and solo are some of his best work (in fact, he hits the highest
vocal note he ever has on record), and it's just an absolutely epic performance
and arrangement."
An
Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House (2013)
Tour de Force:
Live in London – The Borderline (2014)
Tour de
Force: Live in London – Shepherd's Bush Empire (2014)
Tour de
Force: Live in London – Hammersmith Apollo (2014)
Tour de
Force: Live in London – Royal Albert Hall (2014)
Muddy
Wolf at Red Rocks (2015)
Live at
Radio City Music Hall (2015)
Live at
the Greek Theatre (2016)
Live at
Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening (2017)
British
Blues Explosion Live (2018)
Live at
the Sydney Opera House (2019)
Now
Serving: Royal Tea Live from the Ryman (2021)
Tales of
Time (2023)
With
Black Country Communion
Black
Country Communion (2010)
Black
Country Communion 2 (2011)
Live Over
Europe (2011)
Afterglow
(2012)
BCCIV
(2017)
With Rock
Candy Funk Party
We Want
Groove (2013)
Rock
Candy Funk Party Takes New York: Live at the Iridium (2014)
Groove Is
King (2015)
The
Groove Cubed (2017)
With Beth
Hart
Don't
Explain (2011)
Seesaw
(2013)
Live in
Amsterdam (2014)
Black
Coffee (2018)
With
Sleep Eazys
Easy to
Buy, Hard to Sell (2020)
Dave Mason & Joe Bonamassa –
“Dear Mr. Fantasy” Official Music Video
JOE BONAMASSA
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ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS
WITH RAY SHASHO
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BOOK REVIEW
-By Literary Titan (5) STARS
The Rock Star Chronicles by Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show.
The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan.
Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives.
The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music. The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.
I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.
