Joe Bonamassa - Royal Tea

All original new songs!

New studio album Royal Tea inspired by Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Eric Clapton, and Cream!

Recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios!

Gatefold 180-gram double LP with limited time album download included

The wait is over, Joe Bonamassa's new solo studio album Royal Tea inspired by his British heroes Jeff Beck, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin and Cream was recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios and will be released on October 23 via his label J&R Adventures. Bonamassa also surprised his fans this past Friday with his latest single, "Why Does It Take So Long To Say Goodbye."

Bonamassa is known for taking risks and venturing into uncharted territory throughout his wide-ranging career but now he has found a new way to surprise his fans and music lovers. Royal Tea brings Bonamassa full-circle. "This whole adventure," admits Joe, "was a bucket-list thing for me." This album reconnects the 43-year-old with the guitar-slinging kid from upstate New York, who stumbled across the best of British blues music in his dad's vinyl collection — whose influences have shaped him to be the player he is today. "I would have been about 12 years old, and it was the sound I heard in my head. Like, 'OK, I'm in. That's what I want to be'."

These 10 original tracks were co-written by Joe and a cast of homegrown notables including former Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden, ex-Cream lyricist Pete Brown and national-treasure piano man Jools Holland. "Writing this record in London has done its job," reflects Bonamassa. "It really does sound inherently British. Bernie and I, we finish each other's sentences. We're cut from the same cloth." Bonamassa's long-standing producer Kevin Shirley and regular touring band flew in for the recording sessions, which included Anton Fig (drums), Michael Rhodes (bass) and Reese Wynans (keys).