The album's video release topped the charts in the US, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland, reached number 2 in the UK, and reached number 3 in Sweden and both regions of Belgium. It also registered on the Australian Jazz & Blues Albums Chart at number 6. Elsewhere, it reached number 8 in Germany, the top 30 in Austria, Switzerland, the Flanders region of Belgium and the Netherlands, number 55 in the Wallonia region of Belgium, and number 109 in France. In the UK, the album reached number 30 on the UK Albums Chart and topped the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart, as well as reaching number 18 on the Scottish Albums Chart. The album also topped the Blues Albums chart, and reached number 5 on the Independent Albums chart, number 10 on the Top Rock Albums chart, number 21 on the Tastemaker Albums chart, and number 23 on the Digital Albums chart. Live at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number 64. Three songs from the album registered on the US Billboard Blues Digital Songs chart upon the album's release: Bette Midler cover "The Rose" at number 7, "Song of Yesterday" at number 10 and "This Train" at number 12. Live at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening was released on Jon double CD, vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray formats. Prior to the album's release, videos were shared of several performances from the shows, including Blues Deluxe song "Woke Up Dreaming", Black Country Communion track "Song of Yesterday", and Blues of Desperation songs "This Train", "Drive" and "The Valley Runs Low". Bonamassa differentiated the album from his first acoustic release, 2013's An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House, by explaining that "Where Vienna was four-piece stripped down as bare bones as it gets, this was an ensemble. On April 19, 2017, it was announced that the two Carnegie Hall shows would be released as a live album and video entitled Live at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening. So to make it there and to do two nights with this incredible nine-piece acoustic band really means something to me and it was great." Carnegie was this mystical place, you know? They don't run many non-classical concerts through there. Speaking to Guitarist magazine about the shows, Bonamassa recalled that "Carnegie was a life-long dream because I was a born New Yorker. The tour ended with two performances at New York City's Carnegie Hall on January 21 and 22, which were described in the tour's press release as being the recognition of one of Bonamassa's "childhood dreams". The album reached number 64 on the US Billboard 200 and number 30 on the UK Albums Chart, while the video topped the Billboard Music Video Sales chart and reached number 2 on the UK Music Video Chart.ĭuring January 2016, Joe Bonamassa completed a short acoustic tour in the United States, including regular band members Anton Fig (drums) and Reese Wynans (piano), alongside Chinese-American cellist and erhuist Tina Guo, American mandolin and banjo player Eric Bazilian, Egyptian percussionist Hossam Ramzy, and Australian backing vocalists Mahalia Barnes, Juanita Tippins and Gary Pinto. It is the guitarist and vocalist's second all-acoustic live collection, following 2013's An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House.įor his performances at the Carnegie Hall, Bonamassa performed with a number of musicians in addition to his regular backing band, including Chinese-American cellist and erhuist Tina Guo, American mandolin and banjo player Eric Bazilian, and Egyptian percussionist Hossam Ramzy. The album documents Bonamassa's two performances at the Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall in New York City, New York on January 21 and 22, 2016. Produced by Kevin Shirley, it was released on Jby J&R Adventures. Live at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening is the fifteenth live album and video by American blues-rock musician Joe Bonamassa. Live at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening
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