Joe Bonamassa

ISTHMUS PICK

Friday, May 13, Orpheum Theater, 8 pm

Joe Bonamassa may be the hardest-working man in blues. The 39-year-old singer and blistering guitar slinger tours incessantly, often overseas, and has released a dozen studio albums. At age 12, he opened for B.B. King, and has since jammed with the likes of Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Buddy Guy. He’s also co-founder and chairman of the Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation, which promotes the blues heritage, funds music scholarships and supplements the loss of music education in public schools. With Bonamassa around, the blues are definitely still alive.