They say the true job of a Juke Joint Bluesman is to make any song he covers his own with tools as simple as an acoustic guitar and a microphone, and Charlie Bonnet III has been stripping rock and metal’s greatest hits down to their most basic blues essentials for years.  On Jukebox Bluesman, his first-ever covers LP, CBIII – a veteran of 11 million YouTube views and 50,000+ Twitter followers – puts his original spin on every song.

Making KISS’ “Let’s Put The X In Sex” entirely his own, Bonnet makes hard rock classics like Aerosmith’s “Angel”, Ronnie James Dio’s “Devil’s Child” and Mötley Crüe’s “Dancing On Glass” feel new to the ear with an authentic Delta interpretation that would make Robert Johnson himself sit up and listen.  Assaulting Whitesnake’s “Straight For The Heart” and AC/DC’s “Up To My Neck In You” with full-throttle acoustic/vocal attacks that cover both ends of their lyrical spectrum with equal emotional desperation, his delivery on numbers like Guns N Roses' “You’re Crazy” and Metallica’s “Frayed Ends Of Sanity” are sure to give any rock or metal fan an appreciation for both legendary bands’ blues roots.

Bonnet III plugs electric energy into Led Zeppelin’s “The Ocean”, teaming up with veteran Bayou metal staple and former Lillian Axe frontman Derrick LeFevre, while on KISS’ anthem “Shout It Out Loud,” he shares six-string licks with Alice Cooper / Skid Row / Ratt lead guitarist Keri Kelli and rounds out this Friday Night bar soundtrack by bringing it back home with acoustic renditions of Def Leppard’s “Action Not Words”. Buckcherry’s “Rescue Me”, and Alice Cooper’s “Be My Lover” before the party’s over!

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