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Soul-scorching Strats and arson-level grooves! Sipping cheap whiskey to Joe Bonamassa's Rory Gallagher tribute and Ghalia Volt's newly announced album Late at night, pouring cheap bourbon into a glass and listening to the ice clink, I often wonder: "Why are bluesmen so hell-bent on grinding down their guitar strings along with their own lifespans?" In an age obsessed with efficiency and "time-performance," great news has arrived for the poor addicts hopelessly trapped in the 12-bar swamp. Modern blues-rock's hardest-working man, Joe Bonamassa, has announced a live release exploding with love for legendary Irish rocker Rory Gallagher. On top of that, fiery blueswoman and renowned one-woman band Ghalia Volt is dropping a brand-new album that threatens to burn everything to the ground. Tonight, we have no choice but to forget our liver numbers and raise a celebratory glass. --- …