WARNING ... never give Joe Bonamassa your email address!

[Captain Comet]

unless of course it is the real Joe Bonamassa, and not his webmaster.

I swear that if they get your email address, you can never unsubscribe. You will get spammed everyday. I have unsubscribed at least 5 times and it never happens.

Just getting to the link to unsubscribe requires a backpack, a change of clothes and an extra water supply. The page unfolds like a Pintrest page, displaying more and more useless Joe Bonamassa labelled swag. It starts with shirts, good enough. But then it de-evolves into bobble heads, book ends, knockoff yeti cups in every graphic dramatic Joe Bonamassa scene ever drawn.

Contacting them repeatedly has never worked. Even leaving Joe "fan mail" telling him he is great, but adding in the body of the text that his webmaster needs to crawl back under the rock he slithered out from, failed.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

 

[johndb]

It's "Bonamassa"...and why would you?

 

[Captain Comet]

Thanks John,
I corrected the spelling and getting another cup of coffee.

I got on that mailing list because he had a show coming to the area, so I signed up for "Joe's News" or whatever they call it. Seemed like there were some good music videos posted. Then the FLOOD began. Tired of it.

 

[redstrand]

That’s when I use a filter and never see the offending emails again, straight to the trash

 

[thabassmon]

Very unlikely that I'd ever do that (even the real one, there would have to be an actual reason) but thanks for warning, very nice of you, really.

 

[Winslow]

If anyone doesn't get this, show it to your grandkids:

 

[Tom Bomb]

The dear man did send me, over time, Dust Bowl and Disassociated Boy, free (he-he) — my friendly neighborhood exterminator put me on to him — before I got tired of the endless correspondence and fueled up the far gone filter.

It's become a sporadic ritual: every now and then, fire up the ten-thousand violins and let it rip — they're both a serious blast, to jam along to, going toe to toe with Joe … and a surefire way to dissipate mega-steam.
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[Razman]

Hmmmm, I wonder whose email I could use to sign up with (like for someone who annoys me)?

 

[48thStreetCustom]

Have you ever been to Bonamassa's web store? They guy will stick his name on anything. He's worse than Gene Simmons.

 

[zontar]

I signed up once and got some free music--and after getting some emails of trying to sell me everything under the sun I was able to unsubscribe.
Wasn't an issue.

 

[Lowandfat]

I certainly do not condone the spam tsunami some generate, but slagging Joe for going merch crazy is ridiculous. Other than touring themselves to death (which isn't even possible right now), what avenue do you see generating revenue for artists these days? Not saying he is a poverty case, but y'all might want to look around at what is happening to musicians right now the next time you complain about players plugging their shwag, or the ads on that free version of spotify. (I would get off my soap box now, but I had to sell it to buy food)

 

[5StringBlues]

Not a problem.

 

[MynameisMe]

Joe who?
I've got to get out more....

 

[MattZilla]

It’s not a bot or anything. It’s just Joe. He spends as much time sending out emails to his whole contact list as many folks spend on TB.