Driving Towards the Daylight

Driving Towards the Daylight is the tenth studio album by blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa, released on May 22, 2012. Recorded at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, CA and Studio at the Palms in Las Vegas, NV, Driving Towards the Daylight is a balanced and "back-to-basics album that highlights Bonamassa’s signature style of blues, roots, and rock & roll". Driving Towards the Daylight was produced by Kevin "Caveman" Shirley, making this Bonamassa and Shirley's seventh album collaboration in six years.

Personnel

Musicians

Joe Bonamassa – guitar, vocals, Dobro, mandolin, backing vocals
Anton Fig – drums and percussion
Arlan Schierbaum – organ, piano
Kevin Shirley – guitar, tambourine, toy piano, cowbell, percussion
Brad Whitford – guitar
Michael Rhodes – bass
Doug Henthorn – backing vocals
Carmine Rojas – bass
Blondie Chaplin – guitar

Additional musicians

Harrison Whitford – guitar
Jeff Bova and The Bovaland Brass – horns
Pat Thrall – guitar
Jimmy Barnes – vocals

Production

Kevin Shirley – producer, mixing.
Mark Gray – engineering
Chris Owens – engineering
Jared Kvitka – additional engineering
Leon Zervos – mastering
Marcus Bird – photography and direction
Dennis Friel – design, illustrations
Rick Gould – photographer

Chart performance

The album debuted at number 2 in the UK. This constitutes the highest performance to date of a Joe Bonamassa album on a non-blues- or rock-specific chart. In Canada, the album debuted at number 55. In the U.S. the album debuted at number 1 on the Blues albums chart and number 23 on the Billboard 200.