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Joe Bonamassa recalls his unlikely friendship with the late Patrick Stewart: “I would apologize for the loud guitar playing”

11.03

Joe Bonamassa has paid tribute to beloved actor and former neighbor Sir Patrick Stewart, revealing that his apologies for playing guitar so loudly always fell on deaf ears.

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