He believes young musicians to shun the glitz and glamour of the mainstream music industry and concentrate on building small businesses for themselves.

Bonamassa tells the Independent: "If you met me 10 years ago, I had chips on both shoulders. I was so angry. I'd struggled my whole career to get noticed. I was like, 'Okay, I've got to play faster and louder than the rest of you and I'm going to make you notice me.'