Joe Bonamassa’s new venture, “Easy to Buy, Hard to Sell,” is an instrumental project with The Sleep Eazys, which also includes Anton Fig, Michael Rhodes, Reese Wynans and John Jorgenson.

The band honors the late Danny Gatton, a guitar wiz whose talents far exceeded his chart success. He was also a mentor to the precocious Bonamassa and the tribute, beyond covering the master’s “Fun House,” extends to the kind of eclecticism often found on Gatton’s own albums.

The record benefits from razor-sharp musicianship, plenty of space under the spotlight for everyone and entertaining material sourced from, among others, Link Wray, Miles Davis, King Curtis and John Barry.