The project Joe Bastianich & The Third Class was born from the encounter between the 'Restaurant Man' and the Neapolitan trainer, who met during the 'On the Road' programme made for Sky Arte in 2013 and hosted by Bastianich himself. Joe's great passion for American rock, blues, soul and folk music and the immediate empathy that was created gave rise to a collaboration between him and the Neapolitan band, one of the few Italian musical entities that has been researching and composing music inspired by American folk music since its inception. The artistic partnership between the two projects took shape in 2021 thanks to the collaboration with the Barley Arts booking agency, which organised a summer tour and a winter tour around the boot in some of Italy's most important venues, and the release, in December 2021, of a single, 'This good man', written by Joe and arranged in a bluegrass version by La Terza Classe; This Good Man is also a video, recorded live in the studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN1NJzyPw_I   Now, after weeks spent in the studio writing and arranging new tracks, Joe Bastianich & La Terza Classe's first unreleased album, produced by Soundinside Records, is scheduled for release in the summer of 2022.