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Joe Louis Walker

Title: Witness to the Blues

Label: Dixiefrog

Cat No:DFGCD8651
Format:CD

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Here is the brand new Joe Louis Walker album. “Witness to the Blues” is produced by Duke Robillard and features a scintillating duet by Walker and Shemekia Copeland. This digipak album also has a 6-minute video section.

“Witness To The Blues” redefines modern blues for the 21st Century - tough, hard-edged and ready to bring a powerful artist to an even wider international audience. Joe Louis Walker explores the many colours of the blues palette, including Delta and Chicago styles, Memphis soul, gospel and even rockabilly.

Born and raised in San Francisco, Joe Louis Walker is a true blues virtuoso: a singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer. He has recorded with B.B. King, James Cotton, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Steve Cropper, Ike Turner and Branford Marsalis. He’s played on 2 Grammy Award-winning albums and won 3 Blues Music Awards (formerly known as W.C. Handy Awards).

During his formative years, he shared stages with a wide variety of artists, including John Lee Hooker, Thelonius Monk, Steve Miller and Jimi Hendrix - and was a very close friend of legendary blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield.

More than half of the album’s 11 tracks were written by Walker ; and with the stellar backing of Robillard on guitar, Bruce Katz on keyboards, Jon Ross on bass, Mark Teixeira on drums and a horn section of Doug James on sax and Scott Aruda on trumpet.

Track Listing for Witness to the Blues
It’s A Shame
Midnight Train
Lover’s Holiday
Hustlin’
Witness
Rollin’ & Tumblin’
Highview
I Got What You Need
Keep On Believin’
100% More Man
Sugar Mama

Reviews

Juke Blues - Alan Empson

Now here's a musical marriage made in heaven: the fiery Joe Louis Walker meets the sublime Duke Robillard.

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