Bluesman Joe Louis Walker remains true to the music while modernizing the sound without losing its soul. Partial credit here goes to producer Tom Hambridge, who produced Buddy Guy’s GRAMMY®-winning albums Skin Deep and Living Proof and Walker’s previous album, Hellfire. A member of the Blues Hall of Fame, Walker employs a veteran group, with Hambridge on drums, Tommy MacDonald on bass, Rob McNelley on guitar, and Reese Wynans on Hammond B-3 organ and piano. From there, Walker essays dirty-blues guitar solos and sings like a man who treats every performance like it could be his last. At 64, Walker has plenty of road left, and beyond the flat-out blues numbers like the title track, the horn-assisted “All I Wanted to Do,” and the roadhouse fun of “Stick a Fork in Me,” he turns the obscure Rolling Stones tune “Ride On, Baby” into a modest rocker and helps hard rock finds a voice in “Not in Kansas Anymore.” Gospel takes root in “Keep the Faith.”