Joe Louis Walker

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About Joe Louis Walker

It took bluesman Joe Louis Walker 20 years to establish himself, but once he released his debut, Cold Is the Night, in 1986, he quickly became a staple in contemporary blues. Walker drew upon blues, soul, and gospel in equal measure, a combination that sounded electrifying upon his national debut, but this hybrid also allowed him to play in a variety of settings, both on-stage and on record. A career generating such highlights as 1996's The Gift and 2004's New Direction led to a 2013 induction in the Blues Hall of Fame. He made his Alligator debut with 2014's Hornet's Nest, and remained with the label until moving to the Los Angeles-based Cleopatra for 2020's Blues Comin' On and 2021's Eclectic Electric, a collection composed primarily of radically re-envisioned covers. Walker moved to Forty Below for the 2023 soul-blues exploration Weight of the World.

HOMETOWN
San Francisco, CA, United States
BORN
25 December 1949
GENRE
Blues

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