Joe Louis Walker

Joe Louis Walker
Joe Louis Walker
	Walker in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Louis Joseph Walker Jr.
Born	December 25, 1949; San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres	Electric blues
Occupation(s)	Musician; songwriter; record producer;
Instrument(s)	Guitar; vocals;
Years active	1964–present
Labels	Polygram; HighTone; Provogue; Evidence Music; JSP; Stony Plain; Verve; Alligator;
Website	www.joelouiswalker.com

Louis Joseph Walker Jr. (born December 25, 1949), known as Joe Louis Walker, is an American musician, best known as an electric blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. His knowledge of blues history is revealed by his use of older material and playing styles.

NPR Music described him as "Powerful, soul-stirring, fierce and gritty...a legendary boundary-pushing icon of modern blues." Another music journalist noted "If you define 'blues' by the rigid categories of structure rather than the flexible language of feeling allusion, Robert Cray... Larry Garner, Joe Louis Walker and James Armstrong are a new and uncategorizable breed, their music blues-like rather than blues, each of them blending ideas and devices from a variety of sources – soul, rock, jazz, gospel – with a sophistication beyond the reach of their forerunners".

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