Joe Louis Walker

 Artist:  Joe Louis Walker

Born:  December 25, 1949.  San Francisco, California, USA.
Genre:  Blues, Soul Blues, Gospel, Contemporary Blues
Occupations:  Musician, Songwriter, Record Producer
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar

Joe Louis Walker is an American Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter and Producer.  His influences from T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Otis Redding and Bobby Womack and he played with John Lee Hooker, J.J. Malone, Buddy Miles, Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Earl Hooker, John Mayall, Willie Dixon, Charlie Musselwhite, Thelonious Monk and more!, including Jimi Hendrix and Mike Bloomfield.  In 2003, he was inducted to the Blues Hall Of Fame and was nominated in four categories for a Blues Music Award.

Title:   Eclectic Electric (2021)

Genre:  Blues, Soul Blues, Gospel, Contemporary Blues

Label:  Cleopatra Blues

Rating:   ****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Uptown Girl Blues (5:46)

 2.  Wine (3:25)

 3.  Bad Betty (3:21)

 4.  Gone & Alone (3:45)

 5.  Hotel California (8:03)

 6.  Regal Blues (5:17)

 7.  Make No Mistake (5:02)

 8.  Two Trains Running (2:49)

 9.  Werewolves Of London (5:40)

10. Lady In Red ( 5:43)

11. All She Wants To Do Is Done (5:08)

Personnel:

Joe Louis Walker:  Lead & Background Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, 12-String Guitar

John Lindsay (lenny) Bradford:  Bass, Background Vocals

Phillip Young: Keyboards, Background Vocals, Saxophone

Geno Blacknell Jr.:  Accordion, Keyboards, Bass, Drums

Picasso Knuckleboogie:  Cornet

Byron (Kidd) Cage:  Drums, Background Vocals

Dorian Randolph:  Drums, Percussion, Background Vocals

John Mederiros Jr.:  Drums, Background Vocals

Scott Milici:  Mellotron, Keyboards, Background Vocals

Murali Coryell:  Lead Guitar

Lee Falco: Drums, Percussion, Tambourine

Brandon Morrison:  Bass

Jimmy Vivino:  Lead Guitar on Track 1

Betty Smith:  Co-Lead Vocals on Track 10

Amalia Rubin:  Background Vocals, Co-Lead Vocals on Track 7

Waddy Wachtel:  Electric Gutar, Acoustic Guitar on Tracks: 2, 7, 9

Steve Berlin:  Saxophone on Track  2

Eric Findland:  Keyboards on Track 3

Juma Sultan:  Congas, Percussion, Chimes on  Tracks:  5, 7

B.B. King Blues Band:  Backing Band on Track 6

Doyle Bramhall II:  Second Lead Guitar on Track 6

Eclectic Electric is a new album by Joe Louis Walker, released on November 12, 2021 by Cleopatra Blues, featuring Waddy Wachtel, B.B.King Blues Band, and many more!.