Location	Date and Time
Boom Boom Room 1601 Fillmore Street San Francisco, CA 94115 map cross street: Geary district: Japantown/Fillmore	Sat Dec 24, 2005 (9:30pm-2:00am)

*JOE LOUIS WALKER* (Blues Legend) $12
Joe Louis Walker is one of the most important blues stars. He is a very successful guitarist, singer and producer. Over the years Joe Louis Walker managed to come up with an outstanding guitar style. One just needs to hear his guitar and knows it's Joe Louis Walker. Another strength of Joe Louis Walker is his own original material. He is a talented songwriter and his blues and gospel-influenced lyrics belong to the best.
Joe Louis Walker was born in 1949 in San Francisco. 14 year old Joe started to play guitar. When he was 16 he left home and started answering guitar player ads in the paper. He became good friends with guitarist Mike Bloomfield (Butterfiel Blues Band) who introduced Joe to the Bay Area blues scene. Joe soon was opening for many blues acts - musicians like Earl Hooker, Freddy King, Mississippi Fred McDowell and Lowell Fulson, who also influenced his guitar style.