Blues Legend:

JOE LOUIS WALKER

When
Sat Dec 24, 2005
Where
Boom Boom Room
Time
9:30pm-2:00am
Tags
Music

Description

*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.

More Info

Link
http://www.boomboomblues.com
Call
415.673.8000

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Location

  1. Boom Boom Room
    1601 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA

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