Joe Louis Walker was playing guitar by the age of fourteen. He was good at it early on. Before turning twenty, he started performing as the opening act for blues greats like B. B. King, John Lee Hooker and others.
But the new album shows that Walker also can play other kinds of music. “Ride All Night” is undeniably rock and roll.
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“Hellfire” also contains some very traditional blues. “I’m On To You” is an example.
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Listeners can always find the Christian influence in Joe Louis Walker’s albums. “Hellfire” contains many such songs. One critic says the album seems to be mostly about the battle between good and evil. Here is “Soldier for Jesus.”
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Tom Hambridge was the man who produced “Hellfire.” He was responsible for two recent Grammy-winning albums from Buddy Guy. Hambridge plays drums and wrote songs for “Hellfire.” We leave you with Joe Louis Walker performing one of them. Here is “What’s It Worth.”
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FAITH LAPIDUS: I’m ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Faith Lapidus. This program was written by Christopher Cruise and Caty Weaver, who was also our producer.
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