Joe Louis Walker - Great Guitars (1997)

Great Guitars is a music album released by blues guitarist Joe Louis Walker in 1997. Many of the songs on the album are duets with other artists. The album received mostly favourable reviews upon its release.

Review:
Joe Louis Walker is a powerful blues guitarist and singer whose versatility and musical courage are showcased throughout this frequently rousing set. Walker collaborates (and sometimes battles it out) with Bonnie Raitt, Ike Turner, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Taj Mahal, Robert Lockwood Jr. and the Johnny Nocturne Horns on one song apiece, in addition to having three features of his own. Of the many highlights, "Low Down Dirty Blues" (which features Walker and Raitt jamming on slide guitars), the 1940s jump band feel of "Mile-Hi Club," the Walker-Guy guitar explosions on "Every Girl I See," the joyful encounter with Matt Murphy on "Nighttime" and Lockwood's appearance on "High Blood Pressure" are all quite memorable. This all-star gathering works quite well and is consistently memorable; all 11 selections are well worth hearing.
~ by Scott Yanow (AMG)

Rewiew:
By his late 40s, guitarist Joe Louis Walker was too young to be a living legend, too old to be a hot-shot blues prodigy, and too tasteful to squander his music on attention-grabbing gimmicks. Walker tried to bust out of this box by devoting his 1997 album, Great Guitars, to collaborations with his blues guitar heroes. This, too, could have turned into a backfiring gimmick, but Walker maintains firm control of the recording sessions by writing or cowriting 10 of the 11 songs, by co-producing them all, and by making sure his big, gospel-trained tenor dominates every vocal. In other words, the songs are not adjusted for the sake of the guests; the guests are asked to adjust for the sake of the songs. Bonnie Raitt echoes Walker's tasty slide guitar from the intro to "Low Down Dirty Blues;" Ike Turner plays herky-jerky funk phrases against Walker's fluid lead on "First Degree;" Taj Mahal and Walker tackle the original blues hymn, "In God's Hands," as an acoustic duo. On Buddy Guy's old hit, "Every Girl I See," Guy himself updates his guitar solo but allows Walker to handle the lead vocal; Matt Murphy, who cowrote that song with Willie Dixon, trades guitar solos with Walker on "Nighttime." Steve Cropper from Booker T and the MG's co-produced 10 of the 11 tracks and joins Walker, Scotty Moore, Little Charlie Baty, and Gatemouth Brown for a parade of guitar solos on "Mile-Hi Club." In this case, the title Great Guitars is no hyperbole.
~ amazon.com

Исполнитель: Joe Louis Walker
Название альбома: Great Guitars
Release Date: Apr 8, 1997
Label: Polygram
Catalog # 537141
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Texas Blues
Год выпуска: 1997
Формат файлов: mp3@320 Kbps
Размер архива: (95.78 + 43.22) Мб
Скачать с: iFolder

Track List:

01 - Low Down Dirty Blues (Walker) 6:57
02 - First Degree (Turner, Walker) 4:22
03 - Mile-Hi Club (Walker) 6:08
04 - Fix Our Love (Walker) 6:05
05 - Every Girl I See (Dixon, Murphy) 6:01
06 - Cold and Evil Night (Walker) 5:23
07 - Hop on It (Grand, Walker) 2:24
08 - Nighttime (Walker) 5:49
09 - Sugar (Walker) 6:21
10 - In God's Hands (Walker) 4:28
11 - High Blood Pressure (Walker) 4:39
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