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Track Listings
| 1. You're Just About To Lose Your Clown |
| 2. In The Morning |
| 3. Joe's Jump |
| 4. Leave That Girl Alone |
| 5. Where Jesus Leads |
| 6. Strnage Loving |
| 7. Do You Wanna Be With Me? |
| 8. If This Is Love (I'd Rather Have The Blues) |
| 9. 2120 South Michigan Avenue |
| 10. Strangers In Our House |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
No bluesman so successfully segues from the secular to the sacred as singer and guitarist Joe Louis Walker, one of the genre's most complete artists. In the Morning continues the Walker tradition of providing a comprehensive catalogue of blues styles and attitudes, from historic roots to contemporary innovations. Walker does some first-class soul-shouting while unleashing a succession of electrifying guitar lines on the propulsive, percussion-driven opener "You're Just About To Lose Your Clown". He closes the album with "Strangers In Our House", a dark acoustic showcase about love gone cold that is the album's most extended selection, as well as its most compelling demonstration of the rich emotional resonance of his voice. The eight songs in between include everything from the bouncy "Joe's Jump" to the instant R&B classic "Leave That Girl Alone" to some soul-stirring gospel on "Where Jesus Leads". The guitar work, both electric and acoustic, is uniformly excellent in all contexts, including the esoteric Stones instrumental "2120 South Michigan Avenue" (the address of the legendary Chess Records studio). Walker's gospel background colours everything he sings and his expansive guitar supplies emphasis without overwhelming the songs. --Michael Point
Album Description
Reissue of a 2002 session by the West Coast bluesman Joe Louis Walker. Walker fuses electric and acoustic blues, R&B, soul, gospel and funk into a whole that's broad enough to appeal to blues traditionalists and progressives alike.
Personnel:
Joe Louis Walker - (guitars and vocals), G.E. Smith - (guitar), Andrea Re - (backing vocals, percussion), T-Bone Wolk - (bass), Steve Holley - (drums), David Maxwell - (keyboards)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
VERY STRONG PERSUADER,
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This review is from: In the Morning (Audio CD)
I am a huge fan of this mans music and could be regarded as a wee bit biased, almost being predisposed to like a new album before I've heard it. The downside being that expectations are already so high you don't get that wow factor. Except this album has it and then some. The last track alone is so breathetaking that had the rest been filler, I still wouldn't begrudge the purchase. Its not of course, the other tracks are wry, witty and toe tappingly good, your feet will move of their own accord, taking you to previously unvisited parts of your listening room,
Bias or no, the performances on this album are so powerful and full of life that I defy even a non-blues enthusiast not to be swayed by them.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
If you like gospel-tinged blues,
By R. C. Knaus - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: In the Morning (Audio CD)
If you like gospel-tinged blues then you will definitely be sasified with this release. I was listening to a digital cable channel at work when the title song came on. My manager, who is also into the blues, said "check and see who this is" which I did with my handy remote. You can do that, for people who do not know. It really is very nice. Anyway, after looking it up and buying it on Amazon, they have everything, I was amazed to find that he was an award winning blues guitarist with many releases. I plan to buy more as his music is totally awesome, man. It still amazes me that neither myself or my manager knew about this artist. He is apparently well known and for good reason. If you buy this you will not be disappointed.
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