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Only a decade ago, Bay Area bluesman Joe Louis Walker was one of the idiom's best kept secrets despite clearly possessing prodigious talent. His crisp, concise guitar work - whether on conventional single string lead or employing a crashing slide - slices like a machete; his gospel-influenced vocal delivery grabs hold of a lyric and simply refuses to let go, and his songwriting skills are incisive and prolific. In short, he is the total package. Yet for years he was known only to a loyal following of hip aficionados. Those days are over. Today Joe Louis Walker reigns as one of the hottest and most respected names in blues.