Joe Louis Walker - In The Morning (Repost) (2002)

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Joe Louis Walker. His 1986 debut album for HighTone, Cold Is the Night, announced his arrival in stunning fashion; his subsequent output on HighTone and Verve has only served to further establish Walker as one of the leading younger bluesmen on the scene. He traveled a circuitous route to get to where he is today. At age 14, he took up the guitar, playing blues (with an occasional foray into psychedelic rock) on the mushrooming San Francisco circuit. But by 1975, Walker was burned out on blues and turned to God, singing for the next decade with a gospel group, the Spiritual Corinthians. When the Corinthians played the 1985 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Walker was inspired to embrace his blues roots again. He assembled a band, the Boss Talkers, and wrote some stunning originals that ended up on Cold Is the Night. More acclaimed albums for HighTone -- 1988's The Gift, Blue Soul the next year, and two riveting sets cut live at Slim's in 1990 -- preceded a switch to the major Verve imprint and three more discs that were considerably more polished than their grittier HighTone counterparts.

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01. You're Just About to Lose Your Clown
02. In the Morning
03. Joe's Jump
04. Leave That Girl
05. Where Jesus Leads
06. Strange Loving
07. Do You Wanna Be With Me?
08. If This Is Love (I'd Rather Have the Blues)
09. 2120 South Michigan Avenue
10. Strangers in Our House