Trailblazing blues guitarist and singer Joe Louis Walker leaves behind an amazing musical legacy

On this episode, we pay tribute to the late blues guitarist and singer Joe Louis Walker who died on April 30 at the age of 75

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm Doug Doyle with the art of the story. Joe
Louis Walker was a trailblazing musician from San Francisco.

Speaker 3 (00:12):
He say.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
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not time. We will call what do you make comments?

Speaker 1 (00:29):
The music world continues the mourn the loss of Joe
Louis Walker, who died on April thirtieth, surrounded by his
family and friends. He was seventy five. It was back
in January of this year the wbg o's Dave Popkins
spoke with Joe Louis Walker about his amazing career.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
When I was a teenager, I opened up with Colonius Monk,
you know. I mean, I don't know how many guys
can say that, you know. And I got to talk
to him, and you know, and liked it. I liked
what I heard listening to rock and soul and fucking.
But when I heard Thelonious Monk, I liked him. You know.
I love the side player Charlie Rowse, open up a

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sun rod and different like things like that. But you
could do that in the Bay Area. There would never
all the bills would always be a mixture of everything.

Speaker 4 (01:20):
I was just watching a clip that had to be
a huge highlight for you. You mentioned, you know, your
your parents listening to BB King and you listening to
BB King growing up, and you played a fantastic tribute
for him at the Kennedy Center Honors with Bonnie Rait,
Edda James, Doctor John, Steve Cropper, Joe Williams got up
out of the audience and started singing every day I

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have the Blues.

Speaker 3 (01:43):
I mean it was.

Speaker 4 (01:43):
It was incredible, b B.

Speaker 3 (01:46):
King.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
This is from your friends around the world to you,
with love, ladies and gentleman, you.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
People running the do.

Speaker 4 (02:21):
You also played on his record, you played live with
d D. Does it get better than that?

Speaker 3 (02:25):
No, because you know it's just we did a lot
of so much things together. We all were in at
Colonias munkin two do also, so we did huge shows.
You know, that's one of those people that I don't
know anybody that when he don't start talking, you don't
you better start listening.

Speaker 1 (02:46):
Blues Hall of Famer Joe Lewis Walker will be greatly missed.
You can hear Dave Hopkins entire conversation with the late
Joe Lewis Walker at w bg O dot org. I'm
Doug Doyle w bg O News.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
Get more with the way of the world, the wait
of the weard.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
Sitting on that shoulder.

Speaker 2 (03:14):
Oh here at the end of the world, is starting
to curl her home to.

Speaker 4 (03:19):
Do that, said.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
The Bis shadow Older.

Speaker 3 (03:27):
So we found out that until we're all finally oc