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Joe Louis Walker, a Blues Hall of Fame inductee and four-time Blues Music Award winner celebrates a career that exceeds a half a century. His new album Blues Comin' On cements his legacy as a prolific torchbearer for the R&B and rock. Looking back on his rich history, Walker shares, “I’d like to be known for the credibility of a lifetime of being true to my music and the blues. Sometimes I feel I’ve learned more from my failures, than from my success . But that’s made me stronger and more adventurous. And helped me create my own style . I’d like to think that when someone puts on one of my records they would know from the first notes, ‘That’s Joe Louis Walker.'” (http://bettereachday.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/15025560_10153846248196036_8300418492066416249_o.jpg) Born on December 25, 1949 in San Francisco, at age 14, he took up the guitar. Just two years later, he was a known quantity on the Bay Area music scene, playing blues with an occasional foray into psychedelic rock. For a while, he roomed with Mike Bloomfield, who introduced him to Jimi Hendrix and the Grateful Dead. Walker even made a brief pilgrimage to Chicago to check out the blues scene there. (http://bettereachday.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/JoeLouisWalker09_byMichaelWeintrob.jpg) Blues Comin' On features some of the best players in the business is worthy of serious attention.