Great Guitars (Joe Louis Walker album)

Great Guitars is an album by blues guitarist Joe Louis Walker.[1][2] It was released in 1997 on the Polygram label as catalogue number 537141.

Great Guitars
Studio album by Joe Louis Walker
Released	April 8, 1997
Genre	Blues
Length	58:37
Label	Polygram
Producer	Joe Louis Walker Ike Turner Steve Cropper John Snyder
Joe Louis Walker chronology
Blues of the Month Club (1995) Great Guitars (1997) Preacher and the President (1998)

Many of the songs on the album are duets with other artists. The album received mostly favourable reviews upon its release.

Track listing

1. "Low Down Dirty Blues" (Walker) – 6:57
2. "First Degree" (Turner, Walker) – 4:22
3. "Mile-Hi Club" (Walker) – 6:08
4. "Fix Our Love" (Walker) – 6:05
5. "Every Girl I See" (Dixon, Murphy) – 6:01
6. "Cold and Evil Night" (Walker) – 5:23
7. "Hop on It" (Grand, Walker) – 2:24
8. "Nighttime" (Walker) – 5:49
9. "Sugar" (Walker) – 6:21
10. "In God's Hands" (Walker) – 4:28
11. "High Blood Pressure" (Walker) – 4:39

Personnel

Musicians

• Joe Louis Walker: vocals, guitar, slide guitar, percussion, footstomping, arrangements
• Tom Rose: guitar, backing vocals
• Mike Eppley: organ, piano and backing vocals
• Joe Thomas: bass, backing vocals
• Curtis Nutall: drums

Guest musicians

• Bonnie Raitt: vocals and slide guitar on "Low Down Dirty Blues"
• Ike Turner: guitar, keyboards, bass and tambourine on "First Degree"
• Buddy Guy: guitar on "Every Girl I See"
• Matt Murphy: guitar on "Nighttime"
• Taj Mahal: national steel guitar, ratchet guitar and footstomps on "In God's Hands"
• Robert Lockwood, Jr.: 12-string electric guitar on "High Blood Pressure"
• Otis Grand: guitar and lap-steel guitar on "Hop on It"
• Scotty Moore: guitar
• Little Charlie Baty: guitar
• Steve Cropper: guitar on "Mile-Hi Club"
• Clarence Gatemouth Brown: guitar on "Mile-Hi Club"
• Otis Rush; vocals and guitar on "Fix Our Love"
• Charles "D.C." Carnes: guitar
• Wallace Coleman: harmonica
• Steve Diamond: piano
• Richard Smith: bass
• Steve Gomes; bass
• Rob Stupka; drums
• Jimmy "Gator" Hoare
• The Tower of Power Horns:

Emilio Castillo: saxophone

Bill Churchville: horn arrangements, trumpet

Barry Danielian: horn arrangements, trumpet

Stephen "Doc" Kupka: baritone saxophone

John Scarpulla: saxophone

• The Johnny Nocturne Horns:

John Firmin: tenor sax

Rob Sudduth: baritone sax

George Spencer: trumpet

Marty Wehner: horn arrangements, trombone

Production

• Produced by Joe Louis Walker, Ike Turner, Steve Cropper, John Snyder
• Executive producer: Jean-Philippe Allard.
• Engineered by Scotty Moore, David Luke, Howard Willing, Jay Newland, Jim Albert, Ken Kessie, Mark Hewitt, Mike Creswell, Paul Haumann, Stephen Hart, Steve Spaperri
• Assistant Engineers: Ben Conrad, John Brant.
• Mastered by Chris Bellman.

References

1. Yanow, Scott. "Great Guitars". AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
2. Dahl, Bill (June 27, 1997). "Joe Lewis Walker: Great Guitars (Verve/Gitanes)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 12, 2017.