"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." -- John Muir
| Joe Louis Walker |
Joe Louis Walker was born in 1949 in San Francisco. When he was 16 he left home and started answering guitar player ads in the paper. He became good friends with guitarist Mike Bloomfield (Butterfield Blues Band) who introduced Joe to the Bay Area blues scene. Joe was soon opening for many blues musicians like Earl Hooker, Freddy King, Mississippi Fred McDowell and Lowell Fulson, who also influenced his guitar style. Other influential musicans were R&B vocalists Wilson Pickett, and Otis Redding.
Walker earned the coveted "Album of the Year" honors at the 2010 Blues Music Awards for his critically-acclaimed 2009 album Between a Rock and the Blues.
The photos were taken at Legends on February 18, 2011. |
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| Sonny Burgess |
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In the early 1950s, Sonny Burgess played boogie woogie music in dance halls and bars around Newport, Arkansas. In 1955, he began his career as an opening act for Elvis Presley. His first record was "We Wanna Boogie" in 1956 for Sun Records, in Memphis. The flip side was "Red Headed Woman." Both were written by Burgess. Burgess was inducted in 2002 into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in Jackson, Tennessee. Photos were taken at the Abbey Pub in Chicago on December 3, 2010. |
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