Blues Legend!--Joe Louis Walker at The Falcon

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Doors, Bar & Restaurant open at 5:30pm. Music begins at 7:00pm.
Sunday Brunch-- 10:00am to 2:00pm.
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In many ways, Walker’s story is unusual. He was part of the Bay area blues scene in his early teens. By the time he was 16 he had soaked up the sounds of T-Bone Walker, Amos Milburn, and boogie woogie pioneers, Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson. He found himself on stage with such disparate tutors as John Lee Hooker, Thelonius Monk, the Soul Stirrers, Steve Miller and Jimi Hendrix. And by the age of 19 he had built a close friendship with his roommate of many years — Mike Bloomfield....

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BEST OF HUDSON VALLEY- 2013 READER'S PICK- BEST BRUNCH!
Doors, Bar & Restaurant open at 5:30pm. Music begins at 7:00pm.
Sunday Brunch-- 10:00am to 2:00pm.
No Cover. Donations encouraged. $20+ suggested.
SUPPORT LIVING ARTISTS!

In many ways, Walker’s story is unusual. He was part of the Bay area blues scene in his early teens. By the time he was 16 he had soaked up the sounds of T-Bone Walker, Amos Milburn, and boogie woogie pioneers, Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson. He found himself on stage with such disparate tutors as John Lee Hooker, Thelonius Monk, the Soul Stirrers, Steve Miller and Jimi Hendrix. And by the age of 19 he had built a close friendship with his roommate of many years — Mike Bloomfield.

Bloomfield’s tragic early death persuaded the young Walker to change his life. He enrolled at San Francisco State University, earning music and English degrees — and performing regularly with a gospel group, The Spiritual Corinthians

In 1985, he came back to the blues, fronting a new band he called The Bosstalkers, and making the first of five albums for the Hightone label, before signing to PolyGram’s Verve/Gitanes, for whom he recorded another six albums. These records served as an entrée into the European market. Sterling appearances at major festivals throughout Europe (North Sea Jazz, Glastonbury, Nottoden and Montreux among them) led to further tours and festivals in Japan, Australia, Taiwan, Ireland, Turkey and Brazil.

Along the way he played President George Bush’s inauguration, helped President Bill Clinton induct B.B. King into the Kennedy Center Awards, and performed on America’s most-watched late-night television shows.

www.joelouiswalker.com

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