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Great Guitars is an album by blues guitarist Joe Louis Walker.[2][3] It was released in 1997 on the Polygram label as catalogue number 537141.
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| Released | April 8, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 58:37 | |||
| Label | Polygram | |||
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Many of the songs on the album are duets with other artists. The album received mostly favourable reviews upon its release.[citation needed]
Track listing
edit- "Low Down Dirty Blues" (Walker) – 6:57
- "First Degree" (Turner, Walker) – 4:22
- "Mile-Hi Club" (Walker) – 6:08
- "Fix Our Love" (Walker) – 6:05
- "Every Girl I See" (Dixon, Murphy) – 6:01
- "Cold and Evil Night" (Walker) – 5:23
- "Hop on It" (Grand, Walker) – 2:24
- "Nighttime" (Walker) – 5:49
- "Sugar" (Walker) – 6:21
- "In God's Hands" (Walker) – 4:28
- "High Blood Pressure" (Walker) – 4:39
Personnel
editMusicians
- 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
edit- ^ Slaven, Neil (June 1997). "Joe Louis Walker: Great Guitars". Uncut. No. 1. p. 105.
- ^ Yanow, Scott. "Great Guitars". AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
- ^ Dahl, Bill (June 27, 1997). "Joe Lewis Walker: Great Guitars (Verve/Gitanes)". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on February 13, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.