Joe Louis Walker w/ special guest John Nemeth

What can you say? JLW is truly a force of nature. This year he’s nominated for B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year and for best Instrumentalist – Guitar. Whilst publicly performing through his teens, he soaked up many influences (especially vocalists like Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Bobby Womack & Otis Redding). Over these early years, Walker's musical pupilage saw him playing with John Lee Hooker, JJ Malone, Buddy Miles, Otis Rush, Thelonious Monk, The Soul Stirrers, Willie Dixon, Charlie Musselwhite, Steve Miller, Nick Lowe, John Mayall, Earl Hooker, Muddy Waters, and Jimi Hendrix. He forged a close friendship with Mike Bloomfield; they were roommates for many years until Bloomfield's untimely death. Joe Louis Walker is the real deal. If you’ve seen him before, we’ll see you at the show. If not, shame on you. This show will leave you talk’n. Opening the show is a fresh young talent whose star power can’t be denied. Stevie Ray and Robert Cray did it in the 80”s. John Nemeth coubd be the next young blues star to do it in the new millennium. Listen to John Nemeth and you can’t help but hear snippets of other late great artists, who influenced his musical and vocal style -- everyone from Nat King Cole, Sam Cooke, Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Ward, Tampa Red, Magic Sam, Little Johnny Taylor, Junior Wells, Slim Harpo, Little Walter and more. See him in the Big Room and you’ll be able to say, “I saw him when…” Both these talents are worth the price of admission alone. Get your tickets early as the dance floor is open.