Grammy winning blues legend Joe Louis Walker: Music only show
Huge news for Jersey, Guernsey and the Channel Islands!
We are very excited and proud to welcome one of the greatest living blues icons to The Channel Islands for 5 very rare exclusive shows this March.
Joe Louis Walker won a Grammy with BB King, Aretha Franklin christened him “THE Bluesman” and Herbie Hancock praised him as a ‘National Treasure’ and now one of the most celebrated bluesmen of all time, Blues Music Hall Of Fame inductee Joe Louis Walker, is coming to Jersey’s famous Pomme d’Or Hotel for two very special shows as part of a set of shows exclusive to the Channel Islands.
In rare acoustic format and backed by the Channel Island’s own internationally acclaimed harmonica star Giles Robson, Joe will perform a music only show in the wonderfully elegant Regency Room at Guernsey’s only 5 star hotel on Saturday the 22nd March and then a special ‘Up Close’ three course Sunday Lunch show with arrival drink limited to 40 audience members only – in the intimate and beautiful Colborne Room on Sunday 23rd March.
Joe and Giles recorded the 2019 Blues Music Award Winning album “Journeys To The Heart Of The Blues“ together. Released on Chicago’s Alligator Records and also featuring legendary pianist Bruce Katz. The album is considered one of the greatest pure blues albums of its time and was made a Downbeat Magazine album of the year and a Living Blues Album of the decade.
Joe and Giles will perform tracks for this album, amongst a select program of blues classics, Joe Louis Walker originals and a selection of Gospel tunes that reflect Joe’s time with The Spiritual Corinthians Gospel Quartet.
A true icon and legend of the blues who has recorded and performed with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Otis Rush, Tower Of Power, Aretha Franklin, Herbie Hancock, Steve Cropper, Albert King and many other giants of the blues these very rare intimate shows exclusive to The Channel Islands are not to be missed and will sell out! Book soon to avoid disappointment.
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