Live At Liverpool Marina, November '08
A few influences: Lightnin' Hopkins, Magic Slim, Freddie King, T-Bone Walker, James Peterson, Albert King, Pee Wee Crayton, Steve Cropper, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Snooks Eaglin, Wes Montgomery, B.B. King, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Magic Sam, Will McTell, Bobby Radcliff, Brother Dave Likhtiger, Joe Louis Walker, Arthur Neilson, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Santana, Peter Green, Guitar Slim, Lucky Peterson, Taj Mahal, Michael Bloomfield, Dave Specter, Little Walter, Ronnie Earl, Jerry Garcia, Otis Rush, Johnny Winter, Earl King, Albert Collins...
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Jake Walker with Black and Blue
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"guitar playing meaner than a boot full of barbed wire" -Rob de Vries, BluesTrain FM, Holland
Watch this live video montage from Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France, May 2008:
Powerhouse New York City guitarist and singer Jake Walker is now a rising force on the international blues scene. Jake's "deeply soulful and grooving"(Blues Blast) take on the blues "combines Freddie King style eloquence with shit-kicking, gun-slinging assertiveness" (Mark Bosch, Ian Hunter), winning over fans and critics at home and overseas. Six recent jam-packed tours in Europe (England, Holland, Belgium, Italy, and France) and numerous articles in leading trade papers attest to this. His first studio album, "Confidence Man", produced and mixed by Elliot Mazer (Janis Joplin, Neil Young, The Band, etc.) for the Left Turn Music label, is getting airplay from Tampa Bay to Sydney, Australia. The "Confidence Man" album, according to U.K. Blues-Rock phenom, Danny Bryant, "at times sounds like vintage Freddie King, and at times blistering Ronnie Earl -but always Jake Walker...he is one of the very finest guitarist/ singers anywhere." With a guitar and vocal style that draw on the deep feeling and soulfulness of the blues, Jake “easily bears comparison to the intensity of blues greats like Otis Rush and Peter Green...he has that same quality that makes you shiver...he strikes crowds with blues fever”. (Dordrecht News, The Netherlands, November 2006). Winner of Big City Rhythm and Blues Magazine's “Artist of the Week Award”, June 2006, they raved “Some of the best tone in the world!!” Blues In Britain agrees, noting, "His Gibson Les Paul has a beautiful warm tone, out from which he wrings every drop of emotion" (June 2008).
Ahhh...i been well Jakey...mostly mysterious for sure, but ain't it just so? Life bein' a mystery and all i s'pose i'm right in tune. Anyways hope yer enjoyin the road...headin' out soon hopeta seeya sometime. light and love, gratitude, and truth.
its about 135km, so not close:-( unfortunatelly wont be here in Switzerland around that date anyway, Im going to Prague to see BB King's koncert..........Soooooo Im very excited.:-)
But sad that I cant see you obviously. Book a gig here in Zurich sweety. ;-)
Hello Jake, I hear some great blues on your page! hope to hook up with you in Varazze at the Downtown Music Fest and to have the chance to see your show and trade a CD. Thank you so much for getting in touch with your kind friend request, greetings from Italy in the name of the blues,
Dude...i'm so going to see you when you get back in the states by the way...you playing NYC, PHoenix, or LA anytime soon? I'm there. Been listening to your hands...ahhhh..mmmm sound...gooooood.
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