Video: Joe Louis Walker - Rollin & Tumblin

The veteran bluesman's album delivers on its title, offering his usual eclectic mix of soul-blues, jumping juke-joint R&B, and country-blues with a thick vein of string-bending guitar rock coursing through it, too. Last year, Joe Louis Walker teamed up with producer/guitarist Duke Robillard and cut Witness to the Blues, the San Francisco-born bluesman's 19th album in 23 years and debut for Stony Plain. The record was such a success that the couple decided to have another go-around. As its title suggests, Between a Rock and the Blues defies easy categorization. More so than its predecessor or earlier outings for [...]