Great Guitars (Joe Louis Walker album)

Track listing

1. "Low Down Dirty Blues" (Walker) – 6:57
2. "First Degree" (Turner, Walker) – 4:22
3. "Mile-Hi Club" (Walker) – 6:08
4. "Fix Our Love" (Walker) – 6:05
5. "Every Girl I See" (Dixon, Murphy) – 6:01
6. "Cold and Evil Night" (Walker) – 5:23
7. "Hop on It" (Grand, Walker) – 2:24
8. "Nighttime" (Walker) – 5:49
9. "Sugar" (Walker) – 6:21
10. "In God's Hands" (Walker) – 4:28
11. "High Blood Pressure" (Walker) – 4:39

Personnel

Musicians

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.