Hornet's Nest

Joe Louis Walker is a four-time Blues Music Award winner and 2013 Blues Hall of Fame inductee who has appeared on multiple Grammywinning albums. Hornet's Nest finds Walker once again teaming up with Grammy Award-winning producer Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy, George Thorogood, Susan Tedeschi) to create the most dynamic contemporary blues being made today. Hellfire, 2012's initial pairing of Walker and Hambridge, has sold over 10,000 units.

Appeared on Late Night With Conan O'Brien, World Café and Voice Of America in support of Hellfire. Received print features or reviews in The Wall Street Journal, Billboard, New Yorker, Los Angeles Daily News, Chicago Tribune and Washington Post, Penguin Eggs (Canada), Bluesnews (Germany), Blues News (Finland), ABS (France), BCR Journal (France), Twoj Blues (Poland) and online praise on Popmatters, Blurt, Blinded By Sound and more.

Walker's 2013 tour schedule has brought his high-energy live show to audiences in Canada, France, Belgium, Switzerland, UK, Spain, Germany, The Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Turkey and Israel. He begins touring in support of Hornet's Nest in late February with dates in Switzerland in March.

Hornet's Nest will be serviced and promoted for regular rotation airplay and blues shows in Canada, Europe, UK, Australia and various internet music programmers around the world.

Hornet's Nest welds the wisdom and soul of the blues to the attack of rock, with Walker's powerhouse voice and stinging guitar work setting the tone. The twelve tracks include nine new originals, plus cool new versions of The Rolling Stones' "Ride On, Baby" and Roy Hamilton's "Don't Let Go." From blistering blues rockers like the title track and "Ramblin' Soul" to the deep down blues of "Stick A Fork In Me" and "I'm Gonna Walk Outside," Joe Louis Walker creates vital, modern-day blues like no other.