# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-louis-walker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:22:46.839Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-louis-walker"
name: "Joe Louis Walker"
slug: "joe-louis-walker"
description: "Louis Joseph Walker Jr., known as Joe Louis Walker, was an American musician, best known as an electric blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. His knowledge of blues history is revealed by his use of older material and playing styles."
tagline: "American musician (1949–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Louis_Walker_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-12-25"
deathDate: "2025-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.43
  momentum:             0.357142857142857
  historical:           12.29409866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/bluesifyin"
    handle:    "bluesifyin"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/joelouiswalker"
    handle:    "joelouiswalker"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1191454/"
    handle:    "nm1191454"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5MPJKwuEzyWgfueKrogllD"
    handle:    "5MPJKwuEzyWgfueKrogllD"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.joelouiswalker.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/655875"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "جو لويس ووكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%88%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "جو ووكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "جو لوئیس واکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Louis_Walker"
    title: "Joe Louis Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Louis_Walker"
    title: "Joe Louis Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Louis_Walker"
    title: "Joe Louis Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Louis_Walker"
    title: "Joe Louis Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "جو لوئیس واکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Louis_Walker"
    title: "Joe Louis Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Louis_Walker"
    title: "Joe Louis Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョー・ルイス・ウォーカー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Уокер, Джо Луис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7c83dbe6-097d-4d4c-9353-9f772a4f756c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q596746"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2304615"
    title: "Joe Louis Walker"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump