Summarizing Joe is not easy. “Raw and rootsy…Joe’s music is the real deal” is one way its been summed up.
In terms of style, Joe covers a lot of territory. As an accomplished guitar player, harmonica player and a breathtaking slide player(botttleneck, lap style and a little Pedal Steel) as well as a singer and songwriter, he has a broad vocabulary. His life and musical career has been a path less traveled sometimes difficult and indirect path, but always aimed at music, leading him to become the writer, musician, and artist he is today. He has distilled it into a style that is authentic and to the point. His songs combine humor, stark cynicism and genuine compassion for the real people he sings about.
Joe's songs and onstage humor tell stories that affect the spiritual perceptions of listeners and expose the fragility of humankind with a grin. They are dark, funny and expose his world in the stark light of honesty, but there is often a payoff at the end. Musically rooted in the blues, country and R&B he grew up hearing, Joe has his own sound and style regardless of genre- whether he is playing a solo gig or with a band. His music really tells the story, listen and find out.
