Bad Temper Joe

Bad Temper Joe [bæd ˈtɛmpə ˈʤəʊ] (born in Bielefeld, East Westphalia-Lippe) is a German musician and guitarist. He plays a Weissenborn guitar. He has released eight studio albums since 2014 and was the only European finalist of the International Blues Challenge 2020 in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the winner of the 12th German Blues Challenge 2022.

He is a singer and mainly plays slide guitar, but also harmonica and electric guitar. His music draws from the blues, but also from musical traditions such as country, rock and ties in with the program of the Great American Songbook, which he applies to the East Westphalian province.

He plays solo, with a band and in a duet with the Belgian singer and guitarist Fernant Zeste, with whom he also recorded an album entitled Haunt.

He is under contract with Timezone Records.