Preacher and the President is an album by the American musician Joe Louis Walker, released in 1998 through Verve Records.

[11] The Age opined that "Joe Louis demonstrates on the pleading 'Tell the Truth' and the profoundly emotional 'Yveline' why he is one of the few major blues finds of the past decade.

"[12] The Chicago Tribune wrote that, "if the vocals and fretwork on the LP smolder rather than sear, the soulful songcraft is still first-rate.

"[17] The Washington Post noted that the album "offers an appealing view of his extroverted showmanship and his considerable growth as a songwriter who knows how to provoke an audience's laughter and sympathy.

"[19] The Chicago Reader concluded that Walker "approaches the suave urbanity of Al Green or Lionel Richie.