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Django Walker
Walker in 2014
Walker in 2014
Background information
Birth nameDjango Cody Walker
Born (1981-08-28) August 28, 1981 (age 42)
Occupation(s)singer-songwriter
Years active1997–present

Django Walker (born August 28, 1981 [1]) is a Texas Country singer-songwriter and the frontman for the Django Walker Band. [2]

Biography

Named after Belgian guitarist Django Reinhardt, [1] Walker is the son of country music artist Jerry Jeff Walker and Susan Walker. [2] He began learning to play guitar at age 15. [2] After graduating from Austin High School in 1999, [3] he attended the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts from 1999 to 2001, but did not graduate. [1] He has said the experience made him "a better musician", but also says he learned much more traveling out on the road. [4]

Career

When he was 16, Walker wrote his first song, "The Road You Choose", and performed it on stage at his father's shows. [2] His father recorded it on his 1999 CD, Gypsy Songman, [5] and Django later released his own recording of it.

His band's debut CD, Down the Road, produced by Lloyd Maines, [2] was released in 2002. [1] Walker released the CD on a label he formed himself, Lazy Kid Music. [4] He recorded the CD in five days, and wrote all but one of the songs himself. [4] One of those songs, "Texas on my Mind", was previously recorded by Pat Green, [2] and reached number 1 on the Texas Music Chart. [6] Walker had written the song while a student at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. [7] [8] Dad's 1999 album "Gypsy Songman" contains the autobiographical father to son tune "Little Man".

Walker's second CD, Six Trips Around the World, [2] [9] was released in 2006. It was produced by Mark Bryan of Hootie and the Blowfish, and recorded at Bryan's home in South Carolina. [8] [10]

Musical style

Walker has cited several different influences for his musical style, including popular rock artists The Beatles, Bob Dylan, [11] The Allman Brothers, Tom Petty, Neil Young, [3] as well as country artists Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, [2] Pat Green, Robert Earl Keen, [3] Guy Clark, [9] and Townes Van Zandt. [11] Reviewers have described his style as "unique country", [11] "country/rocker", [3] and "classic rock with undertones of good old Southern comfort". [2]

Personal

Walker attended Austin High School in Austin, Texas, graduating in 1999. [3] He played on the varsity basketball team, [12] and, while studying in England, played semi-professional basketball. [7] [8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hill, Jack W. (August 2, 2004). "Django Walker comes Down the Road to LR club". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ball, Laura A. (March 7, 2006). "Don't call 'em country". Vail Daily. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d e Darnell, Meredith (June 3, 2003). "City preparing for crowd of 30,000". The Baytown Sun.
  4. ^ a b c Lee, David J. (June 7, 2002). "Son of Jerry Jeff Walker, Django, opening for Green". The Odessa American. p. 7E.
  5. ^ Riemenschneider, Chris (October 1, 1999). "The Beat: Street Soundz". Austin American-Statesman. p. 14 (XL Ent).
  6. ^ Goodspeed, John (March 1, 2002). "Songwriters' rule: Nothing sells like truth". San Antonio Express-News.
  7. ^ a b Hinojosa, Cassandra (June 4, 2004). "Django Walker kicks off music series – Jerry Jeff Walker's son wants to be respected for his music". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. p. E4.
  8. ^ a b c "Django djamming on new CD". Wichita Falls Times Record News. January 2, 2006. p. G1.
  9. ^ a b Tarradell, Mario (March 2, 2006). "Like father, like son". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved May 15, 2009. [ dead link]
  10. ^ Finan, Kristan (June 1, 2005). "Taking country rock by storm". Houston Chronicle. p. 4 (Preview section).
  11. ^ a b c Perry, Andrea (June 2, 2002). "Son of Texas music legend to appear at Tivoli". The Daily Ardmoreite.
  12. ^ Hoppes, Lynn. "Django Walker proud of Texas Longhorns anthem". ESPN. Retrieved March 8, 2020.

External links

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