www.littletobywalker.com
Playing Since: 1970
Experience Level: Expert/Professional

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[Teaching] [Socializing]

Occupation: Professional Musician

Gender: Male
My Instruments:
Guitar

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Created 2/23/2011
Last Visit 8/14/2014

"Flat out... you have to hear this great musician... I'm blown away" - Jorma Kaukonen Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee "A real killer with fantastic technique. He just knocks me out." ..John Hammond Toby Walker is a unique, accomplished fingerstyle guitar virtuoso. Toby is adept at blues, rags, hot country picking, and coaxes more out of a guitar than anyone can imagine, but the originality doesn't end there. He is also a skilled singer and songwriter who draws inspiration from traditional and contemporary music. Toby takes that musical foundation and creates something uniquely his own and has been eagerly received in various venues including concert halls, festivals and coffeehouses throughout the U.S., England and Europe. Toby has been featured in the N.Y. Times, London Sunday Times, Elmore Magazine, Downbeat and Blues Revue among many others. "As a blues guitar player, I am stunned and in awe of Toby Walker's pickin'! Add to that his fine songs and singing and friendly presentation, and it's obvious that Toby Walker is one of the most enjoyable artists in today's Blues World." ...Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin Toby’s passion for blues, rags, folk, and other traditional American music drove him to leave an apartment crammed full of recordings, books and instruments for the Mississippi Delta, Virginia and the Carolinas where he tracked down some of the more obscure - but immensely talented - music makers of an earlier era. He learned directly from Eugene Powell, James "Son" Thomas, Etta Baker, and R.L Burnside, among others.