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American singer-songwriter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Django Walker (born August 28, 1981[1]) is a Texas Country singer-songwriter and the frontman for the Django Walker Band.[2]
Django Walker | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Walker in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Django Cody Walker |
| Born | August 28, 1981 |
| Occupation | singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1997–present |
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]
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]
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]
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]
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