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Austin "Walkin' Cane"
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Austin "Walkin' Cane"
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"Damn Fine Blues!" Original & classic delta blues featuring slide guitar and baritone vocals. A blues gumbo repertoire that blends in jazz, folk, soul & rock 'n' roll. Austin "Walkin' Cane" is a blues singer, songwriter and slide guitarist that performs acoustic solo, duo & electric band sets. Walkin' Cane has traveled all over the country from New Orleans, Louisiana to Juneau, Alaska and has acquired various blues/instrumentalist awards over the years. Austin walked for ten years with a cane due to an arterial venous malformation at birth. While performing on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, a homeless man called out "Hey Walkin' Cane got some spare change for a brother?!" Austin took the jibe as his nickname. In 1996, after years of battling the inevitable, his left leg was amputated below the knee. A year after the surgery, he returned to the music scene stronger & without need of a cane. In 2002, Austin & Karen Starks were married at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee and began recording his 706 Union Ave. cd at the legendary studio immediately after the ceremony. "The thought of recording & getting married in the same room where many of my heroes took their first steps was incredible." Austin "Walkin' Cane" is proud to be sponsored by National Reso-Phonic Guitars, Dr. Z Amplifiers & Ernie Ball Strings.
NACA Showcases:
2008 - NACA Northern Plains Showcase
2008 - NACA Mid-Atlantic Showcase
2007 - NACA Mid-American Showcase
Walkin' Cane Accolades:
2009 & 2007 - International Blues Challenge (IBC's) in Memphis - acoustic, solo, delta, slide blues - sponsored by Blues, Jazz & Folk Music Society
2008 - XM Radio - B.B. King's Bluesville's "Pick to Click." Murder of a Blues Singer cd
2008 - Sonicbids "Most Booked Band" w/ over 60,000 hits to Sonicbids EPK
2008 & 2003 - live performance on PBS television show "Applause"
2007 - best guitarist - cleveland free times magazine
2006 - National Reso-phonic Guitar CD Compilation - Walkin' Cane original "Love Grown Strong" included.
2006 - River City Blues Competition Winner - acoustic solo delta blues - Blues, Jazz & Folk Music Society
2005 - sponsorship with National Reso-Phonic Guitars
2004 - sponsorship with Dr. Z. Amplifiers
2002 - sponsorship with Ernie Ball Strings
2001 - best unsigned blues band - buddy guy's legends/guitar player magazine - chicago
2000 - best local instrumentalist winner - the best of cleveland - citysearch.com
Festivals:
Columbus Traditional Blues Festival w/ John Hammond Jr., Henry Gray, John Primer - '07
International Blues Challenge - in Memphis - '07
Two Jr.'s Show w/ John Hammond Jr. & Robert Jr. Lockwood - '06
River City Blues Fest w/ Watermelon Slim, Fruteland Jackson, Slick Ballinger & Blind Mississippi Morris - '06
Opened for or performed with:
Bobby "Blue" Bland, Buddy Guy, Gregg Allman, Johnny Winter, Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, John Mooney, Robert Jr. Lockwood, John Hammond Jr., Billy Branch, Jaimoe (Allman Bros.), Watermelon Slim, Rare Earth, Deep Purple, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ted Nugent, BR549, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Arc Angels, Nappy Brown...
Instrumentation
Austin "Walkin' Cane" - vocals/slide guitar
Discography
Ohio City Singers - Love & Hope - 2008
Austin "Walkin' Cane", Kristine Jackson & Rob Muzik - Memphis or Bust - 2008
Austin "Walkin' Cane" - Murder Of A Blues Singer - 2008
Lonesome Stars - Motorbikes, Radios & Dancehalls - 2006
Walkin' Cane Band - The Underground - 2005
Austin "Walkin' Cane" - 706 Union Ave. - 2003
Walkin' Cane Band - Radio Cafe - 2001
Walkin' Cane Band - Help Yourself - 1997
The Skydogs - And Then... - 1994
Links
http://www.walkincane.com
- Favorite Blues Artists and Bands
- Blind Willie Johnson, Skip James, Howlin' Wolf, Taj Mahal, Tom Waits, Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Jr, Lockwood, Robert Johnson, Johnny Shines, Ry Cooder, John Mooney, Nappy Brown, Bukka White, Son House, R.L. Burnside, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee...
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Thanks for the friendship!......If you got a FB page lets hook up!...Much Sucess ....peace
Reece
Much respect. Grandpa_Erik
I love your still and this minor blue.
keep the blues alive yo!
Theo
Good luck in Memphis. We just released our all original cd. If you want you can check some of the tunes out at www.myspace.com/memphiscradlemusic.
Thanks for the friend request.
Bruce, Memphis Cradle
Grat meeting you my firend ! You always got a friend in me! Happy Holidays to you also!
Memphis Gold
Jeff
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