Peter Walker
Along with the likes of John Fahey and Leo Kottke, Peter Walker is recognised as one of America's most original and adventurous guitarists, noted for blending fingerstyle folk music with Indian raga, Spanish flamenco and many other musical cultures. Born into a musical family in Boston, Massachusetts, he started playing guitar as a boy and became a fixture on the Greenwich Village folk scene. He also studied under the great sitar player Ravi Shankar and Hindustani classical musician Ali Akbar Khan and formed a close alliance with the free-thinking hero of the psychedelic generation Timothy Leary. His debut album Rainy Day Raga was released in 1966 and it was followed, two years later, by Second Poem. Both albums subsequently became collectible as Walker disappeared from public view, while continuing his study of the guitar, focusing on flamenco music. He eventually re-emerged in 2007, recording anew on the album A Raga For Peter Walker, also featuring acolytes like Jack Rose, James Blackshaw, Steffen Basho-Junghens and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. An album full of new Walker material, Echo Of My Soul swiftly followed along with live appearances to put him back on the map. Has Anybody Seen Our Freedom - an album originally recorded in 1970 but which remained unheard for 43 years - finally got official release as a result of the renewed interest in Walker's experimental approach to the guitar.
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Discografia
19 álbum(ns) • Ordenado por Mais vendidos
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"Second Poem To Karmela" Or Gypsies Are Important
Pop - Lançado por Vanguard em 1 de jan. de 1968
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Long Lost Tapes 1970
Folk - Lançado por Tompkins Square em 31 de mar. de 2009
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Echo of My Soul
Folk - Lançado por Tompkins Square em 25 de out. de 2007
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October in Woodstock
Folk - Lançado por ARK Productions em 1 de jan. de 2008
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Spanish Guitar
Folk - Lançado por Birdman Records em 3 de mar. de 2009
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Nylon and Steel
Folk - Lançado por ARK Productions em 1 de jan. de 2008
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My Babysitter
Country - Lançado por Peter Walker em 20 de jul. de 2018
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Give It Up
Country - Lançado por Peter Walker em 29 de mai. de 2018
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He Left the Light on for Me
Country - Lançado por Peter Walker em 18 de mai. de 2018
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The Grandest Eclipse
Country - Lançado por Peter Walker em 10 de jul. de 2018
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Just Your Smile
Country - Lançado por Peter Walker em 9 de abr. de 2018
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I`m Glad
Country - Lançado por Peter Walker em 28 de mar. de 2018
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I Ain't Po
Country - Lançado por Peter Walker em 17 de abr. de 2018
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Methuselah
Country - Lançado por Peter Walker em 22 de jun. de 2018
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My Dream
Country - Lançado por Peter Walker em 31 de mai. de 2018
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Fit to Fly
Country - Lançado por Peter Walker em 6 de jul. de 2018
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Frequent Flyer
Country - Lançado por Peter Walker em 28 de abr. de 2018
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Mama Bear
Country - Lançado por Peter Walker em 31 de mai. de 2018
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