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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"Second Poem To Karmela" Or Gypsies Are Important
Pop - Released by Vanguard on Jan 1, 1968
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Long Lost Tapes 1970
Folk - Released by Tompkins Square on Mar 31, 2009
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Echo of My Soul
Folk - Released by Tompkins Square on Oct 25, 2007
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October in Woodstock
Folk - Released by ARK Productions on Jan 1, 2008
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Spanish Guitar
Folk - Released by Birdman Records on Mar 3, 2009
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Arthur King Presents Peter Walker, David Ralicke, Danny Frankel: King Ming
Peter Walker, David Ralicke, Danny Frankel
Rock - Released by Dangerbird Records on May 25, 2018
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Nylon and Steel
Folk - Released by ARK Productions on Jan 1, 2008
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Young Gravity
Alternative & Indie - Released by Dangerbird Records on Apr 11, 2006
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My Babysitter
Country - Released by Peter Walker on Jul 20, 2018
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He Left the Light on for Me
Country - Released by Peter Walker on May 18, 2018
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The Grandest Eclipse
Country - Released by Peter Walker on Jul 10, 2018
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Just Your Smile
Country - Released by Peter Walker on Apr 9, 2018
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Landed
Alternative & Indie - Released by Dangerbird Records on Sep 28, 2004
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Frequent Flyer
Country - Released by Peter Walker on Apr 28, 2018
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