Sammy Walker
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Sammy Walker is an American singer-songwriter. Influenced by the folk and country sounds of Bob Dylan
, Woody Guthrie
and Hank Williams, Walker emerged in the mid 1970s with two albums for the Folkways
label and two albums for Warner Brothers
. While appearing on Bob Fass's
radio show in 1975, he caught the ear of Phil Ochs
, who was impressed by the young songwriter and agreed to produce his first album with Folkways. Walker recorded two albums for Warner Brothers under the tutelage of producer Nick Venet
, and toured Europe in 1978 and again in 1986. After recording an album of Woody Guthrie songs in 1979, he did not record again until 1989.
"Misfit Scarecrow" - the first album released by Sammy Walker in over twelve years - was released on July 22, 2008.
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
, Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
and Hank Williams, Walker emerged in the mid 1970s with two albums for the Folkways
Folkways Records
Folkways Records was a record label founded by Moses Asch that documented folk, world, and children's music. It was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1987, and is now part of Smithsonian Folkways.-History:...
label and two albums for Warner Brothers
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
. While appearing on Bob Fass's
Bob Fass
Bob Fass is an American radio personality and pioneer of free-form radio, who has broadcast in the New York region for 40 years....
radio show in 1975, he caught the ear of Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs
Philip David Ochs was an American protest singer and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice...
, who was impressed by the young songwriter and agreed to produce his first album with Folkways. Walker recorded two albums for Warner Brothers under the tutelage of producer Nick Venet
Nick Venet
Nick Venet was an American record producer who began his career at age 19 with World Pacific Jazz...
, and toured Europe in 1978 and again in 1986. After recording an album of Woody Guthrie songs in 1979, he did not record again until 1989.
"Misfit Scarecrow" - the first album released by Sammy Walker in over twelve years - was released on July 22, 2008.
Discography
- Broadside Ballads, Vol. 8: Song for Patty (Smithsonian Folkways, 1975)
- Sammy Walker (1976)
- Blue Ridge Mountain Skyline (1977)
- Songs from Woody's Pen (Smithsonian Folkways, 1979)
- Fast Folk Musical Magazine (Vol. 1, No. 2) (Smithsonian Folkways, 1984)
- Sammy Walker in Concert (1990)
- Old Time Southern Dream (1994)
- The Best of Broadside 1962-1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine (Smithsonian Folkways, 2000)
- Misfit scarecrow (2008)