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Hometown: Waterloo, ON, CA
Label: Bent Beard Records
Management: Dan Walsh
Website: www.bentbeard.com
Sounds Like: Dan Walsh, Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, Bill Frisell, JJ Cale
Genre: Jam
Canadian singer/songwriter multi-instrumentalist, Dan Walsh is already well known for his collaborations with a number of talented musicians. He’s added his bluesy-slide guitar signature style to more than 40 albums and toured across North America, Europe and Australia and Asia.
For many years Walsh was a key member of Fred Eaglesmith’s band, The Flying Squirrels, where he played more than a couple of hundred gigs a year and shared the stage with the likes of Willie Nelson, Little Feat, Delbert McClinton, Willie P. Bennett and the Del McCoury Band.
In 2023 Walsh released his 6th solo album entitled “The Booker” Produced by Jimmy Bowskill (Blue Rodeo, Sheepdogs), The Booker is a collection of songs written over the past few years and brought to fruition during the world wide shutdown. This is a “guitar record” featuring Bowskill and Walsh trading guitar solos throughout the journey as well as Bowskill providing the bass. Also featuring Ian Mckeown (Samantha Martin) on drums, The Booker offers 7 new original songs and one well placed cover of “Goin Out West” by Tom Waits. Released in July of 2023, The Booker is available on both Compact Disc and limited edition purple vinyl at Busted Flat Records.
Since going solo, Walsh has performed over 2000 shows including opening for Ike Stubblefield and Col. Bruce Hampton.
“Dan Walsh's 'Lewp' Full of Heart and Electricity
On his last album, Outta the Jam, local guitar slinger Dan Walsh tried his hand at doing lead vocals. He did an amazing job then and he does an even better one on Lewp, his newest recording. The singer/songwriter's already sizable guitar prowess is back too.
Dan handles everything from country, southern rock, funk and more. Including a wonderful cover of former bandmate Willie P, Bennett's One Vessel is a nice touch as well. The songs are full of heart, electricity and tons of guitar acrobatics and effects.
So pick up a copy at his great live shows or order it through his online store, cdbaby or iTunes.”
Hamilton B. Lous - Hamilton Blues Lovers
“Outta The Jam is technically the third release from sideman extraordinaire, Walsh, but it’s the first one the bearded one sings on. The addition of vocals is a major plus to me as instrumental music gets really boring really fast no matter how great it is. While the instrumentation, specifically Walsh’s flawless guitar work, is still the star on this one, his songwriting and vocals are a welcome addition.
The presiding sound of the record to me is fantastic white guy funk teamed with gritty Warren Haynes like slide guitar riffs. The songs themselves range from the silly, playful “Beard”, an ode to Walsh’s defining physical feature, to the seriously, personal “Naked Emperor” and “Our Stairs” which documents the feelings in the aftermath of a failed relationship.
I was impressed throughout the entire album with Walsh’s previously missing vocal talents and his ability to find the right sounds to perfectly compliment them. The album was recorded in Walsh’s Ontario s”
Adam Dawson - Broken Jukebox
“DAN WALSH DIESEL & SMOKES (BUSTED FLAT RECORDS)
Excuse Dan Walsh if his acoustic debut sounds like a Fred Eaglesmith song. Walsh was a member of Eaglesmith's Flying Squirrels for a number of years. He's also accompanied Willie P. Bennett.
Diesel & Smokes features eight atmospheric instrumentals composed by Walsh, who plays guitar, lap steel, dobro, piano, organ, bass, drums.
Three of the tracks are solo, with the remainder in a band setting.
The album spans acoustic blues, alt-country, folk, folk-rock and bluegrass. Walsh's talents as a multi-instrumentalist are well known in Canadian roots music circles, so the surprise comes with his genre-bending compositions.
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Robert Ried - The Kitchener Record
