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MATT WALKER [ BIO ]
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Matt in Boronia Tech band
Started at around 14 years old playing at Selby Folk Club
Started playing festivals Port Fairy Folk Festival National Folk Festival Bridgetown Blues Festival, East Coast Blues and Roots Festival, etc from age 16 or 17
Member of Hills-a-billy rock band Wild Turkey in the early days
Three of Matt's original compositions used in soundtrack of Australian documentary, Angel of Collingwood
Margaret Oats (Angel of Collingwood)
Recorded a version of original composition Welcome Me Home for Real Australian Blues Vol. 1 compilation for Studio 52
Joined Broderick Smith Band playing dobro, guitar and lap steel and toured extensively around Australia, Played on and wrote music for Broderick Smith albums My Shiralee 1994, Songster 1995, Crayon Angels 1996
Recorded Matt Walker and Friends - Live at the Rainbow in 1995 - with Ashley Davies (drums), Andrew Entsch (double bass) and Jerry Hale (fiddle, guitar)
Performed with band Mighty Servant led by Ashley Davies (drums) with Andrew Entsch (bass). Recorded There's Life 1996
Recorded album I Listen to the Night with Ashley Davies 1997 which resulted in being nominated for two ARIA awards Best Australian Male Artist, Best Australian World Music Recording
Played support for overseas artists John Hammond Junior, T-Model Ford, Bob Dylan/Patti Smith tour, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Cowboy Junkies, Cat Power, Gillian Welch, etc
Performed headline shows around Australia with Ashley Davies
Played South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas with Ashley Davies. Also performed at the House of Blues in New Orleans and other venues in LA, Nashville and San Francisco 1998
Played gigs in Germany and Holland with Ashley Davies 1999
Recorded Soul Witness with Ashley Davies drums, Chris Abrahams piano and Ken Gormley bass which won an ARIA for Best Australian Blues and Roots Album 2000. Played a national tour with this line-up
Formed electric trio The Necessary Few with Grant Cummerford (bass) and Roger Bergodaz (drums) completed a 52 gig Australian tour and recorded the album Navigational Skills 2003
Toured West Coast of US with Judah Bauers band Twenty Miles
Collaborated with Mick Harvey in writing the sound track for the film Australian Rules which won an ARIA for Best Soundtrack 2003
Two original songs used in award winning Australian film Somersault 2004
Contributed an original track - I Won't See You Again - to the Barb Waters album Rosa Duet. 2004
Composed and played original music for Australian short film Hunter Finkelstein by Michael Weisler starring Tim Rogers in the lead role 2005
Reformed the duo with Ashley Davies and played gigs in France and Holland in July/Aug, 2005 - the duo was invited to play the prestigious Blues Passions festival in Cognac, France
On Sept 5, 2005 Matt and Ashley released a new self-titled album Matt Walker and Ashley Davies - on Matts label Stovepipe Records
National Tour with Ashley to promote the new album - Oct/Nov 2005
During 2005 invited to join Salmon. Salmon is a high concept five guitar, two drummer, no lead vocal, instrumental hard rock band led by Kim Salmon
During 2006 completed three Industry Sampler albums - all instrumental and set up The 8-Track Shack recording studio
2007 saw the release of Salmon's album - Rock Formations (vinyl and cd formats) on Spanish label Bang Records
Busy recording and producing albums for Crystal Thomas and Liz Stringer
Performed as a duo with Ashley Davies at the inaugural Adelaide International Guitar Festival
Produced new album Unknown Country for Broderick Smith. Recorded in The 8-Track Shack by Matt and Dave Manton. Released 2008
Liz Stringer's album, Pendulum, produced by Matt, released January, 2008
Crystal Thomas & the Flowers of Evil, produced by Matt, recorded at The 8-Track Shack with Dave Manton and released on Stovepipe Records 2008
Touring as part of Mia Dyson band including Joe Cocker Australian Tour and West Coast Blues and Roots Festival 2008
Played the second Adelaide International Guitar Festival (2008) with Ashley Davies
2009 Played at Port Fairy Folk Festival as part of Broderick Smith Band
Broderick Smith's album, Unknown Country - produced by Matt, recorded by Matt and Dave Manton released on Liberation Music
Played as a duo with Ashley Davies at the Apollo Bay Music Festival
2010 Played duo gigs with Broderick Smith to promote Unknown Country as well, as solo gigs and guesting with other bands
Teaching guitar acoustic & electric, bottle-neck slide, open tuning, lap steel, dobro. Also harmonica, song writing and improvisation
2011 Playing solo gigs as well as duo gigs with Broderick Smith. Guest appearances with other bands. Recording new solo album in The 8-Track Shack. Producing and recording others in The 8-Track Shack with Dave Manton
2012 Playing as part of Tex Perkins' Man in Black concert band. Playing as part of Archie Roach's Into The Bloodstream concert band Producing and recording others in The 8 Track Shack Teaching guitar Released solo album In Echoes of Dawn on Stovepipe Records Tour to promote the album - Qld, NSW, SA Tour of Netherlands and Germany to promote the release of the album in Europe on Smoked Recordings Matt Walker guest presents the Daily Planet, on ABC Radio National and plays a transcontinental duo with Lucky Oceans in Perth and Matt in Melbourne
2013 Playing all major festivals around Australia as part of Archie Roach's Into The Bloodstream concert band Playing as part of Archie Roach's new show - Creation Formed new band The Lost Ragas - Simon Burke - drums, keyboards, vocals Shane Reilly - pedal steel, vocals Roger Bergodaz - bass, drums, vocals Matt Walker - vocals, guitar Recorded new album as Lost Ragas - Album title Phantom Ride Album released - November 17th, 2013 Studio work, teaching and advertising work
Recently Lost Ragas' second album - Transatlantic Highway released 2015 Third album featuring new drummer Haydn Meggitt - This is Not a Dream released September 2nd, 2019 Producing and recording for others with Rowan Matthews at Stovepipe Studios (the new name for the 8-track shack) Collaborated on and contributed to Lucky Ocean's 2019 Hank Williams tribute album - Purple Sky (Nominated for Best Blues & Roots Album in ARIA Awards) Playing solo gigs Playing duo shows with Tex Perkins and as part of The Fat Rubber Band Recorded with Rowan Mathews and co-produced with Tex Perkins - debut FRB album due for release 2021 Stovepipe Studios closed in 2020 Playing guitar in Far From Folsom and Man in Black (featuring Tex Perkins & Rachel Tidd) Completed an instrumental album with Ben Franz released in 2022 Thinking about a new Lost Ragas album Embarked on a Fat Rubber Band European tour. Teaching at JMC Music Academy, collaborating with other musicians, walking, beachcombing, growing vegetables,... .
(Photo by Larry McGrath)
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audio 14 w/ashley davies
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Matt with Neil Murray