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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Django Cody Walker |
| Born | August 28, 1981 |
| Occupation(s) | singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1997–present |
Django Walker (born August 28, 1981 [1] ) is a Texas Country singer-songwriter and the frontman for the Django Walker Band. [2]
Named after Belgian guitarist Django Reinhardt, [1] Walker is the son of country music artist Jerry Jeff Walker and Susan Walker. [2] He began learning to play guitar at age 15. [2] After graduating from Austin High School in 1999, [3] he attended the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts from 1999 to 2001, but did not graduate. [1] He has said the experience made him "a better musician", but also says he learned much more traveling out on the road. [4]
When he was 16, Walker wrote his first song, "The Road You Choose", and performed it on stage at his father's shows. [2] His father recorded it on his 1999 CD, Gypsy Songman, [5] and Django later released his own recording of it.
His band's debut CD, Down the Road, produced by Lloyd Maines, [2] was released in 2002. [1] Walker released the CD on a label he formed himself, Lazy Kid Music. [4] He recorded the CD in five days, and wrote all but one of the songs himself. [4] One of those songs, "Texas on my Mind", was previously recorded by Pat Green, [2] and reached number 1 on the Texas Music Chart. [6] Walker had written the song while a student at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. [7] [8] Dad's 1999 album "Gypsy Songman" contains the autobiographical father to son tune "Little Man".
Walker's second CD, Six Trips Around the World, [2] [9] was released in 2006. It was produced by Mark Bryan of Hootie and the Blowfish, and recorded at Bryan's home in South Carolina. [8] [10]
Walker has cited several different influences for his musical style, including popular rock artists The Beatles, Bob Dylan, [11] The Allman Brothers, Tom Petty, Neil Young, [3] as well as country artists Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, [2] Pat Green, Robert Earl Keen, [3] Guy Clark, [9] and Townes Van Zandt. [11] Reviewers have described his style as "unique country", [11] "country/rocker", [3] and "classic rock with undertones of good old Southern comfort". [2]
Walker attended Austin High School in Austin, Texas, graduating in 1999. [3] He played on the varsity basketball team, [12] and, while studying in England, played semi-professional basketball. [7] [8]
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