Django Walker
Django Walker | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | Django Cody Walker August 28, 1981 |
| Occupation | 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]
Biography
[edit]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]
Career
[edit]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's 2011 song, "Texas Longhorn", is played after the third quarter of Texas Longhorns football home games.[11]
Musical style
[edit]Walker has cited several different influences for his musical style, including popular rock artists The Beatles, Bob Dylan,[12] 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.[12] Reviewers have described his style as "unique country",[12] "country/rocker",[3] and "classic rock with undertones of good old Southern comfort".[2]
Personal
[edit]Walker attended Austin High School in Austin, Texas, graduating in 1999.[3] He played on the varsity basketball team,[13] and, while studying in England, played semi-professional basketball.[7][8]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Hill, Jack W. (August 2, 2004). "Django Walker comes Down the Road to LR club". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ball, Laura A. (March 7, 2006). "Don't call 'em country". Vail Daily. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Darnell, Meredith (June 3, 2003). "City preparing for crowd of 30,000". The Baytown Sun.
- 1 2 3 Lee, David J. (June 7, 2002). "Son of Jerry Jeff Walker, Django, opening for Green". The Odessa American. p. 7E.
- ↑ Riemenschneider, Chris (October 1, 1999). "The Beat: Street Soundz". Austin American-Statesman. p. 14 (XL Ent).
- ↑ Goodspeed, John (March 1, 2002). "Songwriters' rule: Nothing sells like truth". San Antonio Express-News.
- 1 2 Hinojosa, Cassandra (June 4, 2004). "Django Walker kicks off music series – Jerry Jeff Walker's son wants to be respected for his music". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. p. E4.
- 1 2 3 "Django djamming on new CD". Wichita Falls Times Record News. January 2, 2006. p. G1.
- 1 2 Tarradell, Mario (March 2, 2006). "Like father, like son". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved May 15, 2009. [dead link]
- ↑ Finan, Kristan (June 1, 2005). "Taking country rock by storm". Houston Chronicle. p. 4 (Preview section).
- ↑ Elayan, Adam (October 24, 2025). "Meet Django Walker, artist behind popular 'Texas Longhorn' song". The Daily Texan. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
- 1 2 3 Perry, Andrea (June 2, 2002). "Son of Texas music legend to appear at Tivoli". The Daily Ardmoreite.
- ↑ Hoppes, Lynn. "Django Walker proud of Texas Longhorns anthem". ESPN. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
External links
[edit]- "www.djangowalker.com". Archived from the original on September 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
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