Toby Walker with support from Jamie Scott

Toby Walker

A renown US acoustic folk blues guitarist and raconteur, who many of you will have seen here in the UK before.

Toby Walker from the USA is the real deal playing acoustic guitar with the virtuosity that captivates audiences and along the way he includes some amusing songs and great stories, making for a great evening of musical entertainment with a capital E.

Internationally and nationally acclaimed Toby Walker has been hailed as an award winning, roots music fingerstyle guitar virtuoso and songwriter who has toured the US, the UK, Canada and Europe. Blending the styles of blues, ragtime, country, bluegrass, old-time jazz and rock, Walker has developed his own style and as such, received numerous awards, including being the 1st place recipient of the International Blues Challenge Award in Memphis and the New York Music Award for best instrumental CD. Toby Walker has also been inducted into the New York Blues Hall Of Fame.

“If he doesn’t get them with his phenomenal guitar playing or catchy songs, he gets them with his wonderful stories. True entertainers have an engaging spirit that puts a smile on your face. Arlo Guthrie has it. David Bromberg has it. And so does Toby. ” John Platt – WFUV

“Flat out… you have to hear this great musician… I’m blown away” Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna and the Jefferson Airplane

“A fingerpicking guitar virtuoso” Happy Traum

“Not only can Toby play all styles of the blues, but he’s a remarkable story-teller as well. And you’ll be surprised by what else he’ll pull out of his hat to please his audiences. He may come out with an arrangement of ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ or ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’ followed by an Irish fiddle tune medley (on guitar), a couple of rousing singalongs and top it all off with his arrangement of the Allman Brothers tune ‘Little Martha,’ Whipping Post’ or even a traditional bluegrass tune.” He takes the audience on one heck of a ride and leaves them smiling all the way home!!” John Sheridan –
The London Sunday Times.

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Jamie Scott

Like many people of his generation Jamie Scott first came across the blues through bands like Led Zeppelin, and worked backwards, eventually ending up in the Mississippi delta. Forty years later he writes songs with a traditional delta and hill country vibe, with some hints of the piedmont, Appalachia and a dash of U.K. folk.