Along with the likes of John Fahey and Leo Kottke, Peter Walker is recognised as one of America's most original and adventurous guitarists, noted for blending fingerstyle folk music with Indian raga, Spanish flamenco and many other musical cultures. Born into a musical family in Boston, Massachusetts, he started playing guitar as a boy and became a fixture on the Greenwich Village folk scene. He also studied under the great sitar player Ravi Shankar and Hindustani classical musician Ali Akbar Khan and formed a close alliance with the free-thinking hero of the psychedelic generation Timothy Leary. His debut album Rainy Day Raga was released in 1966 and it was followed, two years later, by Second Poem. Both albums subsequently became collectible as Walker disappeared from public view, while continuing his study of the guitar, focusing on flamenco music. He eventually re-emerged in 2007, recording anew on the album A Raga For Peter Walker, also featuring acolytes like Jack Rose, James Blackshaw, Steffen Basho-Junghens and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. An album full of new Walker material, Echo Of My Soul swiftly followed along with live appearances to put him back on the map. Has Anybody Seen Our Freedom - an album originally recorded in 1970 but which remained unheard for 43 years - finally got official release as a result of the renewed interest in Walker's experimental approach to the guitar.
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Discography
24 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
- Lachesis / Clotho / Atropos
Harmony Rockets, Peter Walker
Alternative & Indie - Released by Tompkins Square on Nov 2, 2018
Available in
24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo
- Pop Jan 1, 1968"Second Poem To Karmela" Or Gypsies Are Important
Peter Walker
Pop - Released by Vanguard on Jan 1, 1968
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Folk Mar 31, 2009Long Lost Tapes 1970
Peter Walker
Folk - Released by Tompkins Square on Mar 31, 2009
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Folk Mar 3, 2009Spanish Guitar
Peter Walker
Folk - Released by Birdman Records on Mar 3, 2009
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Folk Oct 25, 2007Echo of My Soul
Peter Walker
Folk - Released by Tompkins Square on Oct 25, 2007
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Folk Jan 1, 2008October in Woodstock
Peter Walker
Folk - Released by ARK Productions on Jan 1, 2008
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Rock May 25, 2018Arthur King Presents Peter Walker, David Ralicke, Danny Frankel: King Ming
Peter Walker, David Ralicke, Danny Frankel
Rock - Released by Dangerbird Records on May 25, 2018
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Young Gravity
Peter Walker
Alternative & Indie - Released by Dangerbird Records on Apr 11, 2006
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Country Jul 20, 2018My Babysitter
Peter Walker
Country - Released by Peter Walker on Jul 20, 2018
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Folk Jan 1, 2008Nylon and Steel
Peter Walker
Folk - Released by ARK Productions on Jan 1, 2008
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Country May 29, 2018Give It Up
Peter Walker
Country - Released by Peter Walker on May 29, 2018
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Country May 18, 2018He Left the Light on for Me
Peter Walker
Country - Released by Peter Walker on May 18, 2018
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Country Jul 10, 2018The Grandest Eclipse
Peter Walker
Country - Released by Peter Walker on Jul 10, 2018
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Country Apr 9, 2018Just Your Smile
Peter Walker
Country - Released by Peter Walker on Apr 9, 2018
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Miscellaneous Feb 25, 2024MAN DEY UP
Peter Walker
Miscellaneous - Released by Tokley Music on Feb 25, 2024
Available in
24-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Country Mar 28, 2018I`m Glad
Peter Walker
Country - Released by Peter Walker on Mar 28, 2018
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Country Apr 17, 2018I Ain't Po
Peter Walker
Country - Released by Peter Walker on Apr 17, 2018
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Country Jun 22, 2018Methuselah
Peter Walker
Country - Released by Peter Walker on Jun 22, 2018
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Landed
Peter Walker
Alternative & Indie - Released by Dangerbird Records on Sep 28, 2004
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Country May 31, 2018My Dream
Peter Walker
Country - Released by Peter Walker on May 31, 2018
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
- Country Jul 6, 2018Fit to Fly
Peter Walker
Country - Released by Peter Walker on Jul 6, 2018
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo
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