Debut album was recorded on Chattooga Avenue in Athens in April, May, and June 2004 with the production and engineering help of local musician and multi-instrumentalist A.J. Adams. Other notable Athens musicians Carlton Owens, Stewart Marshall, and Julia Schoening all lend their talents to the record and live performances.
Influences
To name a few: Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Neil Young, James Taylor, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, John Fogerty, Jerry Garcia, Ian Anderson, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Van Zant, Sam Cooke, Harry Chapin, Jimmy Buffett, Cat Stevens, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Simon, Emmylou Harris, Sting, Bono, Michael Stipe, Gary Louris, Ryan Adams, Shawn Colvin, Steve Earle, Kevn Kinney, Dodd Ferrelle, Stewart Marshall, Winfield Smith... many more!
Sounds Like
"...acoustic and folk songwriting, vocal harmony, and county/bluegrass tasteful instrumentation of guitars, both pedal and lap steel, mandolin, and dobro all make this Americana style release pleasing to the roots-rock fan."
After 10 years as both an agent and volunteer in the music industry, Jay has released his debut album "Downtime." "Downtime" is a collection of original songs written from 1994 to 2004 and also includes a track written by folk artist Gordon Lightfoot. Living in Athens since 1992 and working in the late '90s as a tour/road manager for local artists, Jay’s writings and songs were pieced together in cities and towns all over Georgia and North Carolina, and during brief visits to Colorado, South Carolina lowlands, farmlands in Virginia, Tennessee skylines, the foggy coast of Maine, West Virginia mountains, villages of Montana, upstate New York, and Mississippi main streets. Markwalter’s roots in the cultural, historic cities of Savannah and Athens have obviously flavored the songwriting of "Downtime" along with memorable relationships, occasional hardships, numerous road trips, and solid friendships.
STARTING UP AN OPEN MIC NIGHT @ THE RYE BAR(HELL HOLE FORMERLY KNOWN AS D.T.s DOWNUNDER)WILL BE EVERY MONDAY @ 8:00PM. FIRST NIGHT IS NEXT MONDAY FEBRUARY 25TH. PLEASE COME. I NEED SOME TALENTED SINGER/SONGWRITER PEOPLE THERE TO GET THE BALL ROLLING! SEE YOU @ THE RYE? - HOOKER TY!
Do you like Bonnie Raitt but don't have tickets to her Apr 26th Classic Center Show? Excellent! Come check me out instead at The Melting Point this Thursday @ 8:00 pm. Then you can stick around for the very entertaining "King Cotton."
Jay,you got some really good songs on your space. "The Performer" definitely hits home. We should work up a couple songs for the Melting Point show in April. I'll be in touch.
What's up, Homes? Hope all's well on your end. Congrats on getting your CD out. The songs I'm hearing sound great. I'm stuttering along w/some home recordings out here. I'll send some when they've finished themselves...
