Uncle Walt’s Band pioneered a new form of progressive Texas folk music, blending country and acoustic music to create an entirely new style all their own. The group featured David Ball, as well as the late Walter Hyatt and Champ Hood.
Walter Hyatt and his fellow High School classmates Champ Hood and David Ball began their musical careers in the 1970s, as Uncle Walt's Band. Their renditions of jazz, swing, country and ballads eventually drew huge crowds around Spartanburg, South Carolina to coffee houses and clubs alike.
The three left their hometown for Nashville in 1973, but eventually landed in Austin. The city, and the state of Texas, made the South Carolina natives feel right at home. Uncle Walt's performances in and around Austin are now legendary in the Texas capital and their impact on the Texas music scene has been undeniable.
Walter Hyatt and David Ball eventually returned to Nashville for their own successful careers after Uncle Walt's Band broke up in the 1980s. Sadly Walter Hyatt died May 11, 1996 in a plane crash in the Florida Everglades. DesChamps “Champ” Hood made Austin his home and was a well known studio musician and sideman there until his passing in November 2001.
Uncle Walt’s Band will be remembered for their unique and moving music. The DesChamps Band currently presents their music live before audiences in and around their hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Founded by Champ's nephew Marshall Hood, The DesChamps Band has since "morfed" into the Belleville Outfit, and is now based in Austin, TX.
Uncle Walts performing Champ Hood's Seat of Logic on Austin City Limits
Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
After pre-release tours in Colorado and Georgia, Dehlia Low’s new full-length cd “Tellico” will be presented for the first time in Asheville this Thursday at the Grey Eagle ($8/10, thegreyeagle.com)! Several cuts off the new disk can be heard on at www.myspace.com/dehlialow and live takes of a few of the songs will be performed Thursday afternoon on WNCW 88.7FM. Thursday night’s show will also be a chance for those of you who didn’t make it to Merlefest to hear Lyons, Colorado’s own Spring Creek Bluegrass Band, who are also preparing to release a new disk next month. Dehlia Low will also be joined by “Tellico” producer Jon Stickley of the Shannon Whitworth band. We hope to see you out and thanks for supporting live, original, and local music.
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Thanks for the add. I met the guys in UWB in Nashville, in '73. My friends and I would always try to catch their shows. Great folks who played great music, without a doubt. I used to love to hear them do "Have a Whiff", "If Beale Street Could Talk" and all the ole timey stuff. I sure miss Walter. He was an old soul at the age of 20. Never met anyone quite like him.
Dear Uncle Walt's Band, I am honored for the friend request. Growing up with Warren in Austin, TX I saw how this band heavily effected the music scene there and will forever influence musicians playing American music. Whoever put this page together did a great job.
howdy fans of champ hood , tonite at 7 pm central i will be playing an old tape from the wheatsville coop , featuring ted rowdy with champ on fiddle please watch if you can hank
Hey! Thanks so much for the add request. It's good to hear from fellow South Carolinians. I have a cousin in college in Spartanburg! I enjoyed reading about Uncle Walt's Band. Come by & listen to my music & the songs I love to write anytime. Thanks! *Lauren*
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