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Walty
Rock / Powerpop / Alternative

		Oakland, California United States Profile Views: 8843 Last Login: 7/17/2008
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Walty: General Info

Member Since	12/2/2005
Band Website	waltymusic.com
Band Members	John Walter aka Walty, Paul Revelli, Billy Shen and Eli Nelson
Influences	monkey's dancing
Sounds Like	Thin Lizzy meets Squeeze
Type of Label	None

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Buy Walty & Yah-Yah Littleman CDs (view more)

New CD "Let It Out" available at CD Baby (view more)

Walty says "Let it Out" CD is available.... (view more)

11 songs mixed! (view more)

Check out "21st Century Girl", "2 Lovers" & "Traveling Salesman Blues" from the new cd (view more)

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About Walty

John Walter (Walty) first hit the west coast in the mid 90's via Illinois ska bluegrass pop trio Yah-Yah Littleman. The band quickly established themselves as one of San Francisco's finest live acts by showing just how much energy and noise an acoustic guitar, a tiny drum kit and a stand up bass (played by Walter) could deliver. In 2004, KFOG chose Walty's tune "California" from his first CD "Haight Street Bus Ride" for their Local Scene CD and the San Francisco radio station continues to spin the tune. In 2007, Walty released his sophomore CD, "Let It Out" recorded by Bart Thurber at House of Faith in Oakland and featuring John Bartkowiak co-writing the songs, Paul Revelli hitting the drums, Billy Shen strumming the guitar and Jon Merker on electric piano.

Walty's Friend Space (Top 24)

Walty has 404 friends.

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Kim Grant

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Robert

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Megan Slankard

Red Meat

tremolo

Clay Bell

Eli Nelson

Tom Armstrong

Wire Train

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Sex Type Thing

Jim Brunberg

The Mommyheads

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Jeffrey Frederick	Jul 15 2008 5:41 PM Jeffrey Frederick videos now on MySpace! Historical, hysterical and just damn great -- check them out!!! Robbin' Banks Rotten Lettuce Beer Shits Saturday Night Third Floor Judy Tell Me Why Poor Al
paul bibbins	Jun 22 2008 12:41 AM Hey Walty, If you haven’t done so already, check out “Frantic Freedom”, the newest song added to the music player on my page. It’s a live studio groove rock jam that’s funky as hell! Think of Jimi Hendrix’s “Foxey Lady” on steroids, and you’ll have a good idea of what’s in store for you when you hear the song. There’s also a companion live video for the song. And in the video I DO MY UPSIDE-DOWN GUITAR PLAYING THING. Ya gotta see it!! **IF YOU DIG IT, YOU CAN BUY THE LIVE JAM TRACK FROM THE VID FROM MY SNOCAP STORE! Also, I added TWO MORE videos. One is called “a little bit of my history”, in which I talk about some of the things that shaped me as a guitar player. The last new vid is called “Rocket Dreams”, a straight-up rock jam! Check out all three videos!
kc turner	May 26 2008 5:54 PM dude, great to see you the other night! i posted a song of yours on youtube. youtube.com/kcturnermusic
HEADFIELD	May 20 2008 2:30 PM Very much thanx for the add! Check out our download offer if you like the music! All the best, Your HEADFIELDs
jeff troiano	May 5 2008 2:42 PM Enjoying your sound. Hope to catch you at the Axis.
The Courtney Janes	Apr 5 2008 6:48 PM thanks Walty I really dig your sound!
Steve Roybal Music	Apr 2 2008 12:05 AM Hey man - still diggin' the CD, sounds freekin' awesome. Looking forward to seeing you live again soon. - Steve
David Hopkins	Mar 31 2008 2:09 PM johnny drew mentioned that I should ask you about sharing the house concert gig next week. let me know if you'd be up for it. no worries tho if not!
The Courtney Janes	Mar 28 2008 3:29 PM The Courtney Janes myspace.com/thecourtneyjanes Radio Astronomy myspace.com/radioastronomy Walty myspace.com/waltymusic March, 29 2008 - 9pm - FREE Bricks Pizza 16 Kentucky St., Petaluma, California
cassandra farrar	Mar 25 2008 8:17 AM hey there & thanks for accepting the add! how's it going?? i hope you enjoy the tunes! please do spread the word & tell your friends about me :) my CD is available at www.cdbaby.com/cd/cassandrafarrar keep in touch! i love to get to know all my friends :) -Cass
The Auramatics	Mar 10 2008 7:55 PM Walty is the vessel that breaks through time....Good luck with the shows!!!!
YOUNG has BEENS	Jan 31 2008 1:36 PM YOakland - Woot. Friday, February 8th, 9:00 PM. Blake's on Telegraph - 2367 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704. The Federalists CD Release party. Young Has Beens support! The Audiophiles open! This one's going to sell out... Go to Ticketweb to grab your tickets now! I ate a piece of my pillow! Dingiddy dangiddy dong!
Rick Vegas	Jan 21 2008 12:15 PM Thanks for the add! Hope you have the best 2008!
Laura	Jan 10 2008 5:49 PM We can't wait to hear you guys tomorrow night! ....I'll be up front screaming like a goon! Promise!
drew pearce	Dec 11 2007 7:49 PM All these songs kick ass. Could you give one of these brilliant ideas to that beat-boxin' brat from American Idol? Or write something Xtina Aguilera's Vegas Comeback in 2010?
S.F. Bay Area Music	Dec 10 2007 2:57 PM Thank you for adding us! You rock and the S.F. Bay Area Music Scene appriciates it :-) Please help spread the word for this myspace. We are trying to attract as many people as possible to help bring the S.F. music scene together :-) And most importantly show off what bay area music has to offer! Anything that you could do would be greatly appreciated! - Bulletins, a blog post. Put us in your top friends list...ANYTHING :-) Thank you so much! kc
kc turner	Oct 17 2007 1:35 PM hey man...thank you so much for rockin' Novato! i really enjoyed your set! take care, kc
annelise.™	Oct 11 2007 1:29 PM are you the guy who wrote the song?
Kim Grant	Oct 5 2007 4:46 AM I'm missing you John Walter...and no, not up until sunrise drinkin'...just got home from work. I did get nostalgic after looking at the Backwards Day myspace page.
annelise.™	Sep 25 2007 5:06 PM heyy i really like your music. my favorite song is coverband but you took it off the playlist to make it your myspace song. comment back.! Annelise
Adrina Thorpe	Sep 14 2007 5:16 PM Wanted to let you know that right now, I'm in a radio station contest and need your votes! Can you help? If you haven't already done so, please vote for Midnight by Adrina Thorpe at this link: http://www.star987.com/pages/vote.html?feed=204416&article=2403680 (you can hear midnight playing on my page) The first round ends on the 19th. Please check back again after the 19th to vote for the 2nd round! Thanks, and take care! I hope your day is beautiful. Adrina Thorpe www.cdbaby.com/adrinathorpe www.adrinathorpe.com
?	Sep 13 2007 1:53 PM Hey Walty, Good luck tonight--wish I could be there!! I hope you learned from Britney's mishaps so please dress appropriate and keep the lip syncing to a minimum...and I know you will...
TWIN	Aug 12 2007 4:58 AM Hey there, thanks for the friend request hope you liked our music, really liking your tracks. Have a great weekend, keep in touch xTWINx
Adrina Thorpe	Aug 10 2007 10:20 AM Thanks for sharing your music and listening to mine! Wishing you all the best today and always! Adrina www.adrinathorpe.com www.cdbaby.com/adrinathorpe
Dirty Penny (is Oklahoma City, OK)	Aug 8 2007 11:28 AM Thanks for findin us Take it sleezy Luv the boys of Dirty Penny
?	Jul 29 2007 12:10 AM Who isn't influenced by burritos and watermelon juice these days....epecially burritos from the Mission? Keep it up!
Andrea Zonn	Jul 14 2007 8:38 AM Walty, Thanks so much for asking me into your lovely space. All good things to you, AZ
Karling Abbeygate	Jul 12 2007 9:07 PM Just pleased as can be to have you as a friend friend!
Michael Brunnock	Jun 30 2007 3:25 AM you bring the elevator . I'll bring the backline and Dave can play the prince songs
Mars Arizona	Jun 29 2007 4:44 PM Hey Walty, Love the new tunes as always! Things are real good over here. We got one in the can, coming out Oct. 8th. Cheers.
dan	Jun 24 2007 10:30 AM Great sets in San Rafael! Much spinnage of Walty CDs on the drive home :) You're so optimistic; only a fool could miss it....
David Hopkins	Jun 10 2007 8:53 PM that's exactly what I aspire to be!
Michael Brunnock	Jun 5 2007 9:59 AM My new album "So I Do" is out now. Come to the album launch in New York City next Sunday, June 10th at The Living Room. Doors are 7pm. Advance tickets available from www.ticketweb.com Go to www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelbrunnock to preview, listen and buy my new CD. - Michael
shurman	May 29 2007 2:46 AM what's happenin' Walty?!?!? tour with Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers went great!!! We have some West Coast dates comin up this week and then we are off for another US tour. Watch for a bunch of new dates to be announced this week! check out our blog for road journal updates from every show we played at: blog.myspace.com/shurman if ya get a minute leave us a comment! hope see ya on down the road- the shurman boyzz
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