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| 706 Union Ave. CD Review Scene Magazine - July 23, 2002
Cleveland Free Times -
March 12, 2008
The Plain
Dealer, Friday Magazine, April 18, 2003
The Plain Dealer, Sunday,
January 27, 2002
The Sun Herald, Thursday,
August 16, 2001
Northern Ohio Live, July
2001
The Cleveland Scene, July
19, 2001
The Cleveland Free Times,
July 18 - 24, 2001
The Ashland Times-Gazette, Monday, June 26,
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 "Damn
Fine Blues!" Original & classic delta blues featuring slide
guitar and baritone vocals. A blues gumbo repertoire that blends
in jazz, folk, soul & rock 'n' roll. Austin "Walkin' Cane"
Charanghat is a blues singer, songwriter and slide guitarist
that performs acoustic solo, duo & electric band sets. Walkin'
Cane has travelled all over the country from New Orleans,
Louisiana to Juneau, Alaska and has acquired various
blues/instrumentalist awards over the years. Austin walked for
ten years with a cane due to an arterial venous malformation at
birth. While performing on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, a
homeless man called out "Hey Walkin' Cane got some spare change
for a brother?!" Charanghat took the jibe as his nickname. In
1996, after years of battling the inevitable, his left leg was
amputated below the knee. A year after the surgery, he returned
to the music scene stronger & without need of a cane. In 2002,
Austin & Karen Starks were married at Sun Studios in Memphis,
Tennessee and began recording his 706 Union Ave. cd at the
legendary studio immediately after the ceremony. "The thought of
recording & getting married in the same room where many of my
heroes took their first steps was incredible." Austin "Walkin'
Cane" is proud to be sponsored by National Reso-Phonic Guitars,
Dr. Z Amplifiers & Ernie Ball Strings.
"Walkin' Cane's" latest cd, "Murder of a Blues Singer", was
inspired by an after hour diner conversation with blues legend
Robert Jr. Lockwood. "The stories were flowing like the grease
off our plates", subsequently the album is saturated in classic
delta blues, as were the tales of Lockwood's stepfather, Robert
Johnson. Mr. Lockwood had agreed to perform on the record, but
fate had changed that path. The Walkin' Cane Band featuring Mike
Barrick on bass, Michael Bay on guitar & Jim Wall on drums
captured the perfect "live in the studio" feeling that
Charanghat & co-writer Chris Allen had envisioned for these
songs. The band is a "well oiled machine" & has been writing,
recording & performing together since 1998. Special guests on
"Murder of a Blues Singer" include Colin Dussault (Colin
Dussault's Blues Project), Eric "Eroc" Sosinski (Michael
Stanley, Wish You Were Here) and one of Cleveland's finest
gospel groups, the Prayer Warriors. |
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Walkin' Cane Accolades:
2009 - International Blues Challenge - Memphis, TN
2008 - NACA Northern Plains Showcase
2007 - NACA Mid-American Showcase
2007 - International Blues Challenge (IBC's) in Memphis -
acoustic, solo, delta, slide blues - sponsored by Blues, Jazz &
Folk Music Society
2007 - best guitarist - cleveland free times magazine
2006 - National Reso-phonic Guitar CD Compilation "Love Grown
Strong" - Walkin' Cane original included.
2006 - River City Blues Competition Winner - acoustic solo delta
blues - Blues, Jazz & Folk Music Society
2005 - sponsorship with National Reso-Phonic Guitars
2004 - sponsorship with Dr. Z. Amplifiers
2003 - live performance on PBS television show "Applause"
2002 - sponsorship with Ernie Ball Strings
2001 - best unsigned blues band - buddy guy's legends/guitar
player magazine - chicago
2000 - best local instrumentalist winner - the best of cleveland
- citysearch.com
Festivals:
Columbus Traditional Blues Festival w/ John Hammond Jr., Henry
Gray, John Primer - '07
International Blues Challenge - in Memphis - '07
Two Jr.'s Show w/ John Hammond Jr. & Robert Jr. Lockwood - '06
River City Blues Fest w/ Watermelon Slim, Fruteland Jackson,
Slick Ballinger & Blind Mississippi Morris - '06
Opened for or performed with:
Bobby "Blue" Bland, Buddy Guy, Gregg Allman, Johnny Winter, John
Mooney, Robert Jr. Lockwood, John Hammond Jr., Billy Branch,
Jaimoe (Allman Bros.), Watermelon Slim, Rare Earth, Deep Purple,
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ted Nugent, BR549, Arc Angels, Nappy Brown...
Finalists/Nominees
best blues band / best vocalist / best guitarist - cleveland
free times - 1999-2001, 2004-2008
2006, 2000 - best blues band finalists - scene magazine |
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