Possibly My FAVORITE Interview EVER: Troubador & Musician Seth Walker - Life On the Road Devoted to His Muse

Nothing says life on the road and all that comes along with than the life of a touring musician. It’s not Leer jets and posh hotels, sold out auditoriums. The music you hear pouring out of small bars and music houses, cafes come from people like you and me, passionate, driven, inspired…..they drive 8 hours from gig to gig, sleep in modest hotels - or behind the bar after it closes. They set up their own kits and amplifiers, collect their hard-earned cash after the gigs, get up the next morning and do it all over again.

Here's a bonafide troubadour. Seth Walker, touring since the mid 90’s. Seth is an American blues, guitarist singer songwriter….author, poet, painter…..has followed the song of his soul. He wrote his own book during covid called YOUR VAN IS ON FIRE...poetry, art, anecdotes from life - he grew up on a commune - and on the road, like playing with Alain Toussaint, Willie Nelson...he’s chased the vibe his whole life, lived in New Orleans, Austin, Nashville...he wanted to eat, sleep, drink and breathe every single note he could possibly hear until it flowed through him, like osmosis.

You know that kind of musician when you hear one.

I caught up with Seth from his hotel room in Chicago*. By now he’s probably half way to Minnesota where his next gig is.

Seth is more than the sum of his parts. His music is soulful, bright…., sometimes dense, ’’that’s his word...like his song Inside, written during a trip to Cuba right after Fidel Castro died.

*EPISODE originally released Oct. 29, 2021 ©ThomPollard

All music used with permission of Seth Walker.

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LINKS

For more on Seth and to find his book and music, visit:

https://sethwalker.com/

Seth's Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/sethwalker

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