Uncle Walt's Band – An American In Texas (LP Vinyl)
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Walter Hyatt, Champ Hood, and David Ball formed one of the most quietly influential acoustic groups to ever come out of the South, their close harmonies and melodic intimacy pointing toward a strain of American roots music that Nashville and the wider industry wouldn't fully catch up to for another decade. Ball would go on to country chart success, and Hyatt's solo work earned deep admiration before his tragic death in the 1996 ValuJet crash, but the three of them together represented something irreplaceable.
Uncle Walt's Band has always been a hidden gem. One of those bands that, if you knew them, you loved them, but in their time, if you weren't at the right place at the right time, you didn't know about them at all. In their heyday, they were well known in their adopted home of Austin, but if you didn't get a copy of one of their albums from a band members' trunk after a gig, you didn't have anything to tide you over until their next show. An American In Texas returns nearly 40 years after it's initial release, this time on vinyl LP courtesy of Omnivore Records. Packaging contains photos and new liner notes from Austin writer Rush K Evans III, which trace the UWB story, and the reunion that resulted in this classic piece of Americana - from a time when no one had ever used the word. Take a trip back to what would become the future - Uncle Walt's Band's An American In Texas.
UPC: 816651017980
Label: Omnivore Recordings
Release Date: 11.1.19
Format: LP Vinyl