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Uncle Walt’s Band — Anthology: Those Boys From Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing…

Uncle Walt’s Band — Anthology: Those Boys From Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing…

Uncle Walt’s Band

Anthology: Those Boys From Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing...

CD, Digital release date: March 9, 2018

LP release date: March 1, 2024

 

First anthology to chronicle the music of Uncle Walt’s Band, includes previously unissued tracks.

“Walter Hyatt, David Ball and Champ Hood have been an inspiration to me ever since the first time I heard Uncle Walt’s Band,” said Lyle Lovett, a journalism student at Texas A&M University when he first heard the band. “Musically, their finely crafted original compositions reflect diverse influences, while lyrically they demonstrate a sensitive, sophisticated understanding of the dignified South.”

Uncle Walt’s Band, from Spartanburg, South Carolina, was an eclectic music trio that moved to Nashville in 1972 and shortly thereafter to Austin at the urging of Willis Alan Ramsey. ​An attempt at ​an album proved unsuccessful​, so the band headed back to Spartanburg in 1974 where they recorded their own debut LP, Blame It On The Bossa Nova. One thousand copies pressed, sold through performances and self-promotion, disappeared quickly. Heat was gaining for the band so they headed back down to Austin with a reissued album now titled, Uncle Walt’s Band. (Pressings of their original LP change hands for hundreds of dollars these days)

While the album gained many fans and followers it wasn’t enough to sustain the band’s larger ambitions. Going on hiatus for a few years ​,they reunited in Austin at Liberty Lunch in 1978 which launched a second phase for Uncle Walt’s Band that turned out to be the most popular and productive union yet. A second ind​ie album, An American In Texas was released in 1980 followed by a live album from The Waterloo Icehouse, Recorded Live, along with a cassette-only release of studio sessions titled simply, Six • Twenty Six • Seventy Nine.

Gaining the love of Texas music fans, performing regularly throughout the state, yet unable to get the traction nationally​, in 1983 they called it quits again. Although remaining friends and working on various projects over the years, each went on to pursue solo music careers. Hyatt released several albums, plus performed on Austin City Limits, Hood became a Texas Music Hall of Fame sideman playing for artists like Lyle Lovett, Jerry Jeff Walker, and more, and Ball’s success with the hit, “Thinkin’ Problem” established him as a Country Music star.

Back in the late ’70s at Austin’s famed Waterloo Ice House you could find Uncle Walt’s Band fans listening raptly in the packed venue sitting beside the likes of Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Nanci Griffith, Jerry Jeff Walker​, or Marcia Ball. Now, you can pull up a seat next to them yourself. This long overdue collection attempts to right missed opportunities of the past and finally gain Uncle Walt’s Band the recognition they deserve. Enjoy the show!

 


    CD / Digital Track List:

  1. Seat Of Logic
  2. Dish Wiped Clean
  3. Ruby
  4. High Hill
  5. Aloha
  6. Don’t You Think I Feel It Too
  7. Deeper Than Love
  8. As The Crow Flies
  9. Bluebird
  10. Last One To Know
  11. Stay With The One
  12. So Long Baby
  13. Holding On
  14. Walking Angel
  15. Gimme Some Skin (Live at The Waterloo Ice House)
  16. Whatever Reason
  17. One Meatball (Live at The Waterloo Ice House)
  18. Shine On
  19. Getaway
  20. Sitting On Top Of The World (Live at Austin Aqua Fest)
    Bonus Track:

  1. I’ll Come Knockin’ (Demo)
    LP Track List:
    Side 1:

  1. Getaway*
  2. Seat Of Logic
  3. Dish Wiped Clean
  4. Ruby
  5. High Hill
  6. Aloha
  7. Don’t You Think I Feel It Too
  8. Deeper Than Love
    Side 2:

  1. As The Crow Flies
  2. Bluebird
  3. Last One To Know
  4. Stay With The One
  5. So Long Baby
  6. Holding On
  7. Walking Angel
  8. I’ll Come Knockin’ (Fiddle Demo)**
    * First time on vinyl, ** previously unissued version.

Cat: OV-266

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