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August
2010
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Troy Walker Interview
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Troy Walker arrived
in L.A. in 1958 and became a club singer right away, and he began recording
around 1961. He was a popular entertainer up into the 80s, and while
he took a break for a while, he's still performing. That's about 50
years, and definitely makes him one of our music pioneers. And he's
got lots of stories to tell, about Jerry Lee Lewis, Leon Russell, Cher,
Phil Spector, Johnnie Ray, and many more. I like best of all that he
was a flamboyant entertainer and never compromised by toning down his
style. He recorded a "man singing to a man" song on his |
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Part
1 - 65:53
Above,
August 2010, Photo by Chris Wilson
I got to see
Troy perform in September 2010, and he was Terrific! |
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Bonus
Interview
Troy Walker Interviewed by Chris Wilson on IMRU on KPFK Radio, 90.7FM 9/13/10, Los Angeles, 16:18 minutes Download |
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QMH
Parts 2 & 3
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From
time to time on Queer Music Heritage I like to feature songs that don't
really fit into any theme, so the rest of this month will be another one
of my Songs I've Been Meaning To Play shows. It's Volume #9. As
I was digging deep into the 60s for my Troy Walker show, well, I was in
the mood to keep digging, and really highlight obscurities from the early
years of our music.
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Part
2 - 69:53 Part
3 67:30
And,
in 2019 there's a documentary about Troy!
You
won't need one of these to listen,
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