Show Notes
No-one deserves to be part of our Masters Series more than Don Walker. Don is one of Australia’s most iconic players and songwriters and we chat on his latest release Love Songs , his work with Cold Chisel and Tex, Don and Charlie, and a whole lot more.
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Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab):
Don Walker – Love Songs
Don’s approach to the ‘Love Songs’ album
Don Walker’s ‘Salsa song’ – Let’s All Get Together
Don Walker – Luck
The song Cold Chisel knocked back – The Girl I Used To Know
Don Walker – Darwin
The inimitable Jeff Lang
Don’s favourite piano
The sadly now deceased Head Gap Studios
Don’s Kawaii Baby Grand piano
Don Walker – Could You Still Be Here
Don’s solo touring keyboard rig and love of the (older) Nord piano sound
Don’s musical upbringing
Developing skills on organ
The Lawrence Audio electric piano
The thankful advent of the Yamaha CP-70
Negotiating sonic space for keyboard in a guitar driven band like Cold Chisel
A discussion on some deeper Don Walker compositions for Cold Chisel:
Cold Chisel – Home and Broken Hearted
Cold Chisel – Letter to Alan
Cold Chisel – Hound Dog
Cold Chisel – Janelle
Tex, Don & Charlie – Danielle
Arranging new songs / the collaborative approach within Cold Chisel
Don’s Cold Chisel keyboard rig
Auditioning a cavalcade of Yamaha CP-70s before the 2024 tour
The formation of Tex, Don & Charlie
Don in action with Tex, Don & Charlie live, 2017
Don’s duet with Slim Dusty: Charleville
Another Don Walker composition for Slim Dusty: Looking Forward, Looking Back
Don’s admiration for Thelonius Monk and Duke Ellington
Desert Island Discs: Ellington Indigos – Duke Ellington, Self-Titled – Elvis Presley, A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles, Self-Titled – Led Zeppelin, Hymns to the Silence – Van Morrison.
A potential fiction book from Don Walker
Don’s view on a musical legacy or impact
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