Joshua Ray Walker w/ Cody Clark & Adam McClelland
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Joshua Ray Walker w/ Cody Clark & Adam McClelland starts on Monday, Sep 9, 2019 at 8:00pm. The venue for this event is Growlers located in Memphis, TN.
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- <p>Ticket sales start on Monday, Aug 26, 2019 and end on Monday, Sep 9, 2019.</p><p>Monday September 9th, 20197PM Doors / 8PM Show$8All AgesJoshua Ray WalkerCody Clark MusicAdam McClellandA good night out drinking can find us making best friends out of people weve just met, but the best nights out are the ones that catch us unexpectedly sharing our innermost feelings and secrets with a complete stranger. Those uninhibited moments of truth and vulnerability are the same ones mined by Dallas singer-songwriter Joshua Ray Walker on his debut full-length Wish You Were Here. Through his incisive songwriting, Walker faithfully captures both the highs and lows of working class living.In 2018, Walker opened for several of Texas favorite acts, such as Old 97s, Eleven Hundred Springs, Two Tons of Steel, Vandoliers and James Hand at legendary venues like The Blue Light in Lubbock, Stubbs in Austin and The Dance Hall at Luckenbach. For an average of 250 nights a year, Dallas classic country torchbearer shares pieces of himself with an effortless sincerity that has brought his audience to both tears and laughter often at the same time. Told through a melodic, character-driven writing style thats honest to a fault, Walker depicts a cast of subjects on his debut that are down but never out.Theres the portrait of a 13-year-old lady of the streets painted in his lead single Working Girl, which melds an up-tempo melody with clever wordplay projecting the strengths and struggles of a young woman just doing what shes gotta do to get by.I often unintentionally write from the perspective of characters that I dream up, says Walker.I can usually attribute a character to a person Ive met, or people that Ive known, combined with similar traits I find in myself. If its by poor decisions or circumstances beyond their control, I find inspiration from the downtrodden and destitute. I see myself in these characters. I use these characters to explore things about myself in songs Id otherwise be too self-conscious to write about.But Wish You Were Heres best moments come when Walker sets aside the pretense of his characters, letting down his guard on tracks like the second single, Canyon, to reveal his own fears, biggest insecurities and insatiable longing felt throughout his fathers ongoing battle against Stage 4 lung cancer.Im a big, big man, he sings in its gut-wrenching chorus. Not just in size or in stature, but in terms of space that cant be filled. Im a bottomless canyon without a drop to spill.Raised on the sounds of the Smoky Mountains, Walker has been playing music since he was a small child, walking next door to his grandfathers house an avid bluegrass fan and novice musician himself every day after school to listen to records together. He also learned his first banjo and guitar tunes in his grandfathers workshop. It wasnt long before Walker grew into a well-seasoned multi-instrumentalist by grade-school and a working musician since the age of 13.</p>
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