Hear the keyboardist talk about lifestyle on the street with Roger Waters, The Greyboy Allstars’ ‘A Town Referred to as Earth’ reissue and far more.
By Group JamBase Oct 6, 2022 • 12:00 pm PDT
Episode 144 of The JamBase Podcast, a husband or wife of the Osiris Media Network, functions the return of Robert Walter. The keyboardist spoke with JamBase’s Scott Bernstein about touring with Roger Waters, The Greyboy Allstars‘ not too long ago reissued A City Named Earth album and additional.
Robert Walter is at the moment on the road as a member of Roger Waters’ band. He caught up with Bernstein final 7 days via movie chat from his dwelling in California throughout an off day from the This Is Not A Drill Tour. The keyboardist, who earlier in depth his Musical Mentors in a 2018 episode of The JamBase Podcast, recalled how he obtained the gig with the Pink Floyd co-founder. Robert then discussed the grand output of Roger Waters’ tour, taking part in enormous arenas for the very first time, striving to generate a best performance each night and all the rehearsal that went into the trek. Walter also talked about how exacting Roger Waters is as a boss and why Robert appreciates the notice to element.
One more subject matter strike on was Greater Feathers, a series of recordings Walter wrote and recorded for the duration of the dog times of the pandemic. Robert explained how he needed the creative outlet while caught at household and recruited a selection of his musical mates to collaborate remotely on the 12 tracks. Superior Feathers was launched final yr by way of Royal Potato Family members as a collection of electronic 45s. The keyboardist talked over how he picked the collaborators and why he place out the songs as digital singles.
Robert went on to examine The Greyboy Allstars who will kick off a celebration of their 30th anniversary with an forthcoming New Year’s Operate in their hometown of San Diego. GBA just lately reissued their extended out-of-print 1997 album A Town Known as Earth on both equally vinyl and electronic formats for the very first time. Walter stated how he and bandmates multi-instrumentalist Karl Denson, guitarist Elgin Park, drummer Aaron Redfield and bassist Chris Stillwell truly identified their distinctive seem and individual musical voice amongst releasing their debut album, West Coast Boogaloo, and moving into the studio to report A City Termed Earth. They figured out what they desired to be and underwent a large evolution in time for their sophomore LP. Robert spoke about his most loved monitor on the album, the job he performed in the reissue and how considerably The Greyboy Allstars necessarily mean to him individually to finish the job interview.
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