{"id":13249,"date":"2024-03-18T17:45:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T17:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13249"},"modified":"2024-03-18T21:06:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T21:06:32","slug":"music-uncle-walt-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13249","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: Uncle Walt Fever!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9042-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13248\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9042-1.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9042-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9042-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9042-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ok, so I\u2019m having a real ball listening to Uncle Walt\u2019s Band. I\u2019ve ordered all three of their self-released official albums. I was a bit unsure about getting this anthology, \u2018cause I have most of it already. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I\u2019ve caved in. They\u2019re so good, I simply <em>have<\/em> to have it all. There\u2019s a couple of tracks at least that I can\u2019t get elsewhere, \u2018Getaway\u2019, an original, and the ol\u2019 timey classic, \u2018Sitting On Top Of The World\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can\u2019t wait! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED NEWS: The Contenders, 1978<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jPbsLIPE7FE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The original vinyl version (\u201878?).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My mania for all things Walt, Champ (and David) does have limits, though. As I\u2019ve discovered on listening to the above. Walt and Champ were part of The Contenders, a short lived group who released just the one album (see above).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love the Walt and Champ stuff, but not much else, alas. The album opens with \u2018Lean On Your Mind\u2019, which I know from the (superior) UWB version. But when tracks by non UWB members come on, I\u2019m unmoved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9047-1-1024x705.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13254\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9047-1-1024x705.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9047-1-300x207.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9047-1-768x529.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9047-1.jpg 1089w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tommy Goldsmith, Walt, Champ, Steve Runkle, Jimbeau Walsh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And I\u2019m not too taken with the drummer. Which, as a drummer myself, is an issue. Sorry, Jimbeau! Walt\u2019s sister Kathy occasionally played drums with UWB (she might even be on some of their recordings?). But I like them best <em>sans <\/em>drums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve only managed a partial listen to <em>The Contenders<\/em>. Maybe it\u2019ll grow on me? But somehow I suspect not. It\u2019s been re-released. And allegedly the sound is much improved. So maybe I ought to check out the reissue?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9048.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13255\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9048.jpg 540w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9048-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9048-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9048-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The reissue, with a new cover design.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hmmm!?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, so I\u2019m having a real ball listening to Uncle Walt\u2019s Band. I\u2019ve ordered all three of their self-released official albums. I was a bit unsure about getting this anthology, \u2018cause I have most of it already. But I\u2019ve caved in. They\u2019re so good, I simply have to have it all. There\u2019s a couple of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13249\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MUSiC: Uncle Walt Fever!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-3rH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13249"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13249"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13260,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13249\/revisions\/13260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}