Lance Walker was Born & educated in Phila. Lance..s first instrument was piano then after going to a James Brown concert in at the Uptown theater in Philly he switched to bass.At home he would listen to the radio picking out the bass lines on a guitar.
Fate stepped in when a friend(Carmine Rojas) asked him to roadie with him for Sly & the family Stone, learning the ropes from the funkmaster bassist Larry Graham Lance learned how to groove with the funkest band ion the planet After that tour Lance played for various bands around town doing concerts in Fairmount park at Belmont plateau one of those bands, Buff later became Labelle..s band and when Carmine left to play for Nona Hendrix he replaced him in Buff cause by this time he was playin bass,keys & drums. Then after recording a demo for a Pete Baker..s The Stickmen Pete asked Lance to join the band and they toured playing all the major rock clubs such as CBGB..s. Bitter End,Bottom Line. Being one of the first blackman to play in a punk rock, his funky tone & style put him on the cutting edge
When he did come home he produced a band called the Affair & went to Community collage of Phila, while doing that he became the house bassist at Third Story Recording studio.Then recording and touring with R&B group Sparkle & showband Body Heat,becoming Music director for this group they toured the states opening shows for Curtis Mayfield, Howard Hewett, & the late Ricky Nelson.Lance also played with Philadelphia International recording artists :
The Intruders, The Delphonics, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Motown recording artist the Marvelettes & the Elgins
Lance also has toured the blues circuit with artist like the late Jim McCarthy, the Dukes of Destiny, Cobolt blues band,Georgie Bonds, Deb Callahand the late Johnny Clyde Copeland, Shemieka Copeland, Jr. Wells & Lonnie Shields& the texas blues guitar slinger himself Sonny Rhoads.and stills plays for the Jeff Washington band when he is intown
In 1990 Lance put together Metropolis that band backed up Zip recording artist Eleanor Grant(For the love i gave to you) & Motown recording artist The Elgins This bassist is now living in Las Vegas Nv,and has proformed with some of the top acts in town such as Klass-1 with a housegig at Bally..s casnio, Bobby Brooks Hamilton..s Soul classic review ,Soul Desire at New York New york casino, & Cookie Watkins
The world..s no 1 Tina Turner impersonator.
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