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About Me

John "JW" Walden skillfully weaves the essence of the song through a heart felt groove. A New Orleans native, now living in Northern California John has lent his sense of time and feel to many artists and bands. John has worked with Independent Award Winning Country Artist Miko Marks, Rock Act Raising Days, and Rock Act The Mick Donovan Band. John can be heard playing at many local venues as well as around parts of the US. John has played many live performances in Los Angles, Nashville, San Franciscio, Washington, DC, Portland, and his home town of New Orleans. John's skill set goes beyond bass playing. He is also a solid time keeper from behind the drums and has displayed technical and mechanical skills which have proven useful on tour. John is a former student of Mandy Flowers who studied under Ray Brown in New York and Charlie Haden in Los Angles. Always looking to find the sweet spot in the tune, whether playing from behine the drum kit or out in front on the bass,pulling the tune together is where it is at for JW.

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Member Since: 28/11/2006
Band Members: JW proudly uses Fender and Musicman Basses Hartke Amps and Cabinets, ErineBall Strings, Planet Waves Straps, Dunlop Straplocks, Monster Cables and iGIG cases.When working from behine the drums JW uses Tama Drums and Hardware, Zildjian Cymbals, Vater sticks & Brushes
Influences: JW influences: 70's and 80's Rock, Soul Motown/Stax, Jazz, New Orleans style Funk/Blues, Country, Singer/Songwirters BassPlayer influences: Ray Brown, Mingus, Ron Carter, Christain McBride, George Porter Jr., Sting, John Paul Jones, Nathan East, Donald " Duck" Dunn, Reggie Scalan, and countless unknown studio aces. CURRENT PROJECTS: Aoede, The Mick Donovan Band, Raising Days. PAST PROJECTS: Bigelow's TreeHouse, Christine Van Hoy Band, The Bridge Crawl, Down The Sol, Miko Marks Band, Picture This, Livin With Jack, Claire Hedin, Open Space Band.
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Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Where Ya At

It seems like forever since I sat down to write, but it hasn't been that long. Rasinig Days has finished in the studio and the CD is in the mixing/mastering stages and then off to packaging. This is t...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:11:00 GMT

The Middle of The Year

We have goten to the middle of the year and summer is in full swing. Last week Raising Days just completed studio sessions with producer Eric Greedy in San Francisco. It was a great session over ...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:15:00 GMT

In The Now

Hey to everyone I hope you all have been well. For those of you who may haven't heard The Bridge Crwal and I parted ways in April. I wish the band well in all of there future endevors and contuined su...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 07:31:00 GMT

The Latest

I want to start out by saying THANK YOU to everyone that has been going out to the shows, We really apperciaite the support, that's all the projects I have been working with. Since I last posted I hav...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:41:00 GMT

New Projects

Hey to all, it has been some time since I last sat down to write. I have been very lucky to find myself in two new musical projects, both of which are in my top four, The Bridge Crawl and Marget...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:16:00 GMT

New Friends

I just wanted to have you all check out my new added friends, one of big heads up is Committed, they are da bomb. Great tunes and sweet sticky grooves with an anglica voice to move the soul. Give them...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:31:00 GMT

Road Trip Nashville, TN

Just wanted to drop a quick update, my trip to Nashville has been a great one so far. I will be haeding back at the end of the week for another show. The band Livin With Jack and front man Drake ...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 18:35:00 GMT

The End of the Year

It has come to the start of the end of another year. 2006 has been a great year for me and music, Open Space has been working on promoting its first CD, and the shows that were played with Miko Marks....
Posted by on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:39:00 GMT