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About Me

Lead vocalist/bassist/guitarist for Psychedelic Blues Train, and bassist/vocalist for a new group called Strange Orchid.

My Interests

Music, film, writing, politics, nature stuff.

Music:

Rush, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Umphrey's McGee, Dream Theater, King's X, Phish, Yes, Primus, Ozzy, Michel Camilo, The Smashing Pumpkins, Albert King, Tenacious D, Beth Hart, Days of the New, Chick Corea, Gov't Mule, Porcupine Tree, Steve Vai, The Mars Volta, Howard Shore, Pat Metheny, Led Zeppelin, Ozomatli, Pink Floyd, Les Claypool, Joe Satriani, ZZ Top, Dr. John, Miguel Castro, System of a Down, Monte Montgomery, Jimi Hendrix, Green Jelly, Geddy Lee, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and more.

Movies:

Lord of the Rings trilogy, Romero's Dead films, Borat, The Hannibal Lecter films, (except Hannibal Rising), Shawshank Redemption, The Descent, Sideways, Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny, Creepshow, The Big Lebowski, A History of Violence, Star Wars, Grindhouse, Shaun of the Dead, Spinal Tap, Kingpin, and many, many more.

Television:

Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Squidbillies, Metalocalypse, Family Guy, Chappelle's Show, Da Ali G Show, South Park, Real Time with Bill Maher, Penn and Teller's Bullshit, and The Colbert Report.

Books:

J.R.R. Tolkien, Neil Peart, Stephen King, Mark Twain, etc.

Heroes:

GUITARISTS: Steve Vai, Robert Fripp BASSISTS: Les Claypool, Geddy Lee

My Blog

Wormwood

"Wormwood," by Slipping Into Sanity and Psychedelic Blues Train. Here are the song credits: Music by Justin Wilson, (Slipping Into Sanity), and lyrics/vocal melodies by William Walker, (Psychede...
Posted by Bill on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:03:00 PST

Last Week

I'm going to try to make this blog brief, because I will return back to this subject sometime in the near future and write a more extensive blog about this past week. Because see, I feel it has been ...
Posted by Bill on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:13:00 PST

Cold Natured - a blog of reason; a blog of rhyme

"Cold Natured"by Psychedelic Blues Trainlyrics by William Taylor WalkerThe wind outside smelled of sweet decayBecause it was the first of the dying daysThere was something colder in the air so I told ...
Posted by Bill on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:12:00 PST

Rush in Atlanta - Snakes and Arrows opening night!

Well, so here we are again. I said I was going to write another blog in a week, and here I am at my laptop, typing this thing. So, let's just get right down to it then: This week I saw Rush in Atlanta...
Posted by Bill on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:57:00 PST

Jams, Greyhound, and the Debate

This week I went on vacation with my family to Sanibel Island, FL, which is right outside of Ft. Myers on the gulf coast. It was a pretty cool place, providing a fairly relaxing week. I rode into to...
Posted by Bill on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:53:00 PST

A Long Week

Monday I went to Cochran to rehearse a song called, "Mack the Knife," for the MGC jazz band show on the following Sunday. Miguel had asked me to do it the week before and of course I said yes. And w...
Posted by Bill on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:17:00 PST

Global Warming - a response to a bulletin

The following blog is my reaction to a recent bulletin. The bulletin supported the theory that global warming is a natural event and not a man-made one. So I had something to say,&nb...
Posted by Bill on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:36:00 PST

Victory

Last week the American people spoke up and voiced their opposition to this president and his war. I'm talking of course about the Democrats taking control of the house and senate. ...
Posted by Bill on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 01:29:00 PST

Our President Is Truly Impeachment Material

I know that this is an unpopular viewpoint in the south but you know what? I don't care. This president is the worst in recent history and probably one of the worst of all time. See,...
Posted by Bill on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:59:00 PST

Days Of The New and People In Planes!

I had a fun experience last weekend! I saw Days Of The New and People In Planes in concert, though I had to go all the way to North Carolina for it. See, my group of friends and I, (five o...
Posted by Bill on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 04:45:00 PST