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Release Date: June 21st, 2023
Thank you, thank you thank you... all of you. Because of your generous support I was able to reach my goal in order to produce this CD... 'String Slinger.'

Toby Walker - Guitar and Vocals - no overdubs.
Simon Ficken - Recording Engineer. Back Room Studios
Photography and Graphic Design - David Derr - D2 Studios

Below you'll find the list of songs, notes, purchasing and publishing information. Liner notes about the songs and other stuff will be on this page by the CD's release date.


Much thanks,
Toby Walker


Here are the songs I'll be including on the CD:

The Instrumentals:
These were all recorded with my 2004 Huss & Dalton MJC.

The Nitro Express - A totally improvised tune with an arranged beginning and end.
Cannonball Rag - A wonderful tune by Merle Travis along with my additional add ons.
The New Cincinnati Flow Rag - my arrangement of the Reverend Gary Davis tune.
Charley Takes A Walk - Toby Walker- dedicated to my dog - Charley.

Songs using National Resonator Guitars.
The first four were recorded with a 1930 Triolian. Thanks to Mark Seligman for lending me this guitar!!

Traveling Riverside Blues - my take on Robert Johnson's classic tune
Poor Black Mattie - a song that R.L. Burnside from Mississippi taught me.
Glory Glory Hallelujah - melody and lyrics I learned from Other Turner of MS
Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down - Big Bill Broonzy

This song was recorded with my 2004 National Tri-Cone Resonator.
Mortgage On My Soul - Toby Walker

Other Songs:
These were all recorded with my 2004 Huss & Dalton MJC.

Online Religion (COVID) - updated for COVID! Toby Walker/ Tom Griffith.
Cocaine - traditional
Mama Had A Sick Child - Dave Moore
Crazy About An Automobile - Billy Emerson
Take My Baby For A Little Drive - Toby Walker
All Around This World - Traditional


Purchasing the physical CD:
I can send you an personalized, autographed CD in the mail as long as you live in the Continental United States. The cost is $20 which includes shipping.

Unfortunately I do not ship to Alaska, Hawaii or out of the country.

Publishing and Copyright Information:

Take Her For A Little Drive
By Toby Walker
Copyright Loose Truth Music/BMI

Online Religion (COVID)
By Toby Walker and Tom Griffith
Loose Truth Music/BMI and
For the Best Music/ ASCAP

Keep On Drinking
By Broonzy and William Lee Conley
Copyright Universal - McA Music Publ. and a c/o Universal-McA Music Publishing Div. of Universal Music Corp.

Crazy bout an Automobile
By William R Emerson
Copyright Riverline Music

Keep On Drinking
By Broonzy and William Lee Conley
Copyright Universal - McA Music Publ. and a c/o Universal-McA Music Publishing Div. of Universal Music Corp.

The Nitro Express
By Toby Walker
Copyright Loose Truth Music/BMI


Mother Had a Sick Child
By Mance Lipscomb
Copyright Tradition Music Co.

Cannon Ball Rag
By Merle Travis
Copyright Elvis Presley Music c/o Unichappell Music, Inc.

Traveling Riverside Blues
By Robert Johnson
Copyright Standing Ovation Music

Crazy bout an Automobile
By William R Emerson
Copyright Riverline Music

The New Cincinnati Flow Rag
By Toby Walker
Copyright Loose Truth Music/BMI

Mortgage On My Soul
By Toby Walker
Copyright Loose Truth Music/BMI

Poor Black Mattie
By Robert Lee Burnside
Copyright BMG Bumblebee o/b/o Tradition Music Co.

Charley Takes A Walk
By Toby Walker
Copyright Loose Truth Music/BMI


Copyright 2025 Toby Walker