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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.


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 2021 Toby Walker