

With Primrose Green, Walker has developed into a thoughtful singer-songwriter following a tangled thread, one picked at by the likes of Tim Buckley, John Martyn, Van Morrison and in 1969's Streetnoise, a folky progressive-rock record by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity.

But where Rose looked to fingerstyle masters like John Fahey and Robbie Basho, Walker evokes the '70s, when unplugged music could pick the body electric. Like Rose, the Chicago-based Walker also comes from a noisier past that led to exploration in acoustic music. In both cases, Walker and Rose politely declined the quiet coffeehouse attitude toward the unplugged and demanded something unruly. It recalls a moment nearly nine years prior, at a venue just around the corner, when another acoustic guitarist, Jack Rose, asked a seated audience to stand up: "This is rock 'n' roll," he said. A friend, singer-songwriter Marian McLaughlin, offers help but Walker flashes a smile and says, "Nah, thanks, this is punk rock," then somehow extends a hand to shake and hustles upstairs. bar where his band is set to play, carrying two acoustic guitar cases and an amp. Warren Haynes Details Christmas Jam Lineup: Phil Lesh & Friends, Tyler Childers, Brothers Osborne, Dinosaur Jr.Ryley Walker walks into the D.C.
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Set 1: Everyday People, Slow Ride Argument, Santa Fe, Birthday Boy, The Righteous Path, Grievance Merchants, The New OK, Romon Casiano, Lookout Mountain, Natural Light, The Opening Act, Gravity’s Gone, Hell No, I Ain’t Happy, Women Without Whiskey, Plastic Flowers on the Highway, 3 Dimes Down, The Driver, Zip City, Tornadoes, A Ghost to Most, Goode’s Field Road, Made Up English Oceans, Rosemary with a Bible and a Gun, Marry Me, The KKK Took My Baby Away, Let There Be Rock, Surrender Under Protest, Angels and Fuselage, Way Out West. Tickets are on sale and can be purchased here. dates the two-night stand will take place at the Wonder Ballroom on Feb. The band closed out the show with another taped recording, Big Star’s “Way Out West.” Next, Drive-By Truckers will perform their rescheduled Portland, Ore.

Before Wednesday’s show, Walker has supported the band with opening sets alongside Andrew Young (bass) and Ryan Jewell (drums). Ryley Walker, who is currently on tour with Drive-By Truckers, took the stage for 2001’s “Angels and Fuselage” off Southern Rock Opera. natives then performed “Marry Me” before breaking into a cover of the Ramones’ “The KKK Took My Baby Away,” followed by “Let There Be Rock” and “Surrender Under Protest.” 5 at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Okla., and continued with “Zip City,” “Tornadoes,” and “A Ghost to Most.” Next, Drive-By Truckers played a new number, “The Driver,” first performed on Feb. The single-set show continued with “Gravity’s Gone” off 2006’s A Blessing and a Curse, followed by “Hell No, I Ain’t Happy,” “Women Without Whiskey,” and “Plastic Flowers on the Highway.” Wednesday night began with a taped recording of Sly & The Family Stone’s “Everyday People,” followed by the band breaking into “Slow Ride Argument” and “Santa Fe.” Next, they played a couple of fan-favorites, followed by full-bodied “Grievance Merchants.” Ryley Walker sat in during the latter part of the show for “Angels and Fuselage.” Drive-By Truckers performed at The Fillmore in San Francisco, on Wednesday night.
