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All my words and music are spontaneously created, never to be done again. I have done over 1 million spontaneously created songs so far. God blessed me with the ability to do this and cursed me with the disability to do a cover, even one of my own. My brain gets totally scrambled. But when I just let it flow, I have an endless bag of songs. When I am in the groove, I walk into the song. The only way I can describe it is to imagine walking into a big screen movie. I feel like a spectator, watching as the songs unfold. I can feel, smell, taste, all the details of the songs. Old blues spirits visit often. They sit on bleachers, like you see at a little leauge field, and cheer me on. Their musty smelling suits, fill my nostrils, and their rythms take me over. If you are still with me, here is my story.
I am a real live 1 man band(bass drum, snare, high hat, guitar, vocal, keyboard, harp), that I learned from Wilbert "Kansas City" Harrison, in the 70's. Everything you hear on this site was done live, with no overdubs. For the past 3 years, I have begun to teach myself the art of recording, and have built a home studio. I finally have my own musical space! I record about 300 full lenght cds a year, and probably hold the record for the most recorded artist of all time.
winner 2009 bushman world harmonica video contest, 2008 IBC representitive for the Columbus Blues Alliance.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ENDORSED, JAMMED, OR BEEN IN WALTER TORE’S BAND OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS: BOB DYLAN, CHARLIE SEXTON (GUITARIST FOR BOB DYLAN, AND ARC ANGELS), WILL SEXTON, ERIC JOHNSON, DAVID GRISSOM (GUITARIST JOHN MELLENCAMP), DAVID HOLT, EVAN JOHNS, MICHAEL BEEN (THE CALL), ROBBIE ROBERTSON (THE BAND), JIMMY CARL BLACK (ORIGINAL DRUMMER FOR FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION), BOBBY KEYS ( SAX PLAYER FOR ROLLING STONES), RONNIE LANE (SMALL FACES), TIMBUCK 3, UNCLE JOHN TURNER (DRUMMER JOHNNY WINTER), JOEY RAMONE, FAST FLOYD, LOU ANN BARTON, LOS LOBOS, DOUG SAHM (SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET), BOB GUCIONNI, JIM RISSMILLER LIGHTNING HOPKINS, SONNY TERRY, LOUISIANA RED, CHAMPION JACK DUPREE, LONNIE BROOKS, ALBERT COLLINS, WILBERT HARRISON (KANSAS CITY), PEE WEE CRAYTON, JOHNNY LITTLEJOHN, JOHNNY COPELAND, KIM WILSON, HUBERT SUMLIN, FRANKIE LEE, COOL PAPA, JOHNNY B GOOD, TROYCE KEYS, MARK NAFTLIN, CLIFFORD ANTONE, IAN MOORE, CHRIS DUARTE, INDIANA SLIM, AUGGIE MYERS, ESTABAN JORDAN, DWIGHT YOAKAM, TOOTS THEILMAN, DAVID SANGER (DRUMMER ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL), TEX THOMAS, MONTE WARDEN, TEXICANA DAMES, RICH MINUS |
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walter tore-vocals, harmonica, piano, guitar, drums, all played at once. I could do 30 cds in a month. I make up all my words and music as I go along, calling it spontobeat. Once a song is done, it is done forever, never to be repeated
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