But it’s on the cover versions featured here that you can hear soul stretching out.
Delusions of Adequacy 's Geoff Parks compared him with Ryan Adams and opined that Walker was 'out there on the edges, pushing harder, moving quicker than Adams, who has now become a mainstream media darling.' Parks noticed ' maturity and songwriting finesse shine through. Walker's debut studio album, Stranger to Someone, was issued via Laughing Outlaw Records in October 2001.
In 1998 they released their debut album of originals, Twin Firs. That group had started two years earlier as a covers band, playing Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson and Gram Parsons material. In 1997 he joined Golden Rough on guitar alongside Brian Crouch on piano, David Orwell on vocals and guitar, Helen Meany on bass guitar and vocals, and Martin McDonald on drums. Born in New Zealand in 1969, Jason Walker moved to Sydney, Australia at age 18.
