Jamie Walker
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Music
Press
“BOSTON SHAKER NOT ONLY STOLE THE SHOW: THEY TOOK IT FOR A JOYRIDE, CRASHED IT INTO A DITCH AND TORCHED THE WRECK. BOSTON SHAKER ARE AN EXCELLENT GROUP………SOUNDING LIKE WHAT HAPPENS NINE MONTHS AFTER HARD ROCK AND INDIE POP CRAWL DRUNKENLY INTO BED TOGETHER, THE BAND HAD A CATCHY SOUND AND A STRONG STAGE PRESENCE” LIAM CASEY, DRUM MEDIA. - Drum Media
“TIGHT, ECONOMIC, PUMPING FISTS IN THE AIR ROCK’N’ROLL BRIMMING WITH ENERGY………WHAT THEY ARE REALLY DOING IS MARRYING THE EFFERVESCENT VIGOUR OF THE STRAY CATS AND THE POP VIM OF THE EASYBEATS………AND THEY ARE DOING IT WITH A REMARKABLE DEGREE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND SELF-CONFIDENCE” MICHAEL SMITH, DRUM MEDIA. - Drum Media
Discography
I HAVE HAD AN EP RELEASED INDEPENDANTLY WITH BOSTON SHAKER ENTITLED "TESTIFY". THE SONG"TESTIFY" WON BEST ROCK SONG AT THE NA2R RADIO COMP IN 2008. TESTIFY WAS THEN RELEASED AS A SINGLE THROUGH MGM, THE ACCOMPANYING VIDEO HAS BEEN SEEN ON ALL MUSIC SHOWS NATIONALLY SEVERAL TIMES OVER. IN ADDITION TWO OF MY ORIGINAL SONGS (ROB BANKS AND OFF THE LEDGE) WERE INCLUDED IN AN INDEPENDENT AMERICAN MOVIE, OFF THE LEDGE, INCLUDING THE FILM’S TITLE TRACK. TESTIFY AND ROB BANKS WERE ALSO INCLUDED ON THE CHANNEL 9 TV SHOW, BATTLEFRONTS.
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Bio
JAMIE WALKER IS A SYDNEY SONG WRITER WHO HAS PERFORMED WITH VARIOUS BANDS AND IS CURRENTLY THE WRITER BEHIND SYDNEY ROCK BAND BOSTON SHAKER. JAMIES’ INFLUENCES INCLUDE LOTS OF THE CLASSICS SUCH AS THE BEATLES, THE STONES, THE BEACH BOYS, AC/DC AND CREEDENCE ALONG WITH CONTEMPORARY SOUNDS RANGING FROM RYAN ADAMS, THE KINGS OF LEON AND THE RACONTEURS TO THE BLACK CROWES AND THE LIVING END. THROW IN HIS OWN NATURAL STYLE AND JAMIE IS BECOMING QUITE PROLIFIC WITH HIS WRITING.
AN ACCOMPLISHED GUITARIST AND VOCALIST JAMIE HAS BEEN DRIVING THE ROADS UP AND DOWN AUSTRALIA’S EAST COAST SUPPORTING THE LIKES OF BRITISH INDIA, REGURGITATOR, DALLAS CRANE, THE SKYBOMBERS AND AIRBOURNE AS A MEMBER OF BOSTON SHAKER.
“BOSTON SHAKER NOT ONLY STOLE THE SHOW: THEY TOOK IT FOR A JOYRIDE, CRASHED IT INTO A DITCH AND TORCHED THE WRECK. BOSTON SHAKER ARE AN EXCELLENT GROUP………SOUNDING LIKE WHAT HAPPENS NINE MONTHS AFTER HARD ROCK AND INDIE POP CRAWL DRUNKENLY INTO BED TOGETHER, THE BAND HAD A CATCHY SOUND AND A STRONG STAGE PRESENCE” LIAM CASEY, DRUM MEDIA.
“TIGHT, ECONOMIC, PUMPING FISTS IN THE AIR ROCK’N’ROLL BRIMMING WITH ENERGY………WHAT THEY ARE REALLY DOING IS MARRYING THE EFFERVESCENT VIGOUR OF THE STRAY CATS AND THE POP VIM OF THE EASYBEATS………AND THEY ARE DOING IT WITH A REMARKABLE DEGREE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND SELF-CONFIDENCE” MICHAEL SMITH, DRUM MEDIA.
NOT ONLY IN THE LIVE ARENA BUT ALSO ON RECORD JAMIE HAS IMPRESSED, WITH BOSTON SHAKER WINNING THE BEST ROCK SONG AT THE 2008 NA2R RADIO COMPETITION. THE SONG, TESTIFY, WRITTEN BY JAMIE AND RECORDED WITH ARIA AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER/ENGINEER ANTON HAGOP, HAS GAINED NATIONAL AIRPLAY AND THE ACCOMPANYING VIDEO HAS BEEN SEEN ON ALL MUSIC SHOWS NATIONALLY SEVERAL TIMES OVER. IN ADDITION TWO OF JAMIES’ ORIGINAL SONGS WERE INCLUDED IN AN INDEPENDENT AMERICAN MOVIE, OFF THE LEDGE, INCLUDING THE FILM’S TITLE TRACK. HE HAS ALSO HAD HIS SONGS INCLUDED ON THE CHANNEL 9 TV SHOW, BATTLEFRONTS.
JAMIE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP HIS SONG WRITING ABILITIES ALONG WITH HIS LIVE SKILLS, HE HAS ALSO WRITTEN NEW MATERIAL FOR AN UPCOMING RELEASE WITH BOSTON SHAKER THAT IS SURE TO GIVE HIM EVEN MORE OPPORTUNITY TO EMERGE AS ONE OF THIS COUNTRY’S MOST PROMISING SONG WRITERS.
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