Canadian singer/songwriter multi-instrumentalist, Dan Walsh is already well known for his collaborations with a number of talented musicians. He’s added his bluesy-slide guitar signature style to more than 40 albums and toured across North America, Europe and Australia and Asia.
For many years Walsh was a key member of Fred Eaglesmith’s band, The Flying Squirrels, where he played more than a couple of hundred gigs a year and shared the stage with the likes of Willie Nelson, Little Feat, Delbert McClinton, Willie P. Bennett and the Del McCoury Band.
In 2023 Walsh released his 6th solo album entitled “The Booker” Produced by Jimmy Bowskill (Blue Rodeo, Sheepdogs), The Booker is a collection of songs written over the past few years and brought to fruition during the world wide shutdown. This is a “guitar record” featuring Bowskill and Walsh trading guitar solos throughout the journey as well as Bowskill providing the bass. Also featuring Ian Mckeown (Samantha Martin) on drums, The Booker offers 7 new original songs and one well placed cover of “Goin Out West” by Tom Waits. Released in July of 2023, The Booker is available on both Compact Disc and limited edition purple vinyl at Busted Flat Records.
Since going solo, Walsh has performed over 2000 shows including opening for Ike Stubblefield and Col. Bruce Hampton.