About Dez Walters

Dez Walters started singing and performing before he realised it was the right thing for him to do. 

Between way back then and here right now it’s probably easier to list the towns, cities and continents he hasn’t worked in or on. He’s backed and fronted everyone, everywhere - from Jim Glaser and Billy Joe Spears to George Hamilton IV, Moe Bandy, Tommy Cash, and Phil Cunningham. The list could go on for a while.

As for influences - if you ask him often enough, he'll jot some of them down - you would read Clapton, The Eagles and Queen to Django Reinhart, Earl Scruggs all the way through to Willie Nelson, George Jones and Merle Haggard. Then hear it in his work. As a songwriter, he tackles subjects as diverse as international terrorism, unintentional heartbreak and unconventional sleeping arrangements while on the road. We don't have enough space here to touch on his rousing paean to a copyrighted cartoon character or his tales of mythical Mexican bandits. It's best you hear them first.

A multi-instrumentalist - he’s equally at home on the guitar, banjo, steel guitar, mandolin, bass guitar or keyboards. Sadly, not all at the same time. He recently started playing the guitar he's been building for far too long and has found he can't put it down.

Forever restless and forever travelling, this unashamed troubadour and story-teller calls his music his life and Scotland his home.


John Buchanan 2007