Jason Peter Walker (born 1969) is a New Zealand-Australian country musician and writer. His third album, ''Ceiling Sun Letters'' was nominated for the

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. As a writer Walker has published two biographies, ''Gram Parsons: God's Own Singer'' (2002) and ''Billy Thorpe's Time on Earth'' (2009).

Biography

Born in New Zealand in 1969, Jason Walker moved to

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, Australia at age 18. 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. That group had started two years earlier as a covers band, playing

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Gram Parsons Ingram Cecil Connor III (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973) who was known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist who recorded as a solo artist and with the International Submarine Band, ...

material. In 1998 they released their debut album of originals, ''Twin Firs''. Walker's debut studio album, ''Stranger to Someone'', was issued via Laughing Outlaw Records in October 2001. ''Delusions of Adequacy''s Geoff Parks compared him with

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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 " alker'smaturity and songwriting finesse shine through... But it’s on the cover versions featured here that you can hear issoul stretching out... nthis country-fried, cosmic rock album." As a writer Walker published a biography of Parsons, ''God's Own Singer'', in 2002. He had started the project in 1996 and told Bill Beaver and Steve Wilcock of ''Triste'' magazine that "it completely dominated my life. Everything I did hinged upon the availability of working computers and printers so I could work on it whenever I wanted. I even started working on it during my day job, which was really taking the piss. I almost got fired." Walker released his second studio album, ''Ashes & Wine'' in November 2003, providing lead vocals and lead guitar, with a backing band, the Last Drinks, consisting of Brian Crouch on keyboards, Dave Keys on bass guitar, Andrew Lay on drums and Worth Wagers on rhythm guitar. His second biography was of

Billy Thorpe William Richard Thorpe AM (29 March 1946 – 28 February 2007) was an English-born Australian singer-songwriter, and record producer. As lead singer of his band Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, he had success in the 1960s with "Blue Day", " Poison Iv ...

: ''Billy Thorpe's Time on Earth'' and released in 2009. Walker's third studio album, ''Ceiling Sun Letters'' was released in May 2010. It was nominated for

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. Walker's fourth studio album, ''All-Night Ghost Town'', was released on 5 August 2016 and included the single "Borrowed Tunes".

Discography

Albums

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Jason 1969 births Australian country singers Australian male singers New Zealand emigrants to Australia Living people