Walter Daniels nous a donné quelques nouvelles que nous partageons avec plaisir. Tout d'abord WALTER DANIELS & THE DEL VALLE TRUSTEES partagent sur Youtube une vidéo d'un de leurs derniers concerts dans l'émission 48 de  CapZeyeZ  , c'est un programme local d'Austin aux États-Unis... Texacala Jones, un de ses amis, les a rejoints pour un morceau ! De plus, il nous a ajouté des informations qui vont ravir ses fans : "Our next album, Work Release, will be finished shortly. I have some sax and harmonica on JD Pinkus's record, Grow a Pear, which will come out on Shimmy Disc next month." Groovy gravy, Walter Daniels On vous en reparlera ! Les Monstres Sacrés

Following his two articles , Walter Daniels was kind enough to offer you two tracks recorded during rehearsals. Many thanks Walter! "I have a couple for you, we do a cover of Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak! And Strychnine - our guitarist, Evan, records tunes at rehearsal- so here you go- hope all is well! This is Walter Daniels & the Del Valle Trustees! My main band these days!" Walter Daniels Walter & Del Valle Trustees in San Antonio Jailbreak Strychnine https://www.facebook.com/WalterDanielsandtheDelValleTrustees/videos/318380937443260

Following on from his article on the harmonica, Walter Daniels tells us about the creation of his latest EP with Jack Oblivian & The Sheiks. Walter Daniels' current group is Walter Daniels & the Del Valle Trustees. You'll be able to hear them very soon on Les Monstres Sacrés. Thanks again Walter! The pictures were taken last February when I went to Memphis and recorded with Jack Oblivian and the Sheiks . I didn't take a bunch of pics. The bunker is a cool little studio in Memphis (that Jack and Keith Cooper use), reel to reel along with some of the modern bits, as well. I got together with them on a saturday afternoon for around three hours or so. I had sent them the tunes earlier and they are great players. Graham , the drummer, had a gig, so we had to finish before he left. We knocked out "Seventh Son" and the Stones's "Rice Krispies jingle" quickly.  Jack Oblivian The Mel Torme cover, "I'm Comin' Home, Baby" was pret

Walter Daniels has just released an album that he'll soon be telling us all about. But first, it seemed to us that he was the best person to talk about the instrument we love so much: the harmonica. Thank you, Walter, for sharing these words with us. Walter Daniels' harmonicas I got a harmonica when I was a kid- maybe 5 years old. I was living outside of Chicago in Homewood, Illinois. I played with it some- but it sat in a drawer for many years. I moved to Woodlands, Texas in 1978. I remember seeing the Midnight Special,  a tv show, they had an episode with Paul Butterfield and John Mayall. Great harmonica players, and this made me interested in the instrument. However, I saw a blues documentary which had Johnny Woods on it, his harmonica playing and singing really made me want to reach for the instrument. I had an interest in the saxophone, but I did not own one.  I got a fever for the harmonica and really started playing it and listening for it in songs. Once that har