Rockstock 2014

RockStock and Barrels to be held on June 28th this year in Rockaway Beach NY.

some of the bands scheduled to perform are

Main stage

1) Matt Kiss 11am
2) The Mourning War 12noon
3) The Wordy Bums 1pm
4) Exit Verona 2pm
5) The King's Heartbeat 3pm
6) Indaculture 4pm
7) Symptom 7 5pm
8) Grim Pickens 6pm

Second Stage

1) Ethoscope 11:30am 2) The Ready Hentchmen 12:30pm, 3) Dysfunction 1:30pm, 4) Rat-trap Bumpkin 2:30 5) Groundswell 3:30pm 6) The Rev Jefferson 4:30pm 7) Shipwrecks 5:30pm 

Some dates for 2014...(W) Walker, (KHB) The King's Heartbeat and (BOTG) the Brotherhood of the Grape...Giddy up

Nov 27th 2013 (KHB) @The Rail Howard Beach NY 9pm

 

Dec 1st 2013 (W) @ Thai-Rock Rockaway Beach NY 6pm

 

Dec 21st 2013 (KHB) @ The Bungalow Bar Rockaway Beach NY 10pm

 

Jan 10th 2014 (KHB) @ Tammany Hall Lower East Side NY 10pm

 

Feb 8th 2014 (W) @ C.J.'s Ozone Park NY 8pm

 

Feb 15th 2014 (KHB) @ The Irish Circle (Save the Whale)Rockaway Beach 9pm

 

Feb 27th to Mar 3rd 2014 (KHB) Puerto Rico short tour 4 shows!

 

Mar 8th 2014 (W) @ B-Side Ballroom Oneonta N.Y. 8pm

 

Apr 13th 2014 (W) @ Uma's Rockaway Beach N.Y. 12 noon

 

Apr 19th (W) @ The Rail 2 Coleman Square Howard Beach N.Y. 8pm

 

May 1st 2014 (KHB) @ Drom 85 Ave A NYC 8:30pm

 

Jun 13th 2014 (W) @ Landis Arbortoreum Esperance N.Y. 8pm

 

Jun 14th 2014 (W) @ Mc Beatin's (Chris Pickford Memorial jam) 8pm

 

Jun 28th 2014 (KHB) @ Rockstock and Barrels surf festival Rockaway Beach N.Y. 10am

 

Jul 10th to July 16th San Diegio,Los Angeles and San Francisco (W)(details coming)

 

Jul 24th 2014 (KHB) @ Neptune Beach Bandshell Long Beach N.Y. 6pm

 

Jul 26th 2014 (BOTG) @ Trashed Clubhouse Deer Park N.Y. 10pm

10 years of Bar-Humbug.....dedicated to raising money for the fight against Cancer

10 years ago a bunch of us got together with producer Ron Zabrocki and recorded in 2 weeks the album "Bar-Humbug" https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bar-humbug/id5033866 we are happy to say it is still selling The 2 original songs I wrote "Christmas in The Caribbean" and "Christmas in NYC" being (I'm happy to say)some of the top selling songs in my career....every dollar helps...buy a song....check your memory and you will find me there.

The King's Heartbeat debut show at The Bungalow Bar RBNY

Live Saturday November 9th 2013 Walker and The King's Heartbeat.....10pm

The line-up includes Walker on Guitar/Vocals, Kooly Chat on Turn tables/Percussion, Brain Senders on Drums, Luci Emm on Vocals, B.M.W.A. on Vocals, Roger Mascetti on Guitar and Matt McCann on Bass.

Check out Bungalow Bar fresh off their storm recovery and their apperance on Bar Rescue with John Taffer.

Get a baby sitter........http://Bungalowbarny.com

2013 the storm recovery year

After the release of "Greetings from South Queens" Me and The Brotherhood of the Grape set out to perform at as many storm damaged places as possible..The King's Heartbeat took over after September...although our own band members ares till dealing with home displacement and finacial chaos because of it...I'm glad we were able to help out friends and communities in South Queens and Long Islands South Shore...Thanks to all the musicians I performed with and all of these great places we performed at.

Dec 18th 2012 The Cutting Room NYC 11pm

Feb 6th 2013 The W Hotel in NYC 10pm

Mar 30th 2013 MoMa Dome in Rockaway N.Y. 2pm

 May 30th 2013 Connolly's in Rockaway Beach N.Y. 8pm

Apr 26th 2013 C.J's Ozone Park N.Y. 10pm

June 11th 2013 on Randall's Island N.Y. 2pm

June 14th 2013 The Bungalow Bar Rockaway Beach N.Y. 9PM

June 21st 2013 Make Music New York Rockaway Beach N.Y. 11pm

                                              

June 22nd 2013 Rockstock and Barrels Rockaway Beach N.Y. 2PM

June 29 2013 Carriage House Stamford N.Y. 7pm 

July 6th 2013 The Rail Howard Beach N.Y. 9Pm

 July 14th 2013 solo acoustic showcase Mandalay Bay Las Vegas

July 20th 2013 The 2 Bridges Festival Broad Channel 9pm

July 24th Jamerson's Rockaway Beach N.Y. 9PM

July 27th 2013 The Wharf Rockaway Beach N.Y. 9PM

July 31st to Aug 12th European Short Tour

(Le Cheile Music and Arts Festival,Cobblestone Joe's and more) 

Aug 24th 2013 Bailey's Smokehouse Blauvelt N.Y. 9Pm

Oct 4th 2013 Thai-Rock Rockaway Beach NY 9pm

Nov 9th 2013 Bungalow Bar Rockaway Beach NY 9PM

Nov 27th 2013 The Rail Howard Beach NY 9pm

The King's Heartbeat debut album in stores June 11th 2013

Walker, B.M.W.A, Luci Emm, Brian Senders and Kooly Chat all make up The King's Heartbeat and their brand new album an exotic mix of Rock/Pop/Reggae hits the store on June 11th 2013 on Into the Whip Records!

Walker and The Brotherhood of the Grape at Two Bridges Festival July 20th 2013

Rockstock and Barrels 7 June 22nd 2013

Into The Whip Records Charity C.D. making waves

Article in Queens Courier Into The Whip Records release "Greetings From South Queens" is making waves... Walker and The Brotherhood of the Grape's "Hey Today" is selling like crazy on I-Tunes...J.Magure President

Walker and Bunji Garlin's classic take on Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On

In 2000 Walker and then up and coming soca star and now legendary Bunji Garlin remade a version of Let's Get it On by Marvin Gaye for the original Glow Soundtrack

Walker on Bigga Boss T.V.

Walker appeared on the Webisode of Famed Brooklyn Producer Kooly-Chat's Web T.V. show. He is interviewed about his time in Soca music and his current projects...end ends it all with an unplugged version of The Great Goodbye dedicated to his cousin Tim Dowd who passed recently.

Hey Today by Walker and The Brotherhood of the Grape

The single "Hey Today" from the C.D. "Greetings from South Queens" songs that survived super storm sandy was put to the amazing photography of Rockaway Beach resident Peter Brady 

The Wave, Rockaway Beach and Residents....love the CD

Into the Whip Records Compilation C.D. Greetings from South Queens featuring the hit single "Hey Today" by Walker and The Brotherhood of the Grape was reviewed by The Wave. Rockaway Beach's biggest newspaper
http://www.rockawave.com/news/2013-02-01/Community/New_Greetings_From_South_Queens_Songs_That_Survive.html

Walker Hornung and Frank Persico on NY1

Just click the link and see the interview on NY1 about "Greetings from South Queens" with Walker and Frank.http://queens.ny1.com/content/top_stories/175222/musicians-make-album-to-support-sandy-victims

Greetings from South Queens

Into the Whip Records has Released "Greetings from South Queens" Songs That Survived Superstorm Sandy a 21 song comilation of the best bands from the South Queens area...I was fortunate enough to have 3 tracks on the C.D. 2 with the Brotherhood of The Grape "Hey Today" and "I'm Yours Right Now" and 1 with B.M.W.A called "Sunshine". The record icludes many different styles and musicians. All of the bands are from the affected area....All momey raised from the C.D. will be distributed to charities of each individual bands choice. Get a copy now ...it is a limited run http://www.cdbaby.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?AlbumID=walkerandthebrotherhoodo

Christmas in NYC

http://youtu.be/WG-C5_1CKeE Kim McCabe in the middle of the chaos left behind from Superstorm Sandy managed to animate an entire video for "Christmas in NYC/Holly Jolly" by Walker and The Brotherhood of the Grape from the C.D. Bar-Humbug on Into the Whip Records....Kim should serve as inspiration to any artist...She is living proof that a true artist will work because they need to and under any circumstance...Bless and Merry Christmas

Walker and The Brotherhood live at The Cutting Room 12/18/12

Walker and The Brotherhood of the Grape live tonight at The Brand New Cutting Room 32nd street in NYC....sharing the Bill with Rusty Paul Band...son of Les Paul....Showtime 9pm Sharp....Free just bring an unwrapped gift for children in the Superstorm Sandy areas....help up celebrate the opening of this brand new room and help children at the same time.

Sandy

Blessings to all my fellow South Queens and South Shore of Long Island residents...Superstorm Sandy was and still is a humbling experience to my family and friends..The night before Thanksgiving show at The Rail in Howard Beach N.Y. has been cancelled and our annual Christmas charity concert on Dec 22nd has been cancelled also because our beloved Harbor Light in Belle Harbor was burned to the ground...My family and I are o.k and have the strength to rebuild...thank you for your prayers and well wishes....walker

24th annual Jam @ The Rail

It began at Smitty's in old Howard Beach and continued on at The Rail in the 2000's This Nov 21st The Night Before Thanksgiving Into the Whip Records host the 24th annual Queens musicians Jam hosted by Walker and features the best of the boro mixing up players and styles and completely FREE....The Rail 2 Coleman Square Howard Beach N.Y. 11414....show starts at 9pm

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Rail/88268734623

Walker..Oct 6th @ Masleon,Oct 7th Randall's Island

Walker live this weekend Oct 6th at Masleon in Duanesburg...Oct 7th at Randall's Island Fall Festival....come out at Dig yourself