Van Walker

There are 2 recording artists by the name of Van Walker: (1) Born and raised on the windswept prairies of North-West coast Tasmania, between lashings of hallucinogenic cheese and Magic Johnson, weened on William Blake and Ribald magazine, Van first heard the music of Bob Dylan around adolescence and began picking guitar and writing songs. Some hundreds of songs later and a hell-bent pick, he moved to Melbourne to form the rock’n’roll outfit The Swedish Magazines, and pick his unique hillbilly stuff on the side. Finally getting himself acquainted with the patience of a sozzled saint, an album of fifteen original songs was recorded - The Celestial Railroad (August 2008), and now, quicker than a rat up a drainpipe, another, The Last Record Store (August 2009), has been released. And just when you thought Van might take a bit of time off to relax and recharge, not even a whirlwind European t