News March, 2012
Update June 2020: Walter's CD Raw Elegant (on Spectra Records) was available. It is now a highly valued collectible. If you can find a copy online, buy it.
News January 21, 2012
Walter was a guest today on Kat Pat's live Blog Talk Radio show, discussing his career and taking listener
calls. The archived podcast can be listened to at this URL.
Previous News
August 30, 2010
Jeffrey Thomas's latest book, a collection of short stories, features one inspired by Walter Egan. From Jeffrey's blog about the book:
"More coolness: as mentioned above, pop star Walter Egan kindly allowed me use of the lyrics for one of his
songs, and the use of his persona, in one of the chapters of the title novella NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS (the chapter
Waltered States, in which Walter serves as protagonist and goes head-to-head with the above-mentioned
foul-mouthed marionette from another dimension)."
March 11, 2010
The
Examiner article includes news of Walter's appearance at ROCK CON: The
National Rock & Roll Celebrity Show (Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel and Conference Center East Rutherford, NJ July
30-August 1, 2010) as one of the special guests. Walter Egan on XM Satellite Radio the week of July 7, 2008
Program "The Loft Sessions" with Walter Egan
Premieres Monday July 7, 2008 at 12 Noon to 1 PM EDT
Encores (all times EDT source: The Loft Sessions home
page):
Monday July 7 at 8 PM
Thursday July 10 at 3 PM
Friday July 11 at 3 AM
Saturday July 12 at 7 PM
Sunday July 13 at 12:00 Noon
Program Description: The Loft Sessions #177 with Walter Egan
Ditch your shoes, grab a bean bag, and join us for the Loft Sessions when we invite our favorite artists up to The Loft and ask them to create their ideal intimate musical session. As always at the Loft, the music is paramount so you'll hear everything from hit gems to adventurous covers, even the occasional choice insight, all at each artist's discretion. In the Loft Sessions, you meet the artists as they are. This week #177 with Walter Egan.
Feature article "Take Me Home -
Two Musicians [Walter Egan, Bill Danoff] Return to Georgetown"
The Georgetown Voice March 13, 2008
NEWS: File this one under "Rock Star Becomes University
Professor." This semester (Winter-Spring 2008) at Georgetown University in
Washington, D.C., Walter, a graduate of Georgetown, is teaching a twelve week long Music Industry
Seminar Course. The course is proving to be very popular on campus - already filled up and with a long waiting
list - and it's the subject of a January 18, 2008 feature article ("Georgetown Proves School Really Can Rock") by
Erin Delmore in Georgetown's student newspaper, The Hoya.
NEW: Walter's acclaimed album Walternative is still
available
for purchase from Amazon.
Upcoming Live
Appearances and Art Exhibits Walter at
MySpace
New
CDs MP3s Links
Live Gig Photos Sept. 30, 2005
Victoria's
Walter Egan Fan Site Site Archives
Welcome to the official Web site of Walter Egan. peter b. chowka : site editor and webmaster Walter is a musician, singer, composer, writer, artist, sculptor and general Renaissance man who is most widely
known for his 1978 million-selling
single record, "Magnet and Steel," featured on his album Not Shy (Columbia). Almost three decades later, Walter's signature song is a staple on the radio, and can also be heard in feature
films and on
television. Meanwhile, he has continued to make original music as both a prolific individual artist, with a total of
eight
solo CDs to his credit, and as a member of performing and recording bands including the Malibooz and the Brooklyn
Cowboys. 2002 was a year of noteworthy accomplishments for this enduring talent with the release of three new CDs:
Apocalypso Now
(Gaff Music), which showcases some of Walter's latest songs; Beach Access with the Malibooz (Pier Group Records), a
classic
surf music band that helped to pioneer the genre; and Dodging Bullets with the Brooklyn Cowboys (Leaps Recordings).
The
Meaning of Live, a compilation of Walter's live performances from 1978, has just been released, along with a CD that
features
all of the songs from Walter's first two Columbia LPs, Fundamental Roll and Not Shy. For information on how to
obtain copies
of the new CDs, please see below. Today, Walter Egan continues to write, produce, and record new music (check out his two new songs in the MP3
downloads
section below) and perform live around Nashville and nationally. WalterEgan.com is Walter's official site. It is evolving and expanding, and includes announcements of his
upcoming
personal appearances. peter barry chowka webmaster e-mail: wedotnet@gmail.com
that is wedotnet at gmail dot com
Walter Egan plays lead guitar for legendary rockabilly pioneer Wanda Jackson
Nashville, June 10, 2005
Photo By Lawson Little
site editor and
webmaster