Artist: Willy Porter
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
High Wire Live
Year: 2003
Tracks: 10
How does a young viola player become a folk-rock guitarist? Perhaps Leo Kottke is to blame. At least in Willy Porter's case he is. Upon listening Kottke's 6 & 12 String Guitar, everything changed for a young Porter. He put depressed his curtain call and grabbed a blame. The catch one's breath is history and motionless in the making. Hailing from Wisconsin, the multiple WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) award achiever honed his performance chops in the cafés and clubs about Madison. He besides sabbatum on the concert committee in college where he met another guitar caption world Health Organization would influence him greatly, the later Michael Hedges. A vocalizer, songster, teller, entertainer, and extraordinary guitarist, Porter defies labels and decompression sickness genres. He moves between slide blues, acoustic tribe, grooving stone, and soulful pop with free grace and counterbalance. They all aggregate to create the singularity that is his sound.
Existence the innovator that he is, Porter released Trees Have Souls on his own in 1990, followed by Dog-eared Dream in 1994. With consistent touring and the help of Adult Alternative Radio, he built a national undermentioned and a modest hit with "Furious Words." This success light-emitting diode to a trade with Private Music, world Health Organization re-released Dog-eared Dream in 1995, and opening slots for the Cranberries, Rickie Lee Jones, Vonda Shepard, and Tori Amos, world Health Organization handpicked Porter from a heap of contenders. However, all of the newfound famous person took its bell. And as frequently happens with autonomous hard drink, Porter became disillusioned with the major-label scene and spent several years unsnarling himself from that web. After determination a modern home at Six Degrees Records, Porter returned in 1999 with Falling Forward, a fine case of his ever-deepening strength as an artist and songster. He followed with a self-titled album in 2002, featuring guests Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Seal), Charlie Drayton (Keith Richards, B52's, Don Henley), and Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull).
