Uncle Walt's Band 'Blame it on the Bossanova' Lespedeza
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Uncle Walt;s Band 'Blame it on the Bossanova' Lespedza...Hyatt...formed Uncle Walt's Band in 1970, including childhood friend Champ Hood and David Ball. Two years later, they moved from their natal Spartanburg, South Carolina to Nashville, where they stayed and played for a year or two with some success. Hearing that Austin, Texas was more friendly to their eclectic style of acoustic folk/jazz, they moved there in 1973.
In Austin, Uncle Walt's quickly attained local cult status. Their music, exhibiting influences by Django Reinhardt, the Texas Playboys, Chuck Berry, and Professor Longhair, among others, fitted perfectly with Austin's "I don't know what the hell it is, but I like it" ethos. Sometimes their gigs were opened by a young singer/songwriter from College Station named Lyle Lovett, just beginning to try for an audience of his own. The band released its first album, Blame It on the Bossa Nova, in 1974.
Uncle Walt's always seemed to be on the verge of greatness, but as sole surviving member David Ball put it, "On one hand it could be a very exciting thing, and on the other hand it was kind of sad that we never met up with the right people. I think that was what it was all about. We had some opportunities, but they always seemed to slip through our fingers, kind of." The strain broke up the band for the first time in 1975, after which Hyatt and Hood moved back to Nashville to become co-founders of The Contenders, another band that critics agree missed the chances it should have had. In 1978, several "reunion" gigs organized by Ball led to a permanent reunion of the band. They toured and released two more albums, An American In Texas and Uncle Walt's Band Recorded Live, but failed again to attract major-label attention, and broke up for good in 1983.
Ball and Hyatt moved to Nashville, where the former has continued a long-time solo career. Hyatt released two solo albums, but was killed in the ValuJet crash of 1996 just as he was beginning to gain attention as a solo artist. Hood continued to play as a backing musician for many Austin and other artists, most notably as part of Lyle Lovett's Large Band, before dying of cancer in 2001.Cover has some wear and tear stoc disc is in generally Ex condition but poor vinyl is showing blips...but plays fine... VG-/EX- Rare
M Mint perfect condition The disc and cover in original saleable condition
EX Excellent has obviously been played but shows little evidence The cover/sleeve may show very slight usage...but still almost as new
VG Very Good the cover shows some wear and probably ringwear the disc shows lots of usage but still plays fine ...might crackle...
G Good the cover shows a lot of wear and tear ....disc shows lots of wear and may have marks and or scratches but will still play just but very crackly
P Poor...the cover is in a poor state might be torn or very grubby...disc shows severe usage and might not play ...and only worth it until you can get a better one...will be cheap!
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