Omnivore Recordings announces LP release for Uncle Walt’s Band Acclaimed 'Anthology', out on 3/1

 Omnivore Recordings has announced the release of a anthology featuring acclaimed Americana trio Uncle Walt's Band. Get all the details below...Robert Kinsler

Uncle Walt’s Band Anthology: Those Boys From Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing… LP

Acclaimed Anthology From Texas Music Legends Finally Arrives on Vinyl on March 1

 

“Walter Hyatt, David Ball and Champ Hood have been an inspiration to me ever since the first time I heard Uncle Walt’s Band. Musically, their finely crafted original compositions reflect diverse influences, while lyrically they demonstrate a sensitive, sophisticated understanding of the dignified South.” - Lyle Lovett, when he was a journalism student at Texas A&M University

January 22, 2024: In 2018, Omnivore released Anthology: Those Boys From Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing… (titled after a quote from Lovett himself) on CD and Digital. The ecstatic response renewed interest in the classic original band, whose influence was so strong on not only Country music, but the then unnamed genre of Americana. That collection is now reimagined on LP, containing two songs making their vinyl debut – Anthology’s “Getaway” (featured on HBO’s Silicon Valley) and a previously unissued fiddle demo of ”I’ll Come Knockin’” (different than the CD and Digital Anthology version and exclusive to the vinyl release). The LP will be released on March 1.

 

Uncle Walt’s Band, from Spartanburg, South Carolina, was an eclectic music trio that moved to Nashville in 1972 and shortly thereafter to Austin at the urging of Willis Alan Ramsey. An attempt at an album proved unsuccessful , so the band headed back to Spartanburg in 1974 where they recorded their debut LP, Blame It On The Bossa Nova, now titled, Uncle Walt’s Band. A second indie album, An American In Texas was released in 1980. Both titles were expanded and reissued by Omnivore Recordings. Recorded Live followed (also expanded and reissued by Omnivore as Recorded Live At The Waterloo Ice House).

 

In 1983, Uncle Walt’s Band officially parted ways. Although remaining friends and working on various projects over the years, each went on to pursue solo music careers: Hyatt released several albums and performed on Austin City Limits, Hood became a Texas Music Hall of Fame sideman playing for artists like Lyle Lovett and Jerry Jeff Walker, and Ball’s success with his hit “Thinkin’ Problem” established him as a Country Music star. 

 

Back in the late ’70s at Austin’s famed Waterloo Ice House you could find Uncle Walt’s Band fans listening raptly in the packed venue sitting beside the likes of Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Nanci Griffith, Jerry Jeff Walker, or Marcia Ball. Now, you can experience why everyone was there. This long overdue collection attempts to right missed opportunities of the past and finally gain Uncle Walt’s Band the recognition they deserve. On your turntable!

 

Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/G4wM0rQ9234

 

Pre-order HERE

 

Anthology: Those Boys From Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing… tracklist:

Side One:

1. Getaway*

2. Seat Of Logic

3. Dish Wiped Clean

4. Ruby

5. High Hill

6. Aloha

7. Don’t You Think I Feel It Too

8. Deeper Than Love

 

Side Two:

1. As The Crow Flies

2. Bluebird

3. Last One To Know

4. Stay With The One

5. So Long Baby

6. Holding On

7. Walking Angel

8. I’ll Come Knockin’ (Fiddle Demo)**

 

* First time on vinyl

** Previously unissued