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Robert Walker is an accomplished, 'righteous' six-stringer from Rothenbach, Bavaria (Germany) who reveals his style as instrumental rock/hard rock, as one can clearly experience on his latest album, "One For The Road".  His favorite guitar is a Modified Fender Stratocaster. Walker has played guitar since 1986, and freely declares his career aspiration, "Writing more instrumentals, catching melodies."
When requested to divulge his ultimate effect for the guitar, Walker came back with, "Distortion with delay," and then pointed out his musicial goals, "My songs come from somewhere I donīt know. The listener decides what he is asscociating the songs with. My goal is to keep my inspiration alive and always to find a way to express myself on my instrument." He fervently hopes to one day study country guitar (wicked, wicked, wicked), and is at this time listening to Satriani, Timmons, Vai, SRV, Mike Oldfield, Bruce Springsteen and some other songwriters. His primary fulfillment? "The greatest statisfaction is a small pup hall, where me and my band is playing good rock music and the audience is watching, listening , dancing... Sometimes a really magical feeling overcomes me, when I play a solo and the band is really tight," he affirms categorically.
Walker concludes by listing continuing and future undertakings succinctly, by saying, "Well I pick up my guitar nearly every day. I spent a lot of time jamming to some playbacks I made and try some new licks, scales, chords, etc. Sometimes I take a song from what I like/or think is important to play for a guitar player and learn this song for example the SRV CD "Couldnīt Stand The Weather" or Satriani's "Satch Boogie". But I forget this things, if I donīt play em live.
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Vol. 17, No. 2: Feb.-Mar. 2012
