Jaimoe Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 From what I've gathered over the years, Wally was an enigma of sorts - in good and bad ways - but I'll admire him for his dedication to The Joe Show. His brand of folk music was actually pretty good in a gruff, stripped down way. R.I.P. Wally. http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=842522&auth=Ian+Elliot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headymamamyrna Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 I never heard of him until this week when he died.Sounds like he was a wonderful person.Its too bad we hear how wonderful someone was after they died.He died too young and probably had lots more good things to do.R.I.P. Wally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 The first thing that always comes to my mind when I think about High, is when Aykroyd announced him as from Kingston while intro'ing to the Hip on SNL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red dog Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 (edited) I had met Wally high through mutual friends, he had come out to our shows in Kingston. One time when I was passing through a studio near kingston and stopped in to talk to the engineer, Wally was working on a song and out of the blue says "hey will you play guitar right now on this?" not wanting to miss the spontaneity of it all I did it and he sang live right beside me. 5 minutes later it was done. I found out later he had Willie P Bennett add some stuff to it (whom I love willie as well), and a few months after that I heard a mix. That was the kind of guy Wally was, he'd bring people together. He also had us play a few of his Joe Shows and was extremely dedicated to those events as well as the music lending library in dedication to Joe Chithalen. I had met Joe Chithalen only once a few days before he died but Wally talked to me as if I had known Joe and himself all my life. He will be missed. Wally, I'm sorry I didn't make it to the cd release a few weeks ago, if I'd only known it would all happen so quick.RIPHere is an example of Wally's efforts: JoeShow Edited January 5, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchoulia Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 RIPI met him a few times in K-town and heard a ton of stories about him over the years..seemed like a great guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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