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In the course of a diverse decades long musical career, Walter Lewis has ultimately managed to evoke the spirits of the old blues masters. His passionate delivery of standard and often obscure blues renditions imagines evidence of guidance from the ethereal realms.
Walter started his musical sojourn at the age of thirteen. The British Invasion astounded Walter and thereafter inspired his developing musical style. With a blues based influence, he pursued a career with rock n' roll, performing on the East Coast for many years. Later, Walter became enthralled with historical blues. A heightened interest motivated Walter to center his attention on Mississippi Delta blues as well as the regional culture and lifestyle of early blues men and women. He subsequently focused his style and craft on blues, receiving an award at the Apollo Theater Amateur Night in 1998 for his performance of Robert Johnson's "Ramblin' on my mind". In addition, Walter won the three stage 2006 Connecticut Blues Society Acoustic Blues Challenge. He was one of twelve contestants.
Walter has been performing traditional, Delta and Chicago style blues both as a solo entertainer and in a band format with the "Walter Lewis Blues Trio". He was featured in the 2005 - 2006 edition of Who's Who.
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