Shane Walker is a musician extraordinaire in addition to being a seasoned creative drummer. 

Shane Walker has played and studied drums since he was 5 years old, is a lifetime musician who plays many instruments, including guitars, bass, and drums, and all brass instruments, his favorite being the trombone in particular, has played in many bands across the United States, and teaches beginner, intermediate, and advanced drums at Arizona Music Academy, Arizona's foremost music school located in Tempe, AZ. Shane came onboard with Charles Watson & Hollow Council in 2008.  Shane, call him the "Captain", definitely takes command and pumps out the beat.

He is also an eclectic hand drummer, degreed in music studies, and a proficient overall musician. Shane Walker is a drummer who is all about the details and experienced in all genres and styles of music and drumming. He and Charles have played music together informally for 2 years prior to his joining Charles Watson & Hollow Council.

Shane also began playing trombone at 11 years old and throughout his Junior High and High School years received many State awards and performed at various community events. Shane Walker also began playing guitar and bass at age 5 and teaches group and private classes for classical guitar method, electric guitar, acoustic guitars, A/e, and bass guitar, electric and acoustic guitar lessons for beginner, intermediate, and advanced guitar and bass lessons for all genres and styles of music at Arizona Music Academy.

Charles Watson was teaching at Arizona Music Academy and this is where he and Shane met. Soon after Shane joined the teaching staff, the two of them were jamming out in the after hours at the school and also inviting a keyboard, piano, and vocal teacher Michael Wheeler to jam.

Shane Walker is an incredible powerhouse drummer. He encompasses the hardest of metals to the timber of hand and hide. Shane Walker has the touch of skillful refinement and driving dialogue with the music that defines what good drumming is all about. Shane's talent as an overall professional and degreed musician adds a unique dimension to everything he does, a detailed technician as well as highly creative,  his drumming techniques cross all genre boundaries for extraordinarily fresh styles of percussion instrumentation and rhythms.
                                                                                          Sixfeet Under :: Gothage Press Music Review 12/05/08

"Shane Walker"
by Shane Walker

Shane Walker developed an interest in music early in life. Listening to different types of music in the womb he was born with a pair of drumsticks in his hands. Unsure of how to use them at such an early age he caused more destruction than music. Soon he picked up on the piano after watching his grandmother rock out at church. Unable to afford piano lessons Shane mostly played by ear, then a mysterious package showed up at his door containing what modern man called a “trombone”. After winning awards and local admiration for his achievement on the instrument he noticed how much trouble drummers got into and had to get involved somehow. After buying his first set of drums for 75$ he took them to the garage and hung his cymbals by rope from the ceiling. He played them almost as much as he played his Nintendo. Playing in rock bands before he was even 16 Shane already realized this passion would take him nowhere, or so he thought!

Shane has been playing music professionally for almost 15 years. Working in music stores and teaching has also helped this incredible journey happen. From playing blues in Memphis to playing metal in Chicago, Shane has covered a lot of ground. Also an accomplished guitar player and bass player he has recorded on several studio albums. Some of the artists Shane has played or recorded with just to name a few!

Simple, Hit man union, Junk, S.P.O.T.S. , Vent, Jesse and the Funk Healers, The 1-900’s, Pastel, Jar , Bleakhouse, End of Eye, Third Uncle, Fred Funkstone, Sparrow, Super Heroes In Training, Pressure, Mazzy Must, Adam Don’t Care, Brittney Elizabeth , Charles Watson, and many, many more!!!

Shane moved to Phoenix, AZ in 2005 to attend the Motorcycle Mechanics Institute. Playing in bands all through out the valley he landed a teaching gig at the Arizona Music Academy where he befriended Charles Watson and soon began playing music together.

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