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Patrick Walker.

Patrick has been a well known musician on many music circuits for over 25 years and has played in many many bands and has always collaborated with the finest fellow musicians.

Began playing guitar at the age of 9 and by 13 supported Christie Moore, was featured in the famous weekly music magazine Melody Maker and was regarded as one of the city's most precocious talents and played many music clubs throughout the U.K.

Irish music in it's many forms is something he specialised in for many years on his fiddle as he calls it and began experimenting with jazz structures with John Naylor in the early 90's.

This collaboration which formed initially in the back room at Fagans in Sheffield was where the Dizzies sound and style was born.

Musical influences include The Stones, Tommy Peoples, Steve Earl, Martin Taylor and the legendary violinist Stuff Smith.

You can often find other superb guitar players turning up to listen to his very unique style of playing which has not been constrained by text book technique.

Patrick has one daughter Hannah and one son Wesley.

To email Patrick

patrick@dizzy-club.co.uk