Butch Walker's Awesomely Diverse Rock Résumé

Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

03/31/20 • 60 min

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Butch Walker is one of rock and roll's biggest talents, and on May 8th, he'll be releasing his new album -- a rock opera called American Love Story. You can preview one of the songs on today's episode of Here's the Thing, taped live last month (just before coronavirus made such gatherings impossible) at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood. In the 1990s, Walker got major-label contracts and radio-play as the guitarist for the "hair band" SouthGang, and later as front-man of the edgy, grunge-tinged Marvelous 3. But Walker's career has evolved. Not only is he making beautiful solo work, but he's also become one of LA's most sought-after partners in music-making, having produced or written songs for artists ranging from P!nk to Green Day to Panic! at the Disco. It's been a long road from his life as an 8-year-old Kiss fan in rural Georgia, and Walker has accumulated great stories along the way, including what it was like to be the first American rock band to tour (and get kicked out of) China.

Thanks to Zach McNees for mixing the music in this episode.

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03/31/20 • 60 min

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Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin - Butch Walker's Awesomely Diverse Rock Résumé

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I'm Alec Baldwin and you're listening to Here's the Thing. Butch Walker is one of the great contemporary talents of rock.

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He's written songs and produced tracks for the likes of Panic at the Disco, Pink, and Wheezer, so he has fans all over the industry. Even Taylor Swift fell in love with one of his tailor's Swift covers. That's what led to their joint appearance at the Grammys. Butch on his