About the Blatboy

J. Walter Hawkes

I am originally from Pascagoula, Mississippi, a "sleepy little town" (as Ray Stevens put it) on the Gulf Coast. I've been in NYC since 1995. I've played and recorded with a lot of people, some you've possibly heard of, and many you probably haven't.

And hey, that swell picture was taken by Sherri O'Conner, you dig?