Willy Porter

Willy Porter
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Styles: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
Biography: How does a young viola player become a folk-rock guitarist? Perhaps Leo Kottke is to blame. At least in Willy Porter's case he is. Upon hearing Kottke's 6 & 12 String Guitar, everything changed for a young Porter. He put down his bow and grabbed a pick. The rest is history and still in the making. Hailing ...Read full biography
Dog Eared Dream
Released: 1995
Label: Private Music
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Patty Larkin is a good female comparison to Willy Porter. Both are awesome guitarists and humorous storytellers who write and sing songs that cross genre borders, generally landing somewhere between folk, ...Read full review
High Wire Live
Released: 2003
Label: Six Degrees
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Willy Porter the guitarist will call to mind such fleet-fingered colleagues as Adrian Legg and (a more common point of comparison) Leo Kottke. Willy Porter the singer is less distinctive -- his voice is ...Read full review
More Willy Porter albums: Main Albums (8)
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