Walker Johnson and Andy Morton were born in the same year, on the same day, and in the same hospital in Maryville, Tennessee.  Rumor has it that the moment Walker was born his first scream was matched in perfect harmony by Morton who was already waiting in the nursery.

Later the two sang in church choirs together, graduated from high school together, and attended the University of Tennessee together. During those years, Walker and Andy both played in local groups or solo, but never found the opportunity to work together. After graduating from college Walker began his career in radio in the Knoxville area while Andy headed to Memphis to pursue his career in Architecture.

Both continued their interest in music by playing in local groups in their respective areas over the next thirty years.  During the years between graduation and 2001 the Maryville High School Class of ‘66 had numerous class reunions.  Andy came to Maryville from his home in Memphis with great stories about his music and his groups. At each reunion Walker and Andy talked about getting together someday to play.

That someday finally arrived at the end of 2001 when Andy moved to a mountain in East Tennessee less than 35 miles from Walker’s driveway. Once again the two ran into each other at their high school reunion. As they had on several previous occasions, they began discussing the possibility of getting together to play music.  Now that 400 miles no longer separated them, they had run out of excuses to not give it a try.

First time out they both knew the music would work, all it would take would be melding the individual styles and finding a job. They knew they could draw on their common background in folk music and both had the desire to inject their love for comedy into both the music as well as into the overall act.  The product is a culmination of Walker’s old folk style with Andy’s Memphis blues/country attitude. 

Walker and Andy - bringing a combination of off-the-wall fun songs and folk songs bound together with the comedy of a morning radio show veteran and the cynicism of a burned out architect that has their audiences coming for the music and staying for the laughs.

Walker and Andy – 112 years of solo and duo howling now refined into a unique and fun experience.

Walker and Andy - The CD is good, the show is great.  Experience them both!!

Read Walker's Bio

(click above to see Walker's birth certificate)

(click above to see the receipt for one of Walker's first guitars)

(Walker at about 2.5 in Wyoming with his Granddad - click to enlarge)

Read Andy's Bio

(click above to see Andy's birth certificate)

(click above to see Andy's 2nd grade report card - note that he is doing exceptionally well in everything except music!)

(Andy at age 4 - click to enlarge)