{"id":85,"date":"2025-03-15T12:05:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T16:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notlaw.com\/pages\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2025-11-19T07:26:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:26:23","slug":"solo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/notlaw.com\/pages\/?page_id=85","title":{"rendered":"Solo Acoustic"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h1><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/notlaw.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cropped-2020-06-27-Bear-Chase-Fishin-In-The-Dark-2-e1605653963607.jpg\" \/><\/h1>\n<h6><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Maryland Entertainment &amp; Music Hall Of Fame Inductee <\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Maryland Music Award Nominee <\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">WAMMIE Award Nominee<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AThCaux38qk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>Richard has been a professional, passionate <strong>vocalist &amp;\u00a0solo acoustic performer<\/strong> for over 25 years. He is also one of the youngest musicians to be inducted into the<span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"> Maryland Music &amp; Entertainment Hall Of Fame<\/span>. Richard is an award-winning songwriter (42 total awards) &amp; recording artist, releasing 15 CD&#8217;s (with Richard Walton Group, Straight On Red, Three&#8217;s A Crowd or Solo). He has worked as a solo performer in a variety of situations, including restaurants, corporate functions, coffee houses, schools, pubs, churches, concert halls, weddings, private parties, retirement communities, charity events, &#8216;songwriter&#8217;s in the round&#8217; and house concerts. He has maintained a database of hundreds of fans throughout the years; with <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richard.walton3\">Facebook<\/a><\/span>,<strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rtwalton\">Twitter<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>&amp;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/richardwalton\">ReverbNation<\/a><\/span>\u00a0music pages to promote shows, concerts &amp; events.<\/h5>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richard.walton3\">Richard Walton Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/richardwalton\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Richard Walton Reverb Nation<\/span> <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffff00;\" href=\"http:\/\/notlaw.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Richard-Walton-EPK-2025-1.zip\">Richard Walton Solo 2025 EPK<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/notlaw.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-RW-solo-acoustic-songlist-.pdf\">Richard Walton Solo Acoustic 2025 Songlist<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/notlaw.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/RW-Solo-Demo2015-Mp3320-Mastering-mix.mp3\">Richard Walton Solo Acoustic Live Demo<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"http:\/\/notlaw.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Richard-Walton-Solo-Poster-2016-Copy.jpg\">Richard Walton Promotional Poster<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Equipment used in live acoustic performance<\/strong>: Fishman 3300 PA system, QSC 10.2 powered speakers, Rainsong, Taylor, PRS, Alvarez and\/or Takamine acoustic guitars, Boss Loop Pedal, Shure &amp; Audix vocal microphones, Yahama mixer\u00a0 \u00a0Behringer monitors, Boss effects pedals &amp; tuner, Vocalist &#8216;Live 3&#8217;,\u00a0 Shure wireless guitar system, \u00a0foot tambourine, audience tambourines, Hohner harmonicas, etc&#8230;.and NEVER a music stand or cheesy backing tracks!<\/p>\n<p>He has received \u2018honorable mention\u2019 from the reader\u2019s polls of Music Monthly Magazine as <strong>Best Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Performer<\/strong>. Richard also occasionally performs in DUO and\/or <strong>TRIO<\/strong> situations with other professional musicians: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Tecla Walton<\/strong><\/span> (violin), <span style=\"color: #ff99cc;\"><strong>Vicki Kieffer<\/strong><\/span> (vocals\/percussion), <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><strong>Joe Mama<\/strong><\/span> (drums\/percussion) ,<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> <strong>Frank Frazier<\/strong><\/span> (bass guitar\/vocals), <strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Mitchell Shaivitz<\/span><\/strong> (percussion)<span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"> <strong>Dave Krug<\/strong><\/span> (saxophone), <span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><strong>Matt Perich<\/strong> <\/span>(lead guitar), <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Eric Robertson<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 (percussion\/vocals), <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Barry Caudill<\/span><\/strong> (saxophone\/flute) &amp; <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><strong>Kathy Scarborough<\/strong><\/span> (vocals\/guitar\/keyboards).<\/p>\n<p>Along with the extensive catalog of his own award winning compositions, Richard\u2019s solo performances draw from a songlist of over 300 songs by popular artists from the 1960\u2019s to the new millenium, upon requests. Richard\u2019s vast knowledge of the artists and memory of the music\/lyrics is nothing short of remarkable. As background music or a crowd engaging entertainer, Richard provides professionalism to every performance.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Richard has\u00a0been seen working with the following:\u00a0<strong> Richard Walton Group, Rich &amp; Famous, Three&#8217;s A Crowd, Legal Tender, Eyelevel, Chalk Dust, Straight On Red<strong>, FOG (Five Old Guys),\u00a0<\/strong>etc&#8230;<\/strong> He has been composing, performing and producing original music for 20 years. Educated &amp; trained as a classical violinist at an early age, Richard gravitated towards singing, bass &amp; acoustic guitar. His advanced high school electronic music courses gave him the basic education for engineering &amp; production. He has released 11 critically acclaimed CD\u2019s to date and received 42 songwriting awards from various international and regional songwriting contests. Richard\u2019s music and recordings can be heard on various radio &amp; satellite stations around the United States. His passion for original music has earned the respect of his peers and the general public. Richard is the founder of <strong>The Richard Walton Group <\/strong>(an all-original multi-genre instrumental group, celebrating 25 years!), <strong>Three&#8217;s A Crowd<\/strong> (acoustic duo) &amp; <strong>Straight On Red <\/strong>(a contemporary acoustic trio).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Solo CD releases<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201d<em><strong>Love Drop\u201d<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>2024 vocal CD (14 songs, on CD)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Twelve&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> 2019 vocal album, co-produced w\/ <strong>Rick Witkowski<\/strong> (10 songs, on Vinyl &amp; CD)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Vessel&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 2017 vocal CD (10 songs, <strong>remastered,<\/strong> w\/ <strong>3 new bonus tracks<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Cover Me&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 2012 \u00a0vocal CD (15 songs)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Savannah Blue&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 (10 songs, instrumental &amp; vocal CD \u00a0 <strong>LIMITED!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Out Of Bounds&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 (15 songs, instrumental &amp; vocal CD \u00a0<strong> LIMITED!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;The Whole Nine Yards&#8221; <\/strong><\/em>(14 songs<em><strong>, <\/strong><\/em>instrumental &amp; vocal CD \u00a0 <strong>OOP<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Various selected CD&#8217;s that also include Richard&#8217;s\u00a0 original songs<\/strong><\/span>:<\/h5>\n<h5>Baltimore Songwriter&#8217;s Association <strong><em>&#8220;Best Of The BSA&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">includes<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> &#8220;Exitude&#8221; &amp; &#8220;Where We Are Right Now&#8221; )<\/span><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Baltimore Songwriter&#8217;s Association &#8211; <strong><em>&#8220;From Our Circle Five&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> (includes <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Nothing But Heartache&#8221;<\/span><\/em>)<\/h5>\n<h5>Baltimore Jazz Alliance &#8211; <em><strong>&#8220;Jazzscapes II&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> (includes <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Across The Tracks&#8217;<\/span><\/em>&#8220;)<\/h5>\n<h5>Down To The Wire: <em><strong>&#8220;A Poco 40th Anniversary Tribute&#8221; <\/strong><\/em>( includes\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Save A Corner Of Your Heart<\/span>&#8220;)<\/em><\/h5>\n<h5>Baltimore Jazz Alliance &#8211; <strong><em>&#8220;Jazzscapes&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> (includes <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>&#8220;Rio Le&#8217;<\/em><\/span>&#8220;)<\/h5>\n<h5>Baltimore Songwriter&#8217;s Association &#8211; <em><strong>&#8220;From Our Circle Three&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> (includes <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Revelation&#8221;)<\/span><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5>Music Monthly Music Compilation,<em><strong> &#8220;Volume One&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> (includes\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>&#8220;Look At Yourself&#8221;<\/em><\/span> and BOINK&#8217;s<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em> &#8220;Oasis<\/em><\/span>&#8220;)<\/h5>\n<h5>Baltimore Songwriter&#8217;s Association &#8211;<strong><em> &#8220;From Our Circle Two&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> (includes <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>&#8220;Keepin&#8217; The Faith<\/em><\/span>&#8220;)<\/h5>\n<h5>WTMD 89.7 Sampler &#8211; <strong><em>&#8220;Best Of The Breeze&#8221; <\/em><\/strong>(includes <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Where Time Stood Still<\/span><\/em>&#8220;)<\/h5>\n<h5>Oasis Jazz &#8211; <strong><em>&#8220;Volume 5&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> (includes <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;The Radio Song&#8221;<\/span><\/em>)<\/h5>\n<h5>Baltimore Songwriter&#8217;s Association &#8211; <strong><em>&#8220;From Our Circle Four&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> (includes <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>&#8220;Lost Inside Her Smile<\/em><\/span>&#8220;)<\/h5>\n<h5>Lurman: <em><strong>&#8220;Music In The Woods&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> (includes <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Lurman<\/span>&#8220;)<\/h5>\n<h5>Oasis Jazz Mixer &#8211; <strong><em>&#8220;Volume 1&#8221; <\/em><\/strong>(includes <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;No Time Like The Present<\/span><\/em>&#8220;)<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Maryland Entertainment &amp; 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