Greg T. Walker interview part 1

This is an interview with Greg T. Walker, done for the Music and Entertainment Buzz show. Greg was with Lynyrd Skynyrd, and founded the the band Blackfoot. He still tours with Blackfoot.

[@cornbread6616]

Blackfoot for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

[@kevincopeland2675]

Greg played bass for Skynyrd in 1971 during the Muscle Shoals sessions when Leon went off to manage the ice cream factory, you can hear him on Skynyrds first and last and the complete muscle shoals album. Greg T.Walker is one of the best bass players to come out of the 70's and an all out good dude!

[@cheesemccheesy3850]

Thats not true Greg replaced original bassist Larry Junstrom ed king replaced for Leon when he went to manage for ice cream

[@onazram1]

He played on many sessions with L.S. that were produced by Jimmy Johnson...

[@Hummershacks]

I’ve been to his camp. Met him while working FedEx ground. Delivered his bass.

[@Mothersown]

@@Hummershacks Aw what year?

[@Hummershacks]

@@Mothersown about a year ago. He lives on ancestry land. We talked a lot I still know where he lives and could call him rn. Still playing too and he’s 70 something.

[@ericheine2414]

Greg T Walker I got to hang out with you and Bobby Barth at Bobby's place in New Orleans. We were down in the studio passing the guitar in a circle. My turn came and I played something and I passed guitar to you. You gave me one of the nicest compliment I have ever received. This is what you said " I really enjoyed listening to what you had to say." It was 2005 after Katrina. I didn't know who you guys were. Now I do and thank you very much for all you do. You guys rock.

[@sarojaband4664]

Anyone who thumbs-down a bass LEGEND, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter like Greg T. Walker is absolutely ignorant !! Fantastic musician !! 13:05

[@GBeret83]

Got to meet Greg T. Walker and former Blackfoot guitarist Charlie Hargrett when they came to my home town in Kentucky back in 2012 to play with a group of other former southern rock musicians that included Jimmy Farrar(former Molly Hatchet singer from 1980-82 in Danny Jo Brown's absence ) & Mike Estes(played guitar for Lynyrd Skynyrd on their Endangered Species tour 1994-95). Greg & Charlie were both super nice, super cool dudes and very down to earth, which I really liked. They both acted like they really enjoyed spending time just chatting with their fans. There was no arrogance about either of them and nothing phony about either of them. I talked for about 20 or 30 minutes with Charlie Hargrett(big talker, LOL), and it was like talking to someone I'd known all my life. My experience in meeting Greg & Charlie was that they're both very genuine, very for real dudes. Unlike with so many of today's rock stars.

[@loriwishman1866]

Did Charlie ever stop smiling? Always looked like he was having a great time.

[@TheFruitloop186]

I love Greg. He's so laid back and genuinely a down to earth sorta guy. He is multi talented, and I doubt that there is an instrument he can't play. I'd love to hear more from him.

[@sydelectric4878]

Thank you so much for pure jam

[@jublaim]

This guy is a very good bass player. He has toured the world. He is highly regarded by fellow musicans. He played on Blackfoots Highway Song live album. He knows his bass shit. That's all I care about. One of my bass heroes, Greg T. Walker.

[@sarojaband4664]

Agreed bro !! Anyone who thumbs-down a bass LEGEND, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter like Greg T. Walker is absolutely ignorant !! Fantastic musician !

[@johnruss]

I am proud to know Greg. What you see in the video is the real deal. He's a real cool calm guy, who's been there and kept his head on his shoulders.

[@Zepster77]

Excellent interview, a rare one too I’d imagine. This was poted in 2011; curious when it was actually filmed/recorded….. 🌠❤‍🔥🌠

[@TopJimmyWinn]

Hello from Gainesville Fl.! Where Blackfoot used to be the house band at Dub's lounge in the early seventies. Greg rocks! :)

[@RorysStrat]

Love you Greg! Love Blackfoot and you are excellent!!!

[@blusismylife]

great interview! thanks for sharing it

[@NorthernBandit1]

I love this man...thank you Greg!

[@creekwater2545]

greg is great man he lives in my hometown i got his signature on one of my guitars real nice guy to talk to

[@SergeantSaltyDawg]

Great interview.

[@sega62s]

Great interview

[@eww1995]

Love love love Blackfoot! This interview is great!! For some reason the camera caught Greg's face just the right way, and I saw an uncanny resemblance to Duke University's coach K. Not a Duke fan here, but an almost lifelong resident of NC. I dunno if I'm the first to ever see this, but I think it's pretty cool...:)

[@greghines9041]

Saw Blackfoot in a club in Winston Sslem NC in the late 70s..tightest band I've ever seen.....also the loudest😂😂

[@massimogiammaria5945]

great bass player 😘👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏stuttgard 81 awesome blackfoot i was there

[@holeemo]

OK, here's a little truth for you. Greg didn't start Blackfoot. Lenny Stadler (recently deceased) from Reidsville,NC, and Charlie Hargrett were going to Fla. To see Medlock, who was with Skynerd before they cut their 1st album with MCA. Medlock agreed to leave Skynerd to form Blackfoot. MCA was going to sign BF but Lenny had some life threatening health problems and left BF after having a religious conversion and a miraculous healing from a growth surrounding his heart.

[@ashleighsalinas8526]

I love this dude and wish I could find isolated tracks for him. Hes fun to watch too in the few old videos of Blackfoot on here lol dudes either metal af or bouncy as hell on stage

[@dquaid666]

One of the best of all time

[@edwinrodriguez8396]

...THE BEATLES...MY PARENTS...GOD BLESS U GREG T. WALKER...I BLESS U GOD...

[@TheOldOakSyndicate]

wow, what a show!!! Spray painted back drop and all!!!

[@BeauTokyo]

Don't forget about that $19.95 rug on his head.

[@BeauTokyo]

@Practical Skeptic Whats the matter sweetie? Only opinion is yours?

[@ltc714]

That wig is hilarious 😅

[@johnkk7863]

The guy asking the questions sounds just like Porky Pig!

[@andrewgram3039]

john Kk Greg T looks like Geddy Lee

[@swaggercat]

Porky pig had a baby with Elmer Fud giving us the host.

[@kimberlypotts9734]

they are all true native Americans Blackfoot and they belong in the rock and roll hall of fame

[@TheFruitloop186]

@ kimcerly Hello, did you not hear Greg say he is Muscogee Creek ?

[@larryn2682]

Charlie Hargrett me might not be native American.

[@c.d.8975]

@@larryn2682 Hargrett is a Polak

[@sydelectric4878]

Okay lol I should have been a bit more patientWhy did you pick Blackfoot ? Love the bass that was done

[@robsan5777]

Nice wig, Greg.

[@freddiehubbard1460]

Fabulous hair and I'm jealous.

[@DetVen]

Then just go buy a wig like the wig he's wearing here.

[@chipper2462]

I've yet to see a bald indian so I don't think that's a wig.

[@TXSBLUEBONNET]

You're right, I know for a fact it's a wig.

[@gregvangaasbeek813]

Is he from the WigWam tribe?

[@savedbygodsgrace1622]

Rock musicians were created in test tubes. Geddy Lee eyes.

[@swaggercat]

How come everytime the host starts to ask a question the camera man starts to zoom in on the host? 1st day on the job?

[@markparsons9059]

Rickey Medlocke was in Blackfoot back in the 70s, I saw him 3 times in Chicago. I don't know when he joined Skynyrd but I saw them back in 77 and I KNOW he wasn't in the original band,

[@jhsams1977]

Mark Parsons Rickey played Drums for Skynyrd in 71-72

[@classngrace]

@@jhsams1977 Medlocke was never a member of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd Band

[@markparsons9059]

During the spring of 1969, Rickey Medlocke and Greg T. Walker....

[@lawrenceblair6540]

blAckffoot liive inn zuriick

[@user-yx9bs8zo5q]

Nice wig

[@edwinrodriguez8396]

AMEN G.T.W. : )

[@BeauTokyo]

It's getting pretty deep in here. Anyone know where there's a bulldozer?

[@BeauTokyo]

@Sven Nordqvist Huh?

[@BeauTokyo]

@Sven Nordqvist Huh?

[@johnruss]

Get your facts straight. At the time Greg was playing and recording with Skynyrd.

[@cliffjones40]

Cliff Jones - No Holding Back

[@reubenkinsey2947]

Damn!! He looks like Greedy Lee, wearing a wig😀

[@ufofan1980]

How old is Greg now? Imma guess 60 or 61.

[@sororves]

1951. Turned 61 last July. Getting OLD!

[@ufofan1980]

How old is Charlie Hargrett? Im guessing he's younger.

[@ufofan1980]

So he was born in 1951 or 1952 then?

[@chrisjellema5942]

Host sounds like Milton Waddams 😆

[@janrafferty5355]

Ok Greg was in Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blackfoot also so people always said Geg was a one band guy bull crap!!!!!!

[@johncrowley6929]

Retro Geddy lee lookalike

[@Elite59]

Sounds like Greg & Rickey must have had a falling out. Also noticed that he didn't mention Rickey being Native American, yet he mentions himself and another band member... Yes, when Skynyrd was just starting out, before they made it big, Rickey and Greg both played for them for a short time. In fact Rickey played drums on the first album Skynyrd ever recorded.

[@mybourbon]

I noticed this myself. He kept saying "the other guy" but didnt want to mention Rickey's name. Finally, the interviewer was the one to say his name first.

[@damnyankeeyankee6812]

I think when ATCO imploded Blackfoot, there were alot of raw, hard feelings. Ken Hensley was brought in to freshen up the sound with keyboards. Then SIOGO with keyboards just wasn't well received by fans. Then Charlie was the first casualty because Charlie was playing his Les Paul the way only Charlie can play during Vertical Smiles prep. Without Charlie, ATCO didn't like Vertical Smiles and forced the remaining members to re-record the album - which was a complete disaster. During the Vertical Smiles tour, Hensley quit. And then Blackfoot spiraled down and flamed out. ATCO wanted to continue Rickey's career, so he formed Rickey Medlocke and Blackfoot with other members. And he gave Charlie, Jak, and Greg a simple buyout of $10k each and purchased the Blackfoot company and brand from them. It sounds like Jak and Rickey didn't speak until about the time Jak died. I don't know if Greg and Rickey have ever spoke since the band's breakup. Charlie was - and continues to be - on friendly terms with all of them. What's heartbreaking is, how 3 kids (Jak, Rickey, and Greg) who were all friends since age 4 - went to kindergarten and school together, learned how to play music together, and toured the world together, let Music get between their friendship. Sad indeed.

[@TheFruitloop186]

@ mybourbon Funny how people hear what they want to hear. He did in fact mention Rickey SEVERAL times. Perhaps you should listen again, this time more carefully.

[@mybourbon]

Yeah, after the interviewer finally mentioned Rickey, but until then, several times Greg just said "the other guy". Funny how people read want they want to see, lol.

[@cosmyccowboy]

Julia S not until he was forced to

[@arthurdduda8233]

tell the audience,.. he's thinking what audience, how the hell did i get on this show? spray painted pallets for a set and a kitchen table with a tarp over it, WTF...

[@speedplayz1517]

Greg is my cousin

[@jasperedwards3341]

i thought it was ken hensley uriah heap

[@sororves]

Like I said, I put all I had into jump-starting his music career - money, my house, a lot of time & effort, sacrifices, encouragement. I put together the financing (incl. hitting up friend for $) & supplied all the graphics to get his solo CD made & avail. to public. Research, marketing, promotion - you name it. All for nothing.

[@beatmastert]

that sucks

[@TheFruitloop186]

@ sororves So a big time entrepreneur such as yourself sits around and makes comments on youtube, ? Sounds fishy to me

[@shatnershairpiece]

This guy needs to learn from Medlocke on how to age gracefully. Will never understand why old men wear these ridiculous wigs. Maybe Greg can get together with Ritchie Blackmore and exchange them for laughs.

[@Tracywalden2424]

This man has to be kin to Levi Walker Atlanta Braves mascot - period ! No doubt about it . ttt24

[@lawrenceblair6540]

video blackfoot zurick highway songg

[@cliffjones40]

cliff jones lesson to be learned google

[@sororves]

Oh, Greg IS a prick - I can assure you of that! Screwed me over BIG time!

[@BeauTokyo]

.......but he was a really good bassist. I know he liked Wishbone Ash a lot and took his style from them.

[@TheFruitloop186]

@ sororves There are always two sides to every story.. so I'd have to hear his before I could take you seriously.

[@billbrooks6756]

Mentor666 wishbone ash 👍👍

[@MrTandys]

Possum.

[@sororves]

MUCH older looking & Greg's hair isn't real!

[@discosucks99]

It's not a wig

[@BeauTokyo]

Oh yes it is!!!

[@johnruss]

Bullsh*t

[@carolcraine5129]

Phony as hell!

[@carolcraine5129]

Can't he afford a more realistic looking wig?

[@damnyankeeyankee6812]

That's his hair...see the gray??? Not all Native Americans have thin hair that flows in the wind...

[@carolcraine5129]

Damnyankee Yankee Looks like a made in china wig I saw before.

[@TheFruitloop186]

@ carol What's phony ? His talent is anything but phony, so you would have to expound.

[@carolcraine5129]

I have been a hair stylist for 25 years and know fake hair when I see it he is also a pitiful excuse for a bassist.

[@holgervomscheidt3439]

the first time i say----i don´t like him

[@c.d.8975]

The Italian guy should go back to selling salami his interviewing skills are somewhat lacking.

[@deekay2]

Medlocke needs to get his ass out of that parody band that should have ended with the crash, and get back to the ass-kickin' band known as Blackfoot.

[@greenhornet1387]

Gregora Tea Transgenderd walker