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Brian George Walton Jr. (born October 8, 1964 in Duarte, California) is an American Country, Southern rock, and Classic rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and singer. In 1991, he made his debut releasing the album "Made in the Shade" which included the billboard Country Chart Top 5 hits "Made in the Shade" and "Travelin' Band". Since then he has released three more albums, including the highly successful "Made in the Shade Live!" album recorded during live performances in 2001. Brian studied music at Juilliard and has been a long time member of the Songwriters Guild of America, American Music Association and ASCAP. In the last 30 years he has written and/or produced over 400 jingles for radio and television, 5 billboard hits and produced 4 Top 100 albums. He currently lives in Challis, Idaho with his wife Inge. Brian has three sons Christopher (28) and Patrick (24) from his current wife Inge and Stephan (29) from a previous marriage. Brian considers himself "genre agnostic" preferring a wide range of musical styles although country and country rock is where he has had the most success. ==Early life== Brian was born in Duarte, California to Brian George Walton Senior, an automobile mechanic and Virginia Ann Walton (maiden name Hess). His parents had a troublesome marriage and even more turbulent divorce. Brian and his siblings spent most of their childhood shuttling between the east and west coast of the United States and were the subject of countless custody battles until his father's death in 1982. Early on, Brian tinkered with every musical instrument he could get his hands on. His father recognized the budding talent and enrolled him at Marshall Fundamental School in Pasadena, California () which was known at time for its extensive music and drama program. There he immediately took to the violin and became the school's leading soloist. He was awarded a lifetime membership by the American Music Association after an impressive and highly publicized performance at the 1976 Rose Bowl Game (Ohio vs UCLA) halftime concert. Shortly afterwards Brian's mother won custody of he and his siblings and they spent the next year traipsing across the US eventually ending up in Buffalo, New York in 1977. In 1978 Brian became a ward of the State and spent the next 3 years in orphanages, group homes and halfway houses. In 1981 Brian was emancipated and moved to New York City where he successfully auditioned at Juilliard School. In order to pay for his studies, Brian played 7 days a week at piano bars and coffee houses in the area where he was eventually discovered by A & R Recording executives and offered a staff writer/musician position in Nashville, Tennessee. He later was moved to Austin, Texas and began writing jingles for, among many others, Baskin Robbins, American Airlines and Maybelline. The work was sparse and the money even worse, so eventually Brian went back to New York and joined National Guard in 1982, but that wasn't much better, so in 1983 he joined the regular Army and while stationed in Fort Bragg attached to the 82 Airborne Unit has was sent to take part in the Grenada conflict. Afterwards Brian requested a duty station in Germany where he served one and a half tours. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian Walton (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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