Toby Walker is an American fingerstyle guitar virtuoso and songwriter known for his exceptional musicianship and his highly entertaining performances.

Walker, who has toured the globe many times, blends blues, ragtime, country, bluegrass, rock and old time jazz into his own unique style, wowing the public, the critics and his peers alike – and he is also an acclaimed guitar instructor too.

Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna and the Jefferson Airplane said about Toby: “Flat out…you have to hear this great musician…I’m blown away.”

Happy Traum described him as “A fingerpicking guitar virtuoso”.

Muddy Waters’ guitarist Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin said: “As a blues guitar player, I am stunned and in awe of Toby Walker’s pickin’!”

Carnegie Hall acknowledged his rare talents and hired him to augment and teach as part of its’ American Roots program aimed at honor level middle school students.

Toby’S passion for blues, rags, folk, and other traditional American music drove him to leave an apartment crammed full of recordings, books and instruments for the Mississippi Delta, Virginia and the Carolinas where he tracked down some of the more obscure – but immensely talented – music makers of an earlier era. He learned directly from Eugene Powell, James ‘Son’ Thomas, Etta Baker, and R.L Burnside, among others.