GLENN WALTERS     
  
     Born to professional musician parents in the Midwest, Glenn began his music career at age 14. After years of touring with many famous Big Bands, Glenn’s saxophonist father, Howard, decided to form a family trio with Glenn on drums and vocals, with Glenn’s mother, Glenna, on Hammond organ. As “The Baronets Trio”, they toured most of the U.S. and Canada until Glenn started college in Kansas City, Missouri. During his college years, Glenn formed “The Mystic Number National Bank”, which made one album for ABC/Paramount before dissolving in a purple haze.

     Then he joined The Kansas City Emeralds, a 14 piece soul band doing the current hits of the day by artists such as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and James Brown, and traveled the country with them until they dissolved in Monterey,CA in 1969.

    In 1970, Glenn moved from his tranquil life in Pacific Grove, CA to San Francisco and joined his old pal from K.C., John Rewind, in The Hoodoo Rhythm Devils, along with Texan, Joe Crane. This creative combination of Joe’s and Glenn’s soulful voices toured and performed with some of the major acts of the 70’s, including the Doobie Brothers, Chuck Berry, Steely Dan, Savoy Brown, Uriah Heep, Johnny Winter, The Pointer Sisters and Sammy Hagar, making five critically successful albums before Joe’s untimely death in 1980.

    In the succeeding years, Glenn has led and performed in a great variety of bands on a freelance basis, relying on his enormous repertoire of jazz, blues, rhythm & blues, and even country & western. From 1986 to 1990, Glenn sang in a reformed “Zasu Pitts Memorial Orchestra”, a 14 piece soul band, doing (déjà vu) the songs of Otis, Wilson and James. Glenn is also in great demand as a voice talent for commercials and movies. He’s done many national radio and television campaigns for companies such as Levi Strauss, Selix Tuxedos, E & J Gallo Wine, Taco Bell, Hershey’s Chocolate, and Mattel Toys, and provided singing and character voices for the Tim Burton animated film, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, among others. Glenn also sang the radio themes for the S.F. Giants two years in a row.

   In 1997 Glenn released his first solo effort, an independently produced C.D. titled “Glenn Walters”, on the Gazebertz Recordz label. In 1998 he sang two songs on the “Strokeland Superband” C.D., “Kick It Up a Step”,  produced by Doc Kupka and featuring Huey Lewis, Mickey Thomas, Bill Champlin, and several members of “Tower of Power”. Another “Strokeland” C.D., “The King of Retro Cool”, was released in late 2000, again with most of the members of  “Tower of Power” but this time with Glenn as the only featured vocalist and co-writer of several tracks. 

   Glenn resides in San Francisco’s South of Market (SOMA) district and is a member of both SAG and AFTRA, and is currently performing with the Ray Charles Project, and doing some occasional Hoodoo Rhythm Devils  gigs.