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Singer, songwriter. Years active. 1969–1999. Richard "Hock" Walsh (December 19, 1948 – December 31, 1999) [1] was one of the first professional blues singers in Canada. He is particularly notable as the co-founder of the Downchild Blues Band [2] and was the original singer of that band's best-known songs.
Here’s Donnie Walsh and his brother, Richard — Downchild’s first vocalist and the co-founder of what has been Canada’s best blues band for 50 long years.
It was co-founded by two brothers, Donnie "Mr. Downchild" Walsh and Richard "Hock" Walsh. The band's international fame is partially due to three of its songs, the originals "I've Got Everything I Need (Almost)" and "Shot Gun Blues", and its adaptation of "Flip, Flop and Fly", all from its 1973 album, Straight Up, being featured on ...
He played with The Winnipeg Symphony, Jimmy King & the Golden Boy Brass, Rocki Rolletti, and his own jazz groups before moving to Toronto in 1984, where he played with such artists as the late Richard “Hock” Walsh and the late Tony Flaim and the Dukes before joining Downchild in 1985.
Their marquee billing on the globe’s most prestigious stages. And, of course, their inimitable 1973 reading of Big Joe Turner’s classic “Flip, Flop and Fly” which placed Walsh and band co-founder, late brother Richard “Hock” Walsh on the charts and in the souls of music fans worldwide.
8. Dez. 2020 · Becoming one means finding your particular role, your calling, following it, and touching others around you. That’s exactly what the Downchild Blues Band (shortened to simply Downchild since the 1980s) has been doing since its formation. Brothers Donnie “Mr. Downchild” Walsh and Richard “Hock” Walsh co-founded the group in ...
27. Juni 2023 · Donnie Walsh, founder, guitarist and mouth organist for Canada’s revered Downchild Blues Band had already fired his younger brother, lead singer Richard “Hock” Walsh, at least once, with...
