When he was 16, Walker wrote his first song, "The Road You Choose", and performed it on stage at his father's shows.[2] His father recorded it on his 1999 CD, Gypsy Songman,[5] and Django later released his own recording of it.
His band's debut CD, Down the Road, produced by Lloyd Maines,[2] was released in 2002.[1] Walker released the CD on a label he formed himself, Lazy Kid Music.[4] He recorded the CD in five days, and wrote all but one of the songs himself.[4] One of those songs, "Texas on my Mind", was previously recorded by Pat Green,[2] and reached number 1 on the Texas Music Chart.[6] Walker had written the song while a student at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.[7][8] Dad's 1999 album "Gypsy Songman" contains the autobiographical father to son tune "Little Man".
^ abcdeDarnell, Meredith (June 3, 2003). "City preparing for crowd of 30,000". The Baytown Sun.
^ abcLee, David J. (June 7, 2002). "Son of Jerry Jeff Walker, Django, opening for Green". The Odessa American. p. 7E.
^Riemenschneider, Chris (October 1, 1999). "The Beat: Street Soundz". Austin American-Statesman. p. 14 (XL Ent).
^Goodspeed, John (March 1, 2002). "Songwriters' rule: Nothing sells like truth". San Antonio Express-News.
^ abHinojosa, Cassandra (June 4, 2004). "Django Walker kicks off music series – Jerry Jeff Walker's son wants to be respected for his music". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. p. E4.
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