Thu 3/13 @ 7:30PM
Austin “Walkin’ Cane” Charanghat has been active in the area music scene for decades, singing and playing his delta-style blues on slide guitar. He got his nickname from a congenital leg deformity that caused him to walk with a cane; after the leg was amputated in 1996, he no longer needed the cane, but the nickname stuck. Despite this, he’s performed solo, with bands and in collaboration with various other musicians, and he’s played his music as far away as Australia, Colombia and Nepal, as well as across the U.S.
He’s also released several albums including Murder of a Blues Singer (2008), A World of Blues (2011), One Heart Walkin’ (2014) featuring songs co-written with another noted area singer/songwriter (and Charanghat’s childhood friend) Chris Allen and 2023’s Muscle Shoals, inspired by the legendary Alabama studio where Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett recorded.
His solo performances are pretty riveting, but he’s bring some real musical firepower to his upcoming performance at Cuyahoga Valley National Park’s Happy Days Lodge. There he’ll be joined by blues/rock musician Kristine Jackson on vocals and bass, local blues artist Dave Morrison on vocals and harmonica, and versatile drummer Rod Reisman who’s best known for his long stint with Cleveland rock ‘n’ reggae powerhouse First Light, and now its successor, Shake (pronounced Shaky) Ground.
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