Austin Walkin' Cane

Austin Walkin' Cane is a blues singer, songwriter, and slide guitar impresario who performs across acoustic, solo, duo and electric band mediums. He has toured around the world with only a guitar and suitcase in hand.

Austin walked for ten years with a cane due to an arterial venous malformation he had since birth. While performing on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, a homeless man called out, "Hey Walkin' Cane, got some spare change for a brother?!" Austin subsequently took the jibe as his nickname. In 1996, after years of battling the inevitable, his left leg was amputated below the knee. A year after the surgery, he returned to the music scene stronger and without need of a cane.

Austin Walkin' Cane's 2015 release, "One Heart Walkin,'" was nominated for Best New Artist Album by the The Blues Foundation as part of its 36th annual Blues Music Awards. The…