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Local Musician Will Open for Springfield at New Lenox Triple Play Concert
Shorewood student and Channahon resident Dustin Walker will warm up the crowd at Saturday's event on the New Lenox Commons.
By Ron Kremer (Editor)
Just in about our man, Dust-in.
Shorewood Christ Academy student and Channahon resident Dustin Walker will open for Rick Springfield in the New Lenox Triple Play Concert Series' second event on Saturday, July 20, on the New Lenox Commons.
Walker, recently featured on Patch, will be joined on stage by three other local musicians as his band looks to get the crowd rocking before Springfield plays to a sold-out crowd.
Minooka's Drew Thompson (lead guitar), Channahon's Josh Carey (bass) and Joliet's Johnny Collins (drums) also are part of Walker's band. He also is scheduled to open for Springfield in a July 27 gig at Midland Theater in Kansas City, Mo.
Walker first met Springfield when he was a little boy and he was called on stage by Springfield at a concert where he sat on his grandfather's shoulders and picked at a plastic guitar. Today, he calls him "Uncle Rick" and the two have been described by fans as the Old Heartthrob and the Young Heartthrob.
Walker is honored by the comparisons.
“That’s just amazing to me because he’s always been my hero and my idol,” he said during an earlier interview with Patch. “So, to hear somebody comparing me to him—it is just amazing that I could accomplish something like that. I watch his videos and I’m like, ‘Man, I want to be like that some day.’
“So hearing that—they say I’m ‘Dee-Man’ and he’s ‘Da-Man.’ It’s cool. And you stumble across it. People are just saying it or posting it. And, when they’re saying it naturally, rather than on something they know you’re going to see, it means even more.”
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Just in about our man, Dust-in.
Shorewood Christ Academy student and Channahon resident Dustin Walker will open for Rick Springfield in the New Lenox Triple Play Concert Series' second event on Saturday, July 20, on the New Lenox Commons.
Walker, recently featured on Patch, will be joined on stage by three other local musicians as his band looks to get the crowd rocking before Springfield plays to a sold-out crowd.
Minooka's Drew Thompson (lead guitar), Channahon's Josh Carey (bass) and Joliet's Johnny Collins (drums) also are part of Walker's band. He also is scheduled to open for Springfield in a July 27 gig at Midland Theater in Kansas City, Mo.
Walker first met Springfield when he was a little boy and he was called on stage by Springfield at a concert where he sat on his grandfather's shoulders and picked at a plastic guitar. Today, he calls him "Uncle Rick" and the two have been described by fans as the Old Heartthrob and the Young Heartthrob.
Walker is honored by the comparisons.
“That’s just amazing to me because he’s always been my hero and my idol,” he said during an earlier interview with Patch. “So, to hear somebody comparing me to him—it is just amazing that I could accomplish something like that. I watch his videos and I’m like, ‘Man, I want to be like that some day.’
“So hearing that—they say I’m ‘Dee-Man’ and he’s ‘Da-Man.’ It’s cool. And you stumble across it. People are just saying it or posting it. And, when they’re saying it naturally, rather than on something they know you’re going to see, it means even more.”
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