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 Blues Music Awards are universally recognized as the one of the highest accolades afforded blues music performers.

"MUSO” is the latest incarnation of Walkin' Cane's synthesis of original compositions with roots music cultures, combining and transcending the troubadour traditions of Delta blues, Memphis blues, Chicago blues, and Bourbon Street jazz.

AWC original songs are co-written by Austin with collaborator, guitarist, and grade-school friend, Chris Allen. The albums of Allen/Charanghat originals have come to life with the help of legendary producer and bassist Don Dixon.

Fans may recognize Walkin' Cane's work from his performances on National Public Radio's nationally-syndicated game show, "Says You," broadcast from Cleveland’s historic Capitol Theater, as well as from his musical work airing on Sirius/XM Radio's, B.B. King's Bluesville. The Chicago Reader put Austin on the cover to promote the 2015 Chicago Blues Festival.

"Austin Walkin' Cane arrives bearing not only a cool blues calling card but a commanding voice and fiery Delta chops." - The New Yorker

"If you like Muddy Waters, go see Austin Walkin Cane." - Washington Post