Walter Powers

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Walter Powers

b, voc, *1946 US, Boston
Musician of Rock

Walter Powers III is an American bass guitarist best known for having been a member of the Velvet Underground from late 1970 until late 1971.Walter Powers was born August 4, 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts. Before joining the Velvet Underground he played with future co-Velvet Willie Alexander in Boston-based band the Lost from 1964 until 1967, during which time they toured with the Beach Boys, and from 1967 with Alexander and another future fellow Velvet, Doug Yule, in the Grass Menagerie. Walter Powers was also the bass player for another Boston-based band called Listening (only album released by Vanguard in 1968 under the same name).

Instruments

Bass
Vocals
Bass guitar
Synthesizer

Genres

Rock
Pop
Alternative

Plays With

Listening

The Lost

The Velvet Underground

The Confessions

Band Members

External Links

Wikipedia

MusicBrainz

Discogs

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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