The Dusty Road Ramblers

Members

Ralph 'Hank' Walters - vocals, guitar, accordian, piano, bagpipes
Jimmy Dunning - guitar

Formed in Liverpool in the 1950s.
Originally a skiffle and country band who played many times at The Cavern when it was still prodiminantly a jazz club.
Featured twice on the LP 'Liverpool Goes Country' on the Rex label in 1965. There was also an EP of the same name released by the band.
Also known as Hank Walters and the Dusty Road Ramblers, Hank Walters' Dusty Road Ramblers, The Dusty Road Ramblers Skiffle Group and Hank Walters and his Dusty Road Ramblers.
Hank Walters was still playing with his band well into the 1990s.

UK Singles

1981 Close to the Edge/I Could Never Be Ashamed of You                          Ellie Jay EJSP 9797

UK EPs

1965 Liverpool Goes Country                                                                         Rex EPR 5002

UK LPs

1979 Progress                                                                                                  Rox ROX LP 003

Television Appearances

29 Jan 1979  Ken Dodd Laughter Show.

Known Gigs

24 Jul 1957 Liverpool, The Cavern. With Gin Mill Skiffle Group, and Calandonie Skiffle Group.
   (Billed as Dusty Road Ramblers Skiffle Group)
31 Jul 1957 Liverpool, The Cavern. With Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group, and Blue Genes Skiffle Group. (Billed as Dusty Road Ramblers Skiffle Group. On the same bill as Ringo Starr who was playing with Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group.)
11 Jan 1960 Liverpool, The Cavern, Mathew Street.
16 Dec 1960. Liverpool, St. George's Hall. Arts Ball. With Gerry and the Pacemakers, Tommy and the Metronomes, The Remo Quartet, Cass and the Casanovas, Ozzy Burton's Jazz Aces and The Rod Hopman Jazzmen. There may have been others on the bill.