Billy Walton Band Billets

BILLY WALTON BAND
• special guests: Virgil & The Accelerators
• DJ/Host: Snowboy

Direct from the USA, accomplished guitar master Billy Walton brings his band to the Forge along with special guests Virgil & the Accelerators and DJ/Host: Snowboy.

Billy Walton earned his stripes playing lead guitar for many years with Jersey icon, Southside Johnny. He has also shared the stage with music legends; Little Steven, Gary US Bonds and Steven Tyler, to name a few.

The Billy Walton Band grew out of this rich musical heritage, and found its groove when Billy connected with bassist William Paris. With the addition of Tom Petraccaro on sax, Eric Safka on Hammond B3, Bruce Krywinski Jr on trumpet, Destinee Monroe on Vocals and Shane Luckenbough; the band has truly hit its stride.



Virgil & The Accelerators are known for their explosive live performances in the Blues Rock Genre. A band of brothers fronted by Virgil McMahon (Guitar and vocals), Jack Alexander Timmis (Bass and vocals) Gabriel McMahon (drums).

Their debut Album The Radium received 5 stars reviews from Classic Rock Magazine and Blues Rock Review plus others.

Virgil & The Accelerators have toured with Michael Schenker, Uriah Heep, Wilko Johnson and more.