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Walt Wilkins and Johnny Nicholas- -the guys everyone's talking about

The 307th show of Walt Wilkins & the Mystiqueros had the Saxon pub packed. I heard the house was always packed for Walt- -especially if Johnny Nicholas was around too. Walt Wilkins sings at the Saxon  Right away, I got the message. I was about to hear a legend or two, this evening. Inside the set, I heard a little bit of country, a little bit of soul, a little bit of rebel rock and a little bit of God in every beat. The messages in the songs unwrapped deeper meaning with twists of hard knock and safety and the rugged journey of the in-between. It was the mess that made the story worth telling. There was  The Trains I Missed song (written by Walt, Gilles Godard and Nicole Witt) a hefty song that got me in the doors, but then every other song wouldn't let me leave my seat. Johnny Nicholas and Walt Wilkins Walt sang, "And I pushed on every chance. I searched far and wide trying to crawl out of God's hands. There were stones I didn't throw and heart