Walter Powers

Walter Powers

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 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 MenagerieHenry Daniel. "Velvet Underground". In: "Frendz", November 5, 1971. Interview with the band. [http://home.hetnet.nl/~macplurkis/vu/index.html link] ] .

When Lou Reed left The Velvet Underground in late August 1970, Doug Yule assumed leadership of that band and moved from bass guitar to vocals and guitar. Yule asked Powers to join to fill in the bass spot; Powers played his first (known) gig with the band on November 19, 1970 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania [Olivier Landemaine. "The Velvet Underground Live Performances and Rehearsals: 1970" at "The Velvet Underground Web Page: Electricity Comes from Other PlaNETs" website [http://members.aol.com/olandem2/perf70.html link] ] . Also in late 1970, the band, which at that time consisted of Yule, Powers, Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker, recorded two songs for Atlantic Records, the Doug Yule compositions "Friends" and "She'll Make You Cry", which remain unreleased (both songs would later be re-recorded with different personnel for the 1973 Polydor album "Squeeze") [David Fricke. Liner notes for "Loaded (Fully Loaded Edition)" (1997)] .

During 1971, The Velvet Underground extensively toured the north and northeast of the United States and subsequently embarked on a short autumn tour of Europe in support of current album "Loaded", playing gigs in England, Scotland and The Netherlands. After completing the tour on November 21, 1971 in Groningen [Olivier Landemaine. "The Velvet Underground Live Performances and Rehearsals: 1971-1973" at "The Velvet Underground Web Page: Electricity Comes from Other PlaNETs" website [http://members.aol.com/olandem2/perf7173.html link] ] , the band planned to start recording a new album [Anonymous. "Velvet Underground ist wieder da!" In: "Sounds", November-December 1971. Interview with the band. [http://www.thomas-oestreicher.de/vu/sounds/ link] de icon en icon] , but band manager Steve Sesnick sent all of the band but Yule homeArjan de Weerd. "Despite All the Amputations, the Name of This Band Is Velvet Underground", July 2, 2004. Interview with Willie Alexander that mentions his work with Powers [http://home.hetnet.nl/~macplurkis/vu/index.html link] ] , presumably to retain maximum control of the product (the album "Squeeze") and effectively ending Powers' time with the band.

Powers and Alexander toured France together in 1982 to support Alexander's then-current albums; Powers appears to have dropped out of music since, having returned to Boston to work in the MIT Libraries.

Discography

With The Velvet Underground

* "Final V.U. 1971-1973" (recorded 1971–1973, released 2001)

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