By Cameron Tillett
On Feb. 11 the Student Activities Board and 91.9 WFPK Radio of Louisville hosted another Live Lunch in the Red Barn at the University of Lousville. The show began at noon and featured the up-and-coming band, The Floorwalkers, of Cleveland, Ohio. The band was playing to promote their Feb. 11 concert at Headliners and their new album, “The Natural Road,” some of which was recorded in Louisville. In addition, they are currently still attempting to raise money for a new band van to officially get a tour under way.
As soon as they began playing, the audience was instantly into the sound that the band was producing. The experience was like unexpectedly seeing an old friend.
It’s been a long time coming for The Floorwalkers, as they’ve spent ten years working hard at honing their sound, and now it looks like it’s beginning to pay off. The six-man band was honored as the best local band of Columbus, Ohio last year and has gathered quite the cult following in that area.
Although the band just released their first album in nearly a decade, it’s easy to why the Floorwalkers have such a large grassroots following in Columbus. From the reaction of the crowd, they’ve definitely established a foothold here in Louisville as well.
In the instance that the Floorwalkers’ music career takes off in the future, it will be great for a few U of L students to say they saw the Floorwalkers in concert at the Red Barn before they got big.
