Kicking Down Doors

Kicking Down Doors sprung out of the original music composed by Autumn Walden and Ernie Tokay. At the center are compelling lyrics by Autumn and the harmonic backdrop of Ernie Tokay. Band members also include Brian Flanagan on drums and/or bass, Steve Wheelock on guitar, Stecy Weathers on banjo, and Pete Cattaneo on bass, with other special friends along the way. “In many ways, Philly-area country folk combo Kicking Down Doors got together by accident.Singer-lyricist Autumn Walden came across singer-guitarist Ernie Tokay at his Little Spiders Have Big Dreams Studio in Chester County; before they’d even known each other for a day, they’d already written a song together. The two musicians clicked so readily and had such a productive streak of writing music together that the project quickly became a functioning band.” John Vettese, The Key Sessions, WXPN 88.5 FM Once we acquired a dozen songs or so, we decided to take our new project out to the Philadelphia Folk Festival in 2013 to see how people would respond to our live music. We found that people really enjoyed our songs, and even more so, we got a real charge out of playing our original material! We don't feel constrained by genre. And many times, we don’t know how a song or project is going to come out until we complete it. We can produce a folk song, a blues tune, or a rocking number equally well as the mood calls for, and that’s truly exciting!