Articles: Junior Walker & The All Stars (Artist Of The Week)

[The Yank]

 A couple of EP's - 

 

[Tomangoes]

Simply the best.

He could make that sax sing, and he could sing!

Anytime you need cheering up, just bang on one of his CDs or LPs...and your mood is uplifted.

So grateful I got to see him live.

Ed

 

[Thinksmart]

One of the key artists for me.

I grew up on the 60s songs and now appreciate the later work equally.

I am listening to the new 3CD set of 70s Motown albums on a train right now and it is great. 'Moody Junior' just played - what an immense slice of sophisticated funk soul.

I remember Rob Smith telling me he tried talking with the great man as Jr sat in just turban and underwear after an early Nottingham gig he DJed at, Jr sat sweating buckets, breathing heavily and not in the best frame of mind to answer Rob's questions, no doubt about about Soul label demos or similar. I never forgot that story, it made my hero junior Walker feel so close and human.

Edited July 16, 2019 by Thinksmart