Junior Walker - Shotgun (Shindig)
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- Опубліковано 25 січ 2015
- Motown's skilled but mostly anonymous instrumentalists very rarely stepped out on their own. The lone exception to the rule was tenor saxman Junior Walker, whose rough-and-ready, old-school R&B was a marked contrast with the label's typically smooth, polished product. Walker's squealing gutbucket style was inspired by jump blues and early R&B, particularly players like Louis Jordan, Earl Bostic, and Illinois Jacquet. Possessed of a raspy, untrained voice, Walker's singing nonetheless complemented the energy of his sax playing, and he cut a wealth of danceable, party hearty R&B for Motown during his heyday in the second half of the '60s.
Walker was born Autry DeWalt II on June 14, 1931 (even though Motown gave his birth date as 1942), in Blytheville, AR. (Some accounts list his birth name as Oscar G. Mixon, which was then changed at some point during his early childhood.) DeWalt grew up in South Bend, IN, and began playing the saxophone in high school; he was soon performing in local jazz and R&B clubs with his first band, the Jumping Jacks, under the name Junior Walker. He next joined a trio led by drummer Billy "Stix" Nicks, which also featured organist Fred Patton; they soon added backing vocalist and guitarist Willie Woods, and played around northern Indiana and southern Michigan. Walker took over the group after Nicks joined the Army; in the late '50s, he relocated to Battle Creek, MI, and formed a band billed as Junior Walker & the All-Stars. Initially, they featured Patton, Woods, and drummer Tony Washington; Patton was later replaced by Victor Thomas, and Washington by Jack Douglas and, finally, James Graves. The All-Stars continued to play around the area, and took up a residency in Battle Creek's El Grotto club. There they were discovered by singer Johnny Bristol, who recommended them to his friend, ex-Moonglow Harvey Fuqua. Fuqua signed the group to his Harvey label in 1961; they made their first recordings in 1962, and the following year Fuqua's labels were absorbed by Motown.
Walker & the All-Stars ended up on their Soul subsidiary, debuting for the label in 1964. In early 1965, they scored their first big hit with the dance tune "Shotgun," which marked Walker's vocal debut; in fact, the only reason he sang the song was that the vocalist he'd hired didn't show up for the session, and he was somewhat flabbergasted by the label's decision to leave his vocal intact. Berry Gordy's instincts proved right, however, when "Shotgun" topped the R&B charts and hit the pop Top Five. A steady stream of mostly instrumental R&B chart hits followed, including "Do the Boomerang," "Shake and Fingerpop," and "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Walker was, naturally, encouraged to record instrumental versions of Motown hits). In 1966, Graves left and was replaced by old cohort Billy "Stix" Nicks, and Walker's hits continued apace with tunes like "I'm a Road Runner" and "Pucker Up Buttercup." Toward the end of the '60s, seeking to diversify their approach, the All-Stars began recording more ballad material, complete with string arrangements and Walker vocals. That approach resulted in the group's second Top Five pop hit, the R&B number one "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)," which helped refuel Walker's career. He landed several more R&B Top Ten hits over the next few years, with the last coming in 1972.
Walker resurfaced as a solo artist during the disco era, working with producer Brian Holland beginning in 1976 with the single "Hot Shot"; a pair of albums followed. In 1979, Walker joined up with another former Motown mainstay in 1979, signing with producer Norman Whitfield's Whitfield label, though without much success. Walker returned to the spotlight in 1981 with a well-publicized (and well-executed) guest solo on Foreigner's Top Five hit "Urgent." Two years later, he re-signed with Motown and recorded Blow the House Down; by that time, his melodic style was being absorbed into a new generation of R&B-flavored jazz instrumentalists. Walker continued to tour through the '80s and '90s, sometimes with his son Autry DeWalt III playing drums. Unfortunately, in 1993 his activities were severely curtailed by cancer, which claimed his life on November 23, 1995. In the wake of his death, Billy "Stix" Nicks continued to tour with a version of the All-Stars. ~ Steve Huey, All Music
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This guy is AWESOME!!!!! So talented
Real Soul ✊🏽😎🎵🎵🎵
Incredible Stuff fm Jr. Walker & The All Stars. One of the Best-Ever R&B Tracks.
The raw greasy soul that I'm addicted to all my life, & never gets old!.🎶🎸🥁🎶🎷🎶
Wish we could have seen more of those sisters doing “The Jerk” back there.
Still rockin this in the bars today...and they still dancin
GREAT BLACK music 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
It reminds me a long time ago before going to Vietnam war .but I love that music .1965 good old memories.
Still sounds awesome I think my parents every time I hear it. ❤
The drum intro and beat is dynamite
Ultimate COOL !!
I love this song and like the woman who doing "the jerk" dance was wild n out for me man rolling your time and banging 13 westside nations 4 life!!!! Shotgun by junior & The All stars y'all stars now!!!! Just looking like west coast Los Angeles CA Beverly hills Hollywood hip hop, G-funk, evolution,GTA sa, & GTA 5, and revolutionary power of strictly underground party mix jams rocking chair wild n' out as the greatest adventures group ever in motown records hits which is the Junior & The All stars man!!!! Keeping on banging on the 13 oranges & men and the Westside nations with these shotguns tripple-double GG's games going cuz we gonna having something good times. Then
The Los Angeles watts riots happened in August 26-28, 1965 in California was rolling to the ball of war zone & turns to the American nightmare was amazing!!!!
How can there only be 14 comments on this awesome tune??
You were all he could afford.
@@doctorcraptonicus7941 you better step back from the crack pipe, pull your head out of your ass,shake your stupid head and ask yourself "what the fuck did I just write? It makes no sense" 😂🤣😂🤣
@@deborahhewitt6101 -Ha ha ha, That's great! It makes me nostalgic (I used to read comments like this with my d..dad (sniff) b..bye dad...) You must have put a lot of HARD WORK into that comment! -never change mate! Is there anywhere I can Like, Subscribe and Share???? er, er...awesome channel, mate!!!! er, er...I like everything!!! er, Good Boy! Good Boy! Good Soy! Good Soyboy!
@@doctorcraptonicus7941 your a total asshat who makes no sense at all. When you fell out of the stupid you hit every single branch on your way🤡🤡🤡🤡
Jr Walker is one of my top 5 favorite Motown Artists No.1 is Marvin Gaye.
My favorite Motown artist was Saundra Mallett of the Elgins.
As much as I like “The Temptations” “Smokey Robinson and the Miracles” and “Four Tops.” JR. Walker and the All Stars will always be my number 1 Motown Group.
Adam B. Smith Right On!!
WOW! I didn't know he song this!?!??
Rolling with my shotgun old school song. I Said ShotGun
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Wow! Thanks!
0:39 the guitar player killer riff
I know that gentleman played the hell out that guitar and sung with Jr Walker on a number of songs! That man played that guitar until that conk came out!
@@a.b.sproductionsllc Willie Woods.
"I say, blonde wig / Wear it for me right now / Tease your hair, baby / Bleach your hair blonde / Put on your red dress / I said we're goin' downtown now / I said you buy yourself a blonde wig now / I say you tease it up baby now / I say you fluff it up baby now / I said, wear it for me right now..."
At least an effort was made to sound like the record, even as a live performance!
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Why show those dancers when JR is doing his thing? smh
Look like they were practicing 6 ft apart
Wiw, we danced to this song and my sister had the 45. The words really don't make sense but a nice beat. The black girls dancing in the audience have Michelle Obama hairdos, Lol! She probably was a baby then if she was even born yet. We did the jerk just like that. I was a kid. Had fun with my big sisters. Same hairdos. My sisters just turned 70 and 71. They not still dancing though. We just look at your video and reminisce. Thanks for the video by the way.
Michelle Obama was a year old at the time.
@@Themaddprof Wow, thanks for the information. She's not a spring chicken either.