JR.WALKER and THE ALL STARS
Junior Walker and the All Stars — Billy Nyx, drums; Willie Woods, guitar; Vic Thomas, organ — have been a chart-topping combo since “Shotgun” won a Grammy Award as the best rhythm-and-blues recording of 1965. Supposedly written in a Benton Harbor, Michigan hotel room, “Shotgun” was much more than one of the most danceable records of all time.
JR.WALKER and THE ALL STARS
Junior Walker and the All Stars — Billy Nyx, drums; Willie Woods, guitar; Vic Thomas, organ — have been a chart-topping combo since “Shotgun” won a Grammy Award as the best rhythm-and-blues recording of 1965. Supposedly written in a Benton Harbor, Michigan hotel room, “Shotgun” was much more than one of the most danceable records of all time. It marked the maturation of Junior Walker’s lyric and rhythmic style, and its pared-down instrumentation, tricky sixteenth-note patterns and clean, distinct lines became a primary influence for numerous rock and r&b groups.
