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Hometown: Stockholm, SE
Label: BWK Records
Website: www.bigwalker.us
Sounds Like: Muddy Waters, The Jimi Hendrix Experience Official Page, Little Walter Jacobs, Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan
Genre: Blues
Derrick Roy Michael Walker born in Lawton Oklahoma 1953.Sings, writes his own music plays saxophone and harmonica.Extremely versatile, grounded in many styles of American folk music, blues, country, soul, rock n roll and funk .With and majestic stage presents a dark voice between Muddy Waters and Jimi Hendrix sometimes even Cab Calloway or Lois Jordan.He plays the harmonica effortlessly and many styles James Cotton, Sony Terry, Jr Wells, Charley McCoy but still very much himself...Incredibly he plays Chicago style saxophone with a touch of King Curtis, Eddy Harris, Clarence Clemens...
“is damn good blues!”
Philip Verhaeghe - Keys and Chords
“An excellent, surprising and thoughtful release.”
Zeitgeist - Zeitgeist
“I cannot praise this set highly enough – just buy it!”
Mick Rainsford - Blues in Britain
"...superior harp and showcases Derrick's fine voice, not far from Keb Mo territory.
John Taylor - Blues on Stage
“It is quite obvious that he absorbed much of the talent that he surrounded himself with earlier in his career"”
PETER BLEWZZMAN LAURO - Merry 4 Music
“The lyrics are thoughtful and show concerns not often associated with blues singers"”
Juke Blues
"Succeeds in evoking the mood and feel of Chicago Blues golden age without trying to re-create old sounds.
Blues Revue
“Mr. Walkers music"Here`s a suprise-a blues CD with imaginative lyrics!”
Tim Shuller - Living Blues
““…your a real Blues player””
(Bruce Iglauer Alligator Records )
