Junior Walker What Does It Take LIVE

[74142kokopelli]

Can't keep from moving!

[sheddski]

RIP JUNIOR WALKER

[TheRondo575]

I saw Junior at the N.J. State Fair in the 80's. He could really blow. Real "live" music by real musicians. Nothin' fancy no strobe lights or special affects just playin' and singin'. Nothin' like the good old days. RIP Junior you are missed.

[ohtxin]

I don't care which rendition is played, there all great!

[B4BoomersBlockBoy7]

Great ! Great ! Great ! That's Best I can Some Up Jr. Walker & The All Star's ! Super ^5

[lillydiaz1]

Even the live version sounds ssoohh good!! R.I.P., Jimmy.

[u000drl]

Is John Anderson playing a different song?

[jtm8536]

Seen Junior one time in Philly with some other oldie groups and Junior stole the show with his horn and Jam.This is good stuff. Thanks for posting!

[mrjoshjones1]

Only thing coulda' made this performance any better(?) woulda' been

CP Spencer,Freddie Gorman,Hank Dixon & Walter Gaines.....The Originals,

the original "Fella's" who sing back-up on the original recording.

Johnny Bristol was one great producer.

[701765]

Jr Walker 4 ever!

[fruityblack]

how come the share button does not work?

[teresadoyle]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jwcartlidge]

Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,Thank you,

[amd77j]

A Motown legend. Btw, Letterman's musical guests throughout the years have been amazing.

[leakawatchempino]

it ain't the all stars for sure...

[bass2themax2]

just fucking great... fucking sick soulful great

[fjjtigh]

AWSOME! Love the man!! RIP Junior and thanks for the great sounds..

[cruptbside]

man .. i'm so glad letteman got him at this time ... he died later that year

[bookguitarguy]

@cruptbside :O(

[TheSaltydog07]

I've LOVED this man since I was a kid. Junior Walker and Jon Anderson on the same stage!! Ahhhhh. Junior can make that sax talk. thanks for sharing his. it's fantastic!

[wdm120363]

love jr, to bad with the idiot on keyboards and the rest of the letterman band

[BiafraMain]

THE SWANKY MODES!!!!

[u000drl]

jon andeson gets off tempo at 2:28 and never really recovers!

[TheSaltydog07]

@u000drl Who cares?



[ltlwing47]

Junior Walker has been underrated all these years. Magnificent song here.

[PoconoSteve59]

Awsome

[VIRIATO1942]

Fantastic sound. You rarely listen to anyhthing that comes close to this these days. It is indeed a unique performance by Jr. Walker....of course it must be decades old for Letterman looks like a teenager....those were the day for good music.

[midlocal]

why is paul schaeffers piano so loud in the mix? totally sucks it

[ronetteloverz]

@midlocal Because Paul Schaeffer's ego is his volume control.

[erlaneviggiano]

Nao me canso de ouvir a musica e maravilhosa...deliciosa...amo ...amo...

[mrbroadsword1]

LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT

[Dlatintouch]

Thanks for posting, this song never gets old, always brings back great memories!!

[bizillcizole]

Great clip of a great song. Paul Shaffer's cheesy keyboards don't do much for it, though.

[418sadeyes]

Thanks SO much!!! I love THIS song!!!!

[RustySacks]

lol jon anderson and his tambourine!

[iceeur2eyes]

how can you not love sax..Junior walker was the best..grooooovy.!!!!!!!!

[RJiminez51]

i always loved his sax solo in the foreigner song (urgent) check it out.

[thanddi]

This is precious and rare. Who would not like this? Walker-the best sax. Sexy lips, too. Much thanx for posting. Great taste.

[thanddi]

This is precious and rare. Thanks soooo much for posting. The thumbs down ad to be a mistake...WHO would not luv this?

[oper4]

Sweet marijuana eyes... Great singer and sax player. R.I.P.

[simon4186]

I LOVE MOTOWN!

[pretorious700]

I played this song countless times in soul bands back in the day. Jr. is one of a kind.

[TBConl]

I miss this music. Thank you folks for posting on youtube.

[msccryder1968]

His saxy is so sexy!

[DenasMomma128]

He could play the @#%& out of the saxaphone.-DenasMomma128

[ampegbass]

Looks like Neil Jason on bass instead of Will Lee

[ilpleutdansmoncoeur]

This is amazing , what does he say ? I'm gonna blow darling?

[pioneerman1000]

he had soul  built into his dna saw him 3 times brill!!!!

[OldGoldSoul]

JR. WALKER DIED IN 1995 R.I.P.

[gozanelli]

Patterson HS, class of '68, Jr Walker played at our Senior Dance. Priceless

[SoulGuy25]

junior walker the MASTER BLASTER!!!!!

[eric2181965]

R.I.P. Junior Walker!!!

[branchdangler1]

Not enough time and respect given to a music legend.

[BaldingMusicFan]

this guy is a freak the way he can in a heartbeat go from blowing his guts out into the sax, to singing with not even a half second gap in between, freakish. A normal human would need at least 10 seconds to regain some air in their lungs, not our Junior

[56kvb]

@BaldingMusicFan

I've wondered how does that also! He has the gift.

[GeneralParadigm]

That band really come together, on a great tune.

[getajobfatboy]

great great -Mr Walker

[chuckeisenhardt]

'1977'

[BluezGuitarz]

Junior Walker was always one of my favorites, and I had never seen him on TV. Thanks to whoever shared this video.

[amd77j]

Priceless. Thanks for posting!!!!

[twochaudio]

that was great

[Marklewisdes]

Thks so much for posting..when I was a kid..this was one of my all-time favorites..awesome!

[goldenchildtyptcb]

i hope that thumbs down was a accident!

[globalsbc]

He still had it and put a nice swing to it!

[carolyrrh]

thanks for posting . this is my favorite song by jr walker. i use to wear this record out back in the day.

[TTYumYum]

Damn, Jr was lookin good!

[gasfgiop]

Not bad for a guy who could only play in one key. Not bad at all... (Legend).

[jrwalkersallstarband]

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[jjdebaca]

musicians call it 'dirty sax'

[Notstrongbow]

This is the 1st time that I've seen the boys "LIVE" since The Odeon Hammersmith in Lonndon 1973.....Superb!!!

[AlexlloydSAX]

@Notstrongbow was that with the temptations?

[Notstrongbow]

@AlexlloydSAX

Yes, it was......Temptations line-up was I think......Melvin Franklin,

Otis Williams, Dennis Edwards, Richard Street and Damon Harris.

It was a great night.

[phillydog17]

This is so good!

[drifter1dc]

Lucky the original singer didn't show up for the gig that day....go Jr.

[Dlatintouch]

Thanks Junior for the such a great music!

[skorcha]

JOn Anderson singing bgv's?? That's a gem by itself ;o)

[debimoore27]

Anyone in love back then remembers this heartbreaker!

[cocatwoman7]

God-Love this-one of Motown's best-blow for us, Junior!

[festinger3]

Love Jr walker . shame about the prat who sneaked in with the tambourine!

[monikati51]

Nice song!

JR. Walker is incredible!

ktf

[miniheeb]

amazing

[derdian3]

jr couldn't have done it without that great voice, just opens up his mouth & out it comes,doesn't even have to try.

[antiann52]

Damn, that is Junior Walker! Say when was this, what year was this. I wonder how old was he then. This version was somewhat different. But I still LIKE It! Hey, did you fellas know his real name was Dewalt?

[moodyjunior1956]

Actually, his last name was "Mixon" to be precise...This was taped Nov, 1985, so with Jun being born in 1931, he would have been 54...

[sebasenciso]

What a sax player, I've learned a lot from him, when I'm improvising I noticed a lot of influence from JW...

[jadesystem]

Wow, I love this. Most rare and excellent performance on Letterman. This is an amazing live video clip.

Thank you Moodyjunior for bringing this rare performance to us. Much appreciation.

[hitomusic]

The drummer turned it on for the great Junior Walker, and he (Walker) had a great time with the band. The drummer popped and snapped it - great bottom rythym going steady. Walker's horn is so live you just become alive to it, to the umpteenth degree. He is enshrined in the history of music for all time.

[funkkidmusic]

this is really good!!thanks 4 uploading this

[sjfrost]

Someone should have tied the tambourine players hands behind his back! :)

[Dlatintouch]

Thanks Moodyjunior for this music video!!

[TheMainoffender711]

great tune by junior!!! classic performance here.. jon anderson a great inspiration himself.. loved him with yes on fragile album and 90125 .. positive music in a terrible world1!! thanks!!!

[cjfranchot]

THE BEST BY FAR, he loved for people to enjoy his music...

[goldenchildtyptcb]

one of the best to ever play the sax! god bless him!

[17865329]

Nice performance, doesn't have

the precision of the recording, but so what.

[Monikati1]

Oh, this shaking on this one of my favs songs!

Thanks for posting!

[oper4]

Absolutely A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

[garypatton]

I wish Letterman would still have class acts on his program like this instead of the childish no-talent crap that's on there now.

[bookguitarguy]

@garypatton I AGREE!!! Three reasons: Ratings. Teenaged girls. Corporate bottom-line. Sad, but true. Then again-surely teenaged girls can be trained to like REAL music!!! I'll go out on a limb & say that what I see is the emasculation of music. Biebers, Gagas, & "female empowerment" bullsh#t" (& girls loving girls-to hell with men) seem to be what girls want to hear now... Consequently, though girls/women may enjoy it for the social engineering value, & the Oprah crowd may too-the music SUCKS!!!

[wonderboyjoy]

@bookguitarguy no, they can't. everyone pitches to them these days. who can make them get the wettest gets the hit. same with phone in reality shows. teenage girls do most of the calling in there too.

[bookguitarguy]

@wonderboyjoy I hear you. Well, at least WE know what good music is. :O) Peace brother.

[Mikeybeat12]

Blow Junior blow it baby!!!!

[1URESAM]

wow!

[56Stiffy]

GREAT POST!!

[as26370]

Junior still knows how to blow that horn. His music is timeless.

[Santiago1947]

Jr Walker damn! Getting old sucks but songs like this makes me feel glad to be alive. I believe this song made it big in 1969. Thanks for the memories Jr Walker.

[TheSoulbrother7]

The True Top Soul Saxophone Legend ! born Oscar G Mixon later changing birth name to Autrey Dewalt Jr and subsequantley Junior Walker with the All Stars with Motown already having previous recording sucess and good record sales !!! his Motown records hung deservedley so on the wall of fame for his top record sales ! sadley passed away aged 64 losing his battle with cancer.rip.Renowned Sax playing perfectionist held in greatest esteam by all known.Superstar Status Musician ! R.E.S.P.E.C.T..J W .

[godwhyisthistaken]

david lettermans be around forever..

[codigoindi]

I live in venezuela remember this old disco song, blow up in caracas today dissapear the pleace.

vivo en caracas venezuela esta cancion me recuerda una vieja disco de nombre blow up hoy desaparecida

[BENNY563101]

Thanks Moody for this posting and I would like to share something with all:

The exacted date is irrelevant but sometime in '82 or '83, in Toledo, Ohio @ the Ramada Inn on Renolds Rd. by Southwick Mall, Jr had a 3 night engagement of which I was there all 3 nights. The 1st. night was a modest crowd and was able to talk with Jr like old friends and told him my childhood listening to him on The Big 8 CKLW and I coined a frase about him 'The Sulten Of Sax' and he loved it and all my drinks FREE!

[eirinvegas]

One of my all time favorite songs!

[pips5678]

I love Junior Walker's music, especially, 'what does it take' what a smooth and exceptional piece of music. Mank thanks for this post.

[santamara]

Best Sax Ever!

[redwalls76]

He could make a saxphone sound so sexy. Has he been inducted to the Rock n. Roll Hall of fame.

[Moodyjunior]

No, he has not, and probably will not, which is a crime, but, it shows the political gamesmanship that the RRHF consists of......

[Inspector711]

RRHOF to me is a joke now anyway. It is all about "who can we put in that will attract viewers to VH1?" With acts like Madonna and the furios five getting in I say forget the rrhof.

[davevak]

Absolutely luv his music....should have got more recognition when he was at Motown. But then it must have been hard with so many other great artists & musicians...

[LeondreCampos]

Hi, Nice video!!! is there a place i can download or buy it with good quality? no youtube compression

[Moodyjunior]

Email me with an address, and I can burn the entire show for you on DVD...free of charge....

[BENNY563101]

Moody maybe you'll get this in you email, check out what i shared

[motown250]

motown gold

[delb0y1967]

Great share Dori,

I enjoyed this video, what a cool dude Junior Walker is, impressive and well worthy of 5 stars

*****

Very best wishes,

Del :)

[tustles]

Excellent. We went to see him when he came to Toronto Once a Year At The Brunswick Hotel Fantastic Post Awesome Share Santamara. I Love It And Favorited God Bless KTF 10**********

[santamara]

Where TACY?

The wonderful Brunswick , I had a pint or two there! In fact my Mom & Dad met there! xo

[tacysassy]

Ha! You found JR!!!

[santamara]

Yes, finally:) lol

[AndyBoy63]

Ah yes - when Dave actually HAD hair ;  )

[santamara]

Hi Andy, Best SaX ever! JR.

Dave's a sad sod!

Hair or no hair!

No class condescending dink!

[metalmarkholland]

The Sexyphone is a very warm instrument :D

[santamara]

LOL Sharkie:)

Best Sax ever... Jr. Walker!

[metalmarkholland]

Barry White and sax by Candy Dulfer that would have been sth...

[AndyBoy63]

Yep! Nothing beats great sAx ; )

[tacysassy]

hehe JR off couch :)

[dfancyman]

"Dori"...,your selections paint quite a lovely picture........even if it is "wishful thinking on my part.....the thought of certain things becomming reality...is more than pleasurable......."Thanks, I needed that"!!!

[santamara]

Thank you Jesse:)

You are very sweet!

[TACYELLA11]

Was wondering where you are! Talk about losing someone!

[santamara]

lol Meee Is BacK!

[TACYELLA11]

Ha I think you run that one off!

[santamara]

:) Yeppers!

[santamara]

Fabulous!

Excellent post, thank you!

[Daveandgabriele]

We agree!

Thx for sharing Dori!

[shatchett0]

I remember this episode. Great playing. For years I was wondering who the crackhead was that hogged the interview afterward. Turns out it was Jon Anderson from the rock band Yes. He acted like a total jerk. Junior, as always, brings the class.

[thrownfree]

What are you referring to? Was there more interview after what we see here--because Anderson doesn't "hog the interview" at all. EVerything seems really cordial.

[micrael]

I guess Jon shouldn't have responded to Letterman's question about his new album, Three Ships. Far from being a crackhead and jerk, the very spiritual Jon Anderson is one of the most serious, prolific and seminal influences in progressive music. His friendship with Junior Walker led to this memorable performance, and his affection for Junior is evident throughout the interview. Too bad you remember Jon as a jerk; check out his work with Yes and his participation in many humanitarian causes.

[RustySacks]

@shatchett0 whoa... whoa!

[sssmmitt]

It is so wonderful that future generations can see this great musician and his wonderful arrangement of music.

[chazverado]

that was beyond amazing......wow........

[numnutzzzz1]

that was amazing

[sherrylynn70]

This is awesome to be able to experience this moment..Thank you for you time in posting this for us all..very much appreciated..the sweet memories of those days..Sweet Junior Walker!!

[gdwmontg]

Miss your soulful, peaceful music jr. - rest in peace - dee dee

[jam5bryce]

Best jam session! Junior can still blow that sax!!!!

[onmyown007]

Junior walker died Jam5bryce in November of 1995:(

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

I'm THEMOJOMAN when I was "ON THE AIR" at W.O.H.O. radio in TOLEDO,O. all the 'BABYCAKES" and "GEARJAMMERS" would LINE DANCE to THIS GREAT JUNIOR WALKER SOUND at all the DANCES in and around TOLEDO.

[deeva56]

FABULOUS MUSICIAN JUST LOVE THE MAN

[mariah1257]

Beautiful!!! There is no one out there that can do this. Absolute classic!!!!

[Dlatintouch]

Junior, this song takes me back to High School in S.A.

A beautiful sunset, small radio blasting, cheerleaders practicing and this song jammin and etched in my mind forever. This will always be my all time favorite song. Thanks for all the memories!!

[kingpleasure]

Thank you so very much for posting this and to Jr. Walker for being, creating and giving his all to us over the years. He's one of my all time faves cause he could sing and play sax like no one else. A true musical giant!

[LKinOhio]

Great musician, will always love the music of Jr. Walker. This song is my favorite.

[santamara]

Best sax ever!

Thanks for posting

and to Bob for sharing!

[elan01]

love this ..ta for the share bob and thanks moody :)

[djdeitch]

Fantastic,.ktf.

[blackbirdtwigg]

superb !! Cheers Moodyjunior and cheers Bob for sending.

[Mezhouse]

My absolute favourite Junior Walker track. In the words of one dj I know 'you'll love this - it's f****ng awesome'!!!!!! (Eh up Nel!)

[motown250]

A LEGEND OF MOTOWN

[belchthefit]

this is the most bitchin' song ever!! check it out ....

[MreViewer]

Excellent, thanks for posting Moodyjunior

[carolinaguy321]

Thanks Bunches for posting. JR Walker and his band was such an overlooked gem at Motown.

[thebiga99]

Junior is GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Souleros]

Junior was a truly great, and underrated sax player.

This was a wonderful clip to see, thank you!

[mariah1257]

AWESOME!!!!

[amd77j]

Great introduction, Dave, for a musical giant who seems to be forgotten. And yes, he had an unmistakeable sound. Rest in peace, Junior Walker.

[thefools]

i would put What does it take (live) in the title so fans can find it better. this must been seen!

[lockjaw53]

The business !

[Roger11733]

Ultimately, the best .....

Thanks for the post!

[thefools]

i love it. been watching it everyday. great post!