Artist Info: Big Walker

Singer, harmonica player and sax-man Derrick Roy Michael Walker was born on Dec. 3, 1953 in Fort Sill Lawton, Oklahoma, where his father, Golden Glove Boxer, Roy C Walker was stationed.

In 1962 Derrick moved to San Francisco with his mother, who worked in a Community Theater, where Big also acted in several children’s productions. In San Francisco during this time the new music of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane etc, influenced him and his music. [read more...]