Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Mixon, Autry De Walt - * "Junior (Shot Gun) Walker" *
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Cemetery:           Oak Hill
Name:               Autry De Walt Mixon - * "Junior (Shot Gun) Walker" *  

Date Of Photograph: December 15, 2006
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Autry De Walt Mixon - **"Junior (Shot Gun) Walker"**  
Born Jun. 14, 1931
Died Nov. 23, 1995
Lot 998, Rt 7

R & B Singer.
He formed the band, Junior Walker and the All Stars. 
Junior Walker and the All Stars scored many hits: Shotgun, How Sweet It Is, Do 
the Boomerang, (I'm A) Road Runner, Pucker Up Buttercup and many others. It was 
Audry's who provided the saxophone solo for Foreigner's 1981 hit "Urgent". 
In 1983, Junior Walker and the All Stars recorded their final album, Blow Down 
the House.

Additional Comments:
Listed as Jr. Walker on cemetery records.

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