Derrick Roy Michel 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 sometime Clarence Clemens..

Derrick Walker, took some harmonica lessons from Paul Butterfield,and played in The Luther Tucker Band backing artists such as Lowell Fulson, Percy Mayfield, Big Mama Thornton, Sonny Roads, Jimmy McCracklin and Sugar Pie De Santos. He Toured and recorded with Michael Bloomfield, Eric Bibb and many others.