Post by Emerald City on Aug 16, 2006 20:35:09 GMT -5
The Washington Post
Nov 29, 1995
Courtland Milloy;
Junior Walker
Helen Washington, a waitress at Blues Alley, told me this week that I had missed two great shows -- although on one occasion, six years ago, Junior Walker performed there on the run from the Internal Revenue Service.
"He was on stage bragging about how he had been eluding them, but he didn't know that two IRS agents were in the audience," Washington recalled. "We are not supposed to tell the artist if the IRS is present, so we just had to sort of laugh as Junior started joking about all of his evasive maneuvers. As soon as he put the horn in his mouth, they walked out with his {pay} check."
Walker didn't find out what had happened until after he finished the set.
"He was as close to tears as I've ever seen him," Washington recalled.
His performance last year was another matter. Walker had canceled a Blues Alley date after learning he had cancer. Then he rescheduled, saying he had been visited in the hospital by his four sons, including Autry DeWalt III, his drummer, whose prayers, he believed, had cured him
Nov 29, 1995
Courtland Milloy;
Junior Walker
Helen Washington, a waitress at Blues Alley, told me this week that I had missed two great shows -- although on one occasion, six years ago, Junior Walker performed there on the run from the Internal Revenue Service.
"He was on stage bragging about how he had been eluding them, but he didn't know that two IRS agents were in the audience," Washington recalled. "We are not supposed to tell the artist if the IRS is present, so we just had to sort of laugh as Junior started joking about all of his evasive maneuvers. As soon as he put the horn in his mouth, they walked out with his {pay} check."
Walker didn't find out what had happened until after he finished the set.
"He was as close to tears as I've ever seen him," Washington recalled.
His performance last year was another matter. Walker had canceled a Blues Alley date after learning he had cancer. Then he rescheduled, saying he had been visited in the hospital by his four sons, including Autry DeWalt III, his drummer, whose prayers, he believed, had cured him
