Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
John Mayon Walker – born June 27, 1927 in Stoneville, Mississippi – is a Chicago
blues pianist/keyboardist better known by his stage name Big Moose Walker. Best
known as a pianist, he was known to play the organ and the bass guitar. While he
released very few albums as a leader, he played with many of blues’ most
influential artists including Sonny Boy Williamson II, Lowell Fulson, Elmore
James, Muddy Waters, Sunnyland Slim, Otis Spann, Ike Turner, Earl Hooker, and
many others. Born of Native American ancestry, he got his nickname as a child in
Greenville, Mississippi thanks to h...
