I feel the need...
...the need for speed...
The last clip makes reference to Jr. Walker playing the sax solo on Foreigners' song Urgent. A couple of weeks ago, on Steve Jones' radio show, Mick Jones made a appearance and said Foreigner had heard Jr. Walker play at some gig and approached him to play the solo; Walker agreed and did a few takes of the solo; after Walker left, the band took the various takes and edited them together to make the final released solo...
Years later, according to Mick Jones, both Walker and Foreigner were in the same city and Foreigner asked him to play the solo live at their gig. Walker said yes, but asked for a tape of the song so he could refresh his memory of the solo; the Foreigner members gave him a tape of Urgent, but were reluctant to tell Walker the recorded solo was actually a compiled edit of various takes he had done. That night, Walker came on stage and played, note for note, the exact solo as it appeared on the record. Jones said the band was floored by how Walker was able to quickly listen to, absorb, and play the solo...
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