Jerry Jeff Walker – L.A. Freeway – the Paramount in Austin 2018
Oldies Songs In 2018, Jerry Jeff Walker Turned “L.A. Freeway” Into a Farewell Letter to Freedom, Texas Nights, and the Life He Chose to Live When Jerry Jeff Walker walked onto the…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Navajo Rug – his Gruene Hall performance from 1989
A Campfire Memory Wrapped Inside “Navajo Rug” and the Weathered Voice of Jerry Jeff Walker In 1989, inside the wooden walls of Texas’ legendary Gruene Hall, Jerry Jeff Walker delivered…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Long, Long Time (Live 1989)
A Gentle Song About Heartbreak, Memory, And The Kind Of Love That Never Completely Fades Away By the time Jerry Jeff Walker performed “Long, Long Time” at Gruene Hall in…
Jerry Jeff Walker- “Contrary to Ordinary” (live – 2012)
ONE MAN, ONE GUITAR, AND A LIFETIME OF REFUSING TO SETTLE DOWN In September 2012, Jerry Jeff Walker stood alone on a stage in Auburn, California, singing “Contrary to Ordinary”…
Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett and Fingers Taylor telling stories 1992
Three Road-Worn Troubadours, One Stage, and the Beautiful Chaos of American Songwriting The 1992 reunion of Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, and harmonica wizard Greg “Fingers” Taylor was far more…
Suzy Bogguss and Jerry Jeff Walker – Night Rider’s Lament
TWO WANDERING VOICES, ONE COWBOY SONG, AND THE OPEN WESTERN SKY When Suzy Bogguss sat beside Jerry Jeff Walker to sing “Night Rider’s Lament,” the performance became more than music.…
Little Bird – Jerry Jeff Walker- Gruene Hall 2015
In the Worn Wooden Air of Gruene Hall, Jerry Jeff Walker Sang Like a Man Speaking to Time Itself When Jerry Jeff Walker performed “Little Bird” at Gruene Hall in…
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother
BEFORE OUTLAW COUNTRY UNITED THE HIPPIES AND THE REDNECKS, RAY WYLIE HUBBARD GOT BEAT UP TRYING TO BUY BEER Long before Outlaw Country became a celebrated movement, before Willie Nelson…
Jerry Jeff Walker – LA Freeway – The Dinah Shore Show
A Song About Leaving Before the World Hardens You: How “LA Freeway” Captured the Spirit of Escape In 1978, on The Dinah Shore Show, Jerry Jeff Walker performed “LA Freeway”…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Man In The Big Hat – From the Texas Connection circa 1990
The Last Voice at the Bar: How “Man in the Big Hat” Preserved the Cowboy Before He Disappeared Around 1990, on Texas Connection, Jerry Jeff Walker performed “Man in the…