Jerry Jeff Walker – Mr. Bojangles – The Texas Connection
“Mr. Bojangles” Began as a Chance Meeting in a New Orleans Jail Cell. Jerry Jeff Walker Turned It Into One of America’s Most Enduring Songs There are songs that become…
“Mr. Bojangles” Began as a Chance Meeting in a New Orleans Jail Cell. Jerry Jeff Walker Turned It Into One of America’s Most Enduring Songs There are songs that become…
In 1992, Jerry Jeff Walker Quietly Sang One of the Most Emotionally Mature Love Songs in Country Music… Not About Falling in Love, but About Remembering Why You Stayed For…
Before Outlaw Country Became a Brand, Jerry Jeff Walker Walked Onto Television Like a Man Carrying the Entire Spirit of Texas Honky Tonks on His Shoulders There are polished performances,…
“Desperados Waiting for a Train” Was Never Really About Cowboys. It Was About Watching Time Slowly Take the Men You Once Thought Were Indestructible. When Jerry Jeff Walker performed “Desperados…
A Quiet Morning of Memory and Music, When Nanci Griffith Welcomed Jerry Jeff Walker to Sing “Morning Song for Sally” There are performances that entertain, and then there are performances…
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…
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…
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…
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”…
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…