Jerry Jeff Walker – Pick Up The Tempo
Oldies Songs Life’s Too Short for Slow Dances: A Rousing Call to Embrace the Hustle The moment the opening, vibrant notes of Jerry Jeff Walker’s rendition of “Pick Up The Tempo” kick…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Gettin’ By
The Honesty of the Road: An Anthem for the Glorious Scruffiness of Life In the vast, sun-baked landscape of the early 1970s Outlaw Country movement, few figures shone with the…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Jaded Lover
The Zen of a Broken Heart: How the Outlaw Cowboy Found Beauty in the Bitter Truth of Lost Romance Ah, the 1970s in Texas. If you were a music lover…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Sangria Wine
The Spirit of the Cosmic Cowboy: A Spirited Toast to Friendship, Freedom, and a Simple Red Wine Concoction There are songs that climb the charts, and then there are songs…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Little Bird
The Lone Star Poet’s Gentle Pondering: A Ballad of Transient Love and the Open Road The very mention of Jerry Jeff Walker‘s name conjures the scent of dusty Texas roads,…
Jerry Jeff Walker – L.A. Freeway
Adios to All This Concrete: The Sweet, Smoky Scent of Escape and the Open Road If you’re an older reader who remembers the restless, post-sixties yearning for authenticity, for something…
Jerry Jeff Walker – London Homesick Blues
An Anthem of Two Worlds: The Lonesome Cowboy’s Call Back to Texas The ultimate anthem for a Texas heart lost and longing for home. There are certain songs that don’t…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Pissin’ In The Wind
The Hilarious, High-Spirited Anthem of Futile, Glorious Effort The song is a rollicking, self-deprecating ode to the beautiful futility of the rambling life and the Outlaw Country movement itself. Ah,…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Mr. Bojangles
A Wistful Waltz: The Outlaw Ballad of a Lost Soul’s Last Dance There are songs that simply entertain, and then there are the rare, shimmering few that feel like a…
Jerry Jeff Walker – About Her Eyes
About Her Eyes – a tender gaze, an enduring sentiment. Embarking upon the story of About Her Eyes, recorded by the inimitable Jerry Jeff Walker, is like turning the pages…