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Oct 24, 2020 · Country music singer Jerry Jeff Walker, the man behind "Mr. Bojangles," died Friday after a battle with throat cancer. He was 78.
Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby; March 16, 1942 – October 23, 2020) [3] was an American country and folk singer-songwriter. He was a leading figure in the progressive country and outlaw country music movement.
Oct 24, 2020 · Jerry Jeff Walker, the “Mr. Bojangles” songwriter and a pioneer of the “cosmic cowboy” sound that would evolve into outlaw country, died Friday after a long battle with throat cancer. He ...
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A native of New York, Walker spent his early career as a folkie in Greenwich Village. It was there that he wrote and recorded “Mr. Bojangles,” based on a man he once met in a New Orleans jail cell. Walker’s version was a modest success, cracking the Billboard Hot 100. It was other artists who would make the song one of pop music’s standards, includ...
Walker found a new adopted home in Austin, Texas in the 1970s, just as the city’s alternative country scene was being formed. He became one of the regular performers at Austin’s iconic Armadillo World Headquarters, playing with his Lost Gonzo Band on backup, and a member of the city’s legendary group of outlaw country stars. Walker sang backing voc...
“The mid-’70s in Austin were the busiest, the craziest, the most vivid and intense and productive period of my life. Greased by drugs and alcohol, I was also raising the pursuit of wildness and weirdness to a fine art. I didn’t just burn the candle at both ends, I was also finding new ends to light.” —from Walker’s 1999 memoir, “Gypsy Songman.”
Jerry Jeff Walker, the hard-living New York native who became an icon of Texas music, has died at 78. Walker passed away on Friday, October 23, due to complications from throat cancer. He was at his home in Austin until an hour before passing away at Dell Seton Medical Center.
Oct 24, 2020 · American country singer Jerry Jeff Walker has died aged 78, following a battle with cancer. Representatives for Walker confirmed to Pitchfork that the singer died yesterday (October 23) of...
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Oct 24, 2020 · Jerry Jeff Walker, the Texas country singer and songwriter who wrote the pop song “Mr. Bojangles” and helped build a new era in the Austin music scene of the 1970s, has died at age 78....
