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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. He wrote the 1968 song "Mr. Bojangles". [4]
Oct 26, 2020 · He joined the National Guard and went AWOL under the name of Jerry Ferris, thanks to the borrowed ID of a fellow guardsman. He hitchhiked around the country and wound up in Louisiana. “The folk...
Nov 8, 2020 · Jerry Jeff, 78, succumbed to complications from throat cancer on October 23; Billy Joe, 81, suffered a stroke and relocated to Heaven five days later. Dispositionally, the two men were no...
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Nov 9, 2020 · Jerry Jeff Walker, singer-songwriter. Born March 16 1942 in Oneonta, New York State. Died: October 23 2020 in Austin, Texas, aged 78. It was 1965, there had been a murder and the New Orleans...
Jun 8, 2021 · Jerry Jeff Walker was remembered with affection and honored in song at an outdoor memorial tribute concert for 1,000 fans and friends in Luckenbach on Saturday. The sold-out event vividly brought to life and fleshed out stories which dwell in Walker’s archives at The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University.
Oct 25, 2020 · Jerry Jeff Walker was singing in New Orleans coffeehouses and on street corners in 1965, when he was thrown in jail for public intoxication.
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Nov 27, 2020 · On October 23, Jerry Jeff Walker died of throat cancer at age seventy-eight in Austin, Texas, his adopted home of many years. Five days later, Billy Joe Shaver, age eighty-one, suffered a fatal stroke in Waco.
