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27. Okt. 2020 · Jerry Jeff Walker’s death on Saturday at age 78 from throat cancer spurred an outpouring of sentiment from former bandmates, fellow-traveler musicians and even a president of the United States.
24. Okt. 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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24. Okt. 2020 · Jerry Jeff Walker, a Texas country singer and songwriter who wrote the pop song "Mr. Bojangles," has died at age 78. Walker died Friday of cancer, family spokesman John T. Davis told the ...
There's a photo on the back of a long-out-of-print Jerry Jeff Walker album that kind of sums it all up. In the picture, Jerry Jeff is outside an old roadhouse on a lonesome highway. It's night, and his collar is turned up against the chill breeze as he hunches over to light a cigarette.
24. Okt. 2020 · Jerry Jeff Walker spielte Cowjazz, traf auf die Outlaw-Countrystars um Willie Nelson und gründete ein eigenes Plattenlabel. Sein Vermächtnis sind mehr als 30 Alben, seinen Klassiker “Mr. Bojangles” interpretierten viele Künstler wie Nina Simone oder Sammy Davis Jr. Jetzt starb der Musiker im Alter von 78 Jahren an einer Krebserkrankung.
6. Okt. 2023 · Singer and songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker might have been best known for a song he wrote called “Mr. Bojangles” in 1968, but that certainly isn’t his only claim to fame. As a matter of fact, he performed for many years, singing and writing a number of notable songs.
Best known for the oft-recorded “Mr. Bojangles,” which he penned after meeting a black street performer in a New Orleans drunk tank in 1965 (“Jerry Jeff wasn’t there on a research project,” joked his onetime musical partner, David Bromberg), Walker lived to see his song filmed or recorded by scores of performers in many different musical genres, including Bob Dylan, Harry Belafonte ...
