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Jerry Jeff Walker, född Ronald Clyde Crosby den 16 mars 1942 i Oneonta, New York, död 23 oktober 2020 i Austin, Texas, [ 1] var en amerikansk countrymusiker, huvudsakligen i den genre som kallas outlaw country . Walker inledde sin karriär i bandet Circus Maximus 1967.
Jerry Jeff Walker nacido Ronald Clyde Crosby (Oneonta, Nueva York; 16 de marzo de 1942-Austin, Texas; 24 de octubre de 2020) [1] [2] fue un cantautor de música country estadounidense. [3] Más conocido por escribir la canción " Mr. Bojangles ", tuvo una carrera prolífica y una gran influencia musical, que le convirtió en un símbolo icónico de la escena country de Texas.
6. Okt. 2022 · Although Robert Clyde Crosby was born in upstate New York, upon relocating to Austin, Texas in the early 70s, he changed his name to Jerry Jeff Walker. That was the beginning of becoming a prominent artist whose edgy approach was newly tagged as “outlaw” or “cosmic cowboy” music. When Walker passed in 2020, his reputation was legendary.
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 ...
1. März 2012 · Mr. Record Man: Jerry Jeff Walker. By Richard Skanse. (March/April 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 2) By the time Jerry Jeff Walker came sliding sideways into Luckenbach, the 31-year-old freewheeling drifter already had enough miles on his troubadour odometer to leave his standard manufacturer’s warranty in the dust. He had crisscrossed the country ...
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 ...
Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby; March 16, 1942 – October 23, 2020) [1] was an American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was born in Oneonta, New York. He was best known for his single "Mr. Bojangles", released in 1968. Walker died on October 23, 2020 from throat cancer -related problems in Austin, Texas at the ...
