Jerry Jeff Walker
Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby on March 16, 1942 in Oneonta, New York.) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Best known for writing the song "Mr. Bojangles", Walker's prolific music career and widespread musical influence have made him an iconic fixture of the Texas country music scene.
Biography
Walker's maternal grandparents played for square dances in the Oneonta, New York, area, with his grandmother, Jessie Conroe, playing piano, and her husband playing fiddle. During the late 1950s, Crosby was a member of a local Oneonta teen band called The Tones. The band traveled to Philadelphia to audition for Dick Clark's American Bandstand, but were turned down. Members of the band found Dick Clark's house and were able to get a recommendation to audition at New York City's Baton Records through the company's lead producer Sol Rabinowitz. The band was given a recording contract, but the studio wanted a quintet backed by studio musicians, which left Crosby and another member (Jerry Russell) out of their recordings.
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- Live From Dixie's Bar & Bus Stop released: 2012
- Jerry Jeff Jazz released: 2003
- 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Jerry Jeff Walker released: 2002
- Best of the Vanguard Years released: 1999
- Cowboy Boots & Bathin' Suits released: 1998
- Mr. Bojangles released: 1993
- Hill Country Rain released: 1992
- Great Gonzos released: 1991
- ¡Viva Terlingua! released: 1990
- Live at Gruene Hall released: 1989
- Gypsy Songman released: 1986
- Ridin' High released: 1975
- Bein' Free released: 1970
- Driftin' Way of Life released: 1969
- Five Years Gone released: 1969
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- Contrary to Ordinary released:
- Gypsy Songman: A Life in Song released:
- Viva Luckenbach released:
- Scamp released:
- The Best of Jerry Jeff Walker released:
- Night After Night released:
- Lone Wolf released:
- Gypsy Songman released:
- Gonzo Stew released:
- Christmas Gonzo Style released:
- A Man Must Carry On, Volume Two released:
- Ultimate Collection released:
Live From Dixie's Bar & Bus Stop
Released 2012- Little Bird
- London Homesick Blues
- Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother
- Charlie Dunn
- Like a Coat From the Cold
- Mr. Bojangles
- Hands on the Wheel
- She Knows Her Daddy Sings
- L.A. Freeway
- I Like to Sleep Late in the Morning
- Gettin' By
- Rodeo Cowboy
- Desperados Waiting for the Train
- Rockin' Chair
- Pissin' in the Wind
- Takin' It as It Comes
- Layin' My Life on the Line
- Hill Country Rain
Jerry Jeff Jazz
Released 2003- How Long Has This Been Going On
- Its Always You
- That Old Feeling
- I Fall in Love Too Easily
- My Funny Valentine
- Takin' A Chance on Love
- Everything Happens to Me
- In the Wee Small Hours
- Cottage for Sale
- But Not for Me
- There Will Never Be Another You
- Time After Time
- I Get Along Without You Very Well
- Look for the Silver Lining
Best of the Vanguard Years
Released 1999- Driftin' Way of Life
- Mr. Bojangles
- Louise
- Morning Song to Sally
- Come Outside, Believe in It
- People Play Games
- Hänsel and Gretel
- Fading Lady
- Mixtures
- Shell Game
- Northn Cumberland Blues
- Let It Ride
- Dust on My Boots
- Old Road
- Gertrude
- Ramblin', Scramblin'
- No Roots in Ramblin'
- Trying to Live Right
- Lost Sea Shanty
- Oops I Can Dance
Gypsy Songman
Released 1986- Gypsy Songman
- Pass It On
- Got Lucky Last Night
- Railroad Lady
- Jaded Lover
- Long Afternoons
- Night Rider's Lament
- Cadillac Cowboy
- Charlie Dunn
- Driftin' Way of Life
- David & Me
- Mr. Bojangles
- Layin' My Life on the Line
- Hands on the Wheel
- Borderline
- My Old Man
- Then Came the Children
- Django's Lullaby
- She Knows Her Daddy Sings
- Hill Country Rain
Gypsy Songman: A Life in Song
- Gypsy Songman
- Morning Song to Sally
- Mr. Bojangles
- I Makes Money (Money Don't Make Me)
- Viva Luckenbach
- Woman in Texas
- I Promise to Love You
- She Knows Her Daddy Sings
- Little Man
- The Road You Choose
- May Music Be Your Wings
- My Old Man
- Little Bird
- Stoney
- That Old Beat-Up Guitar
- David and Me
- Railroad Lady
- Driftin' Way of Life
Gypsy Songman
- Gypsy Songman
- David and Me
- Mr. Bojangles
- Hands on the Wheel
- Ramblin' Hearts
- Then Came the Children
- She Knows Her Daddy Sings
- Long Afternoons
- Borderline
- Driftin' Way of Life
- Hard Livin'
- Railroad Lady
- Jaded Lover
- Rain Just Falls
- Night Rider's Lament
- We Were Kind of Crazy Then
- Cadillac Cowboy
- Pass It On
- Charlie Dunn
- Hill Country Rain
Christmas Gonzo Style
- I'll Be Home for Christmas
- I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting...)
- Here Comes Santa Claus / Up on the Housetop (medley)
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Jingle Bells
- Walking in a Winter Wonderland
- Frosty the Snowman
- Jingle Bell Rock
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
A Man Must Carry On, Volume Two
- His Heart Was Full of Mischief
- The Stranger (He Was the Kind)
- Rockin' Chair
- It Shall Be a Midnight Music
- Luckenbach Moon
- Like Some Song You Can't Unlearn
- My Buddy
- The Stranger (He Was the Kind) (reprise)
- Mr. Bojangles
- L.A. Freeway
- Sea Cruise Medley
- One Too Many Mornings
- Up Against a Wall Redneck
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Ultimate Collection
- Gypsy Songman
- Mr. Bojangles
- Jaded Lover
- L.A. Freeway
- Hairy Ass Hillbillies
- Gettin' By
- Desperados Waiting for a Train
- Sangria Wine
- Up Against the Wall Redneck
- Pot Can't Call the Kettle Black
- Like a Coat From the Cold
- Mississippi You're on My Mind
- Pissin' in the Wind
- It's a Good Night for Singing
- Old Five and Dimers Like Me
- Leavin' Texas
- Railroad Lady
- Tryin' to Hold the Wind Up With a Sail
- Lone Wolf
- I Ain't Livin' Long Like This
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That Old Beat-Up Guitar
by: Jerry Jeff WalkerWell I found her in a pawnshop
somewhere up in Ohio
where I guess some rounder came up short
and he had to let her go
cost me ninety dollars
but she's worth much more by far
cause I never had a better friend
than that old beat up guitar
She didn't look like too much
just a Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe
but a lady has never faired as well
who'd traveled through so much
She picked up the name of Angel
in an old New Orleans bar
where a drunken poet drew one
on the top of that guitar
old Dave Stovally marked her
scratched the song right out of his heart
seems everyone who used her
scarred that old beat up guitar
She didn't look like too much
just a Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe
but a lady has never faired as well
who'd traveled through so much
She traveled with me always
through the alleys and bars
songs I sang and friends I knew
were part of that guitar
at nights it was my pillow
sleeping underneath the stars
day and night I stayed alive
with that old beat up guitar
She didn't look like too much
just a Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe
but a lady has never faired as well
who'd traveled through so much
Yeah a ramblin man he has his troubles
hanging on to all that he owns
after many years of travelin'
that guitar fell by the road
then one night in New Mexico
I stumbled into this bar
Angel laid there smilin'
on that old beat up guitar
Well I took her from the wall
ran my hands across the scars
played again the old songs
that were written on that guitar
friends I've loved and lost
many nights inside of a bar
came back so clearly singing with
that old beat up guitatr
She didn't look like too much
just a Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe
but a lady has never faired as well
who'd traveled through so much
Now she travels with me always
through the alleys and bars
songs I sing and friends I know
they are a part of that guitar
at nights it is my pillow
sleeping underneath the stars
day and night I stayed alive
with that old beat up guitar
She didn't look like too much
just a Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe
but a lady has never faired as well