Jerry Jeff Walker
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Walker was born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, New York. 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 out of their recordings.
After high school, Crosby joined the National Guard, but his thirst for adventure led him to go AWOL and roam the country busking for a living in areas like New Orleans, Texas, Florida, and New York. He played mostly ukulele until Harriet Ottenheimer, one of the founders of The Quorum, got him settled on a guitar in 1963. He adopted his stage name “Jerry Jeff Walker” in 1966. He spent his early folk music days in Greenwich Village in the mid 1960s. He co-founded a band with Bob Bruno in the late 1960s called Circus Maximus that put out two albums one with the popular west coast hit “Wind”, but Bruno’s interest in jazz apparently diverged from Walker’s interest in folk music. Walker thus resumed his solo career and recorded the seminal album “Mr.
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Ultimate Collection
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Great Gonzos
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Live At Gruene Hall
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Mr. Bojangles
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d1lll1nger
Great!
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IamFlood
His s/t is a bomb. And I mean one that explodes every time you put it on.
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steffegrek
I saw Jerry Jeff in Gruenne Hall 2003 It was a great show. But he didn´t sing Rocki´n Chair that night but a lot of other great songs
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obaj
I met Jerry Jeff at the picnic table outside the bar in Luckenbach. Never let him ride your motorcycle...he may be a good singer but he's crazy as hell.
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cedarwacker
he is alow down dog !ascoundrel he spent more time in jail writin then johnny cash! thats why i have been listenin and goin tosee him since iwas just apup!! real people! why is everyone movin to Belize ?? sumpin goin on i dont know?? naaaa!
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lyndyloo95
Brilliant my kind of music
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Anjole
he is a classic! this is one those great driving songs...
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PinKkFloyDd
Just got back from seeing him at BB King's. Simply amazing. I sat right next to the stage.
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mgnoliastellata
dear world, agreed.
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Gaynor7
Absolutely loving hearing his music across the pond! :o)
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xnonviolentx
Why so little plays??? This guy is a legend.
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hippiepunkpirat
I was introduced to the Ridin' High album by my day, Pot Can't Call the Kettle Black is a classic
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collapse_on_me
desperadoes waitin' for a train was always my favorite... me and the old man listen to it and cry every time like a couple of big ol' babies.
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PinKkFloyDd
Great Gonzos is such a great album.
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donactive
My favourite JJW song is Help Me Now from the album Five Years Gone. Haven't found it in any shop yet. But it's on my wishlist.
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Alhutch
i always thought his best song was Morning Song to Sally, which was covered by Nanci Griffith, but no one seems to have heard of it
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