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Posted by: stillanon ( )
Date: October 24, 2020 01:37PM
2020 gets worse. RIP Jerry Jeff Walker

Dammit!. Loved that guy.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/jerry-jeff-walker-mr-bojangles-outlaw-country-dead-obituary-1080617/

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Posted by: csuprovograd ( )
Date: October 24, 2020 09:13PM
Re: 2020 gets worse. RIP Jerry Jeff Walker

He influenced the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Jimmy Buffett. One of the greats! RIP, Mr. Bojangles and Viva Terlingua!

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Posted by: stillanon ( )
Date: October 24, 2020 09:45PM
Re: 2020 gets worse. RIP Jerry Jeff Walker

Yep. Saw him a bunch. He and Buffet were roommates at one time. Jimmy went Beach, JJW went outlaw country. Had a few beers with him at Gilley's and in Luckenbach. Redneck Mother and Pissin' in the Wind were staples in college.

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Posted by: blindguy ( )
Date: October 25, 2020 01:01PM
Re: 2020 gets worse. RIP Jerry Jeff Walker

According to an NPR story on J.J. Walker's passing, "Mr. Bojangles" was inspired by a homeless man the singer/songwriter met while spending the night in a drunk tank. And, for those wondering, the song has nothing to do with the 1940s/1950s black actor, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

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Posted by: laperla not logged in ( )
Date: October 29, 2020 07:41PM
"I'm a fadin' and I'm a rallyin', Buckeroos"

He said as he kept falling backwards onto the stage. Most drunk singer I ever saw. Finally someone came out to hold him up.

And yet, it was a great performance.

Santa Barbara County Bowl around 1979.

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Posted by: stillanon ( )
Date: October 29, 2020 09:39PM
Re: "I'm a fadin' and I'm a rallyin', Buckeroos"

Yep. Got wasted at Gilley's too. Did about 4 songs then they walked him around the parking lot to get some fresh air. He threw up in my trunk. I had a 1978 T-Bird and it was a few months after I got it in October, so it must've been 1979 as well.



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Posted by: laperla not logged in ( )
Date: October 30, 2020 02:32PM
too drunk to stand up, but sang and played well! (n/t)


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