RIP - Jerry Jeff Walker

[oblomov]

That sucks, Viva Terlingua still a fave and Jerry was the real deal Texas Outlaw Blues

Exactly. I've worked so much out in Texas and OK and there is nothing like the music there. Outlaw country and blues, etc
And I'm from Jersey! Cheers!

 

[Sandy G]

I came acrost him whilst at U of Richmond- the Richmond crew thought he was way too Kuntree, & my Tennessee crew thought he was far too un-kuntree. Hell, I just LIKED him...When you're down, down,down, in the contree, pick 'n' sing awhile....Sounds like a Plan to me...

 

[spicer]

One of the good ones. He was blessed with a great name for country... Jerry Jeff Walker, it has the sound of country to it.

 

[rmeade]

I lived in his home town (Oneonta NY) in the 1970's and was a bar tender there, in a bar (the Corner Bar) that celebrated him and the other outlaws of the time. Met a girl once that claimed to be his half sister, the NYT Obit said he was a only child. I guess she might have been hustling me for free drinks, it worked. Jerry Jeff's (aka Ronald Clyde Crosby's) father was also a bar tender in town. I guess he ran in different circles, even though a small town we never met.

 

[IPADave]

RIP Mr. Walker.

 

[dpdatl]

I'll be "pissin in the wind" in memory of Jerry Jeff. Been listening to the man for 50 years. I built a Pandora station around him. One of my all time favorite artist.

 

[sqlsavior]

Ordered a 'Best of' CD and 'Driftin' Way of Life', and had Alexa playing him last night. Had no idea how many tunes I like were his.

RIP, Mr. Walker.

 

[milesaway1]

Jerry Jeff, one of the original song writers with a great sense of humor....I’d have liked to see him and Zevon on the same bill...

 

[El Pee]

One of the greats...

This is one of my treasures:

 

[baeron]

Another good one has left us.
Sorry to hear about this.

 

[ramzilla]

Love Redneck Mother!!
RIP

 

[Jack Keck]

He played in a rock band in the late 60s called Circus Maximus. https://www.amazon.com/Jerry-Jeff-W...3745818&sprefix=Circus+Maximus,aps,181&sr=8-1

RIP

 

[Rdenney]

Ooooh. That's a big loss to outlaw country. I first enjoyed Jerry Jeff Walker (and Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, etc., etc.) at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, and my sister, who attended Southwest Texas State just down the road from Austin (now Texas State University) was a rabid fan. A few years after that, I lived in Austin for a number of years and that whole scene was baked into the earth there even though it had moved on by the early 80's. Only Stevie Ray Vaughan made a bigger (and more lasting) imprint.

Rick "who still has those Kangaroo-skin Tony Lamas and the Resistol hat somewhere up in the attic" Denney