Mr. Bojangles --Jerry Jeff Walker Dies RIP

[tjbitt]

Just saw this:

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

Died Friday after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 78.

 

[redcoats1976]

geez...aint much of a country fan,but liked "up against the wall"...

 

[LocoTex]

Another one of the good ones. We've been losing a lot lately.

 

[LocoTex]

 

[Dolebludger]

I am not a country music fan, but not a hater either. Up aginst the wall Redneck Mother was a bar staple in the late 70s where I lived then. I 've got to respect a man who recorded some of the music I lived with as a young man, and say RIP. But what bothers me is that he was born in 1942. I was born in 1943. Hmmmmm!

 

[MikeyTheCat]

Mr B is just such a great song, but for me their are only three that do it right.

 

[Roxy13]

I haven't heard Mr. Bojangles in decades and it still got to me. "After 20 years he still grieves".

 

[MikeyTheCat]

I haven't heard Mr. Bojangles in decades and it still got to me. "After 20 years he still grieves".

Same here. The lyrics are really incredible in that they tell the story perfectly.

 

[Roxy13]

Same here. The lyrics are really incredible in that they tell the story perfectly.

They do. And the early 70s easy listening just has never really existed since. I had a time as a teen where I made fun of it but as I got older I began to appreciate it a lot more.

 

[MikeyTheCat]

They do. And the early 70s easy listening just has never really existed since. I had a time as a teen where I made fun of it but as I got older I began to appreciate it a lot more.

i never really thought of those kind of songs as easy listening as the stories always had some grit and often a touch of sadness to them. And I agree, a little bit of life under your belt brings an appreciation to these songs.

 

[Roxy13]

i never really thought of those kind of songs as easy listening as the stories always had some grit and often a touch of sadness to them. And I agree, a little bit of life under your belt brings an appreciation to these songs.

Well...they weren't Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath lol.

 

[LtDave32]

I am not a country music fan, but not a hater either. Up aginst the wall Redneck Mother was a bar staple in the late 70s where I lived then. I 've got to respect a man who recorded some of the music I lived with as a young man, and say RIP. But what bothers me is that he was born in 1942. I was born in 1943. Hmmmmm!

This is hardly anything to do with David Allen Coe.

 

[LtDave32]

Mr B is just such a great song, but for me their are only three that do it right.

I've been doing an acoustic version of the NGDB's 1970 Mr Bojangles for thirty years.

 

[LtDave32]

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band were from Long Beach, CA where I grew up.

They used to practice and jam at McCabe's guitar shop on Anaheim rd when I was a youngster.

 

[Dolebludger]

This is hardly anything to do with David Allen Coe.

Sorry, but I have always associated up against the wall Redneck Mother with Jerry Jeff. If I am wrong, please educate me.

 

[LtDave32]

Sorry, but I have always associated up against the wall Redneck Mother with Jerry Jeff. If I am wrong, please educate me.

Whoops, you're right, He did write it. I though it was Coe.

My apologies.

 

[brokentoeswalker]

From one Walker to another. RIP

 

[MikeyTheCat]

Whoops, you're right, He did write it. I though it was Coe.

My apologies.

Must be thinking of D.A.C. 18 x-rated hits or Long Haired Redneck.

 

[socialhero]

A sad day. RIP JJW.

Every time I hear his name I think of the Todd Snider story about his influence on Todd becoming a guitarist and singer.

Worth the listen if you have the time:

 

[Uncle Remus]

Whoops, you're right, He did write it. I though it was Coe.

My apologies.

Pretty sure it was written by Ray Wylie Hubbard. Jerry Jeff did it best. I love Pissin' in the Wind and LA Freeway.