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Jerry Jeff Walker
Person · male · United States · Oneonta · born 1942 · died 2020 · recording since 1968
American country singer (1942–2020)
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Also known as Gypsy Songman · Jeff Walker · Ronald Clyde Crosby · 杰瑞·杰夫·沃克
Timeline
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1940s
1960s
· Debut release
Debut release: Mr. Bojangles
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
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Biography
Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby; March 16, 1942 – October 23, 2020) was an American country and folk singer-songwriter. He was an icon in the progressive country and outlaw country music movement. He is best known for writing the 1968 song "Mr. Bojangles
Mr. BojanglesSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Gypsy Songman2:27A2Mr. Bojangles3:43A3Little Bird4:37A4I Makes Money (Money Don't Make Me)2:20A5Round and Round3:30A6I Keep Changin'2:15B1Maybe Mexico2:20B2Broken Toys3:26B3The Ballad of the Hulk7:35B4My Old Man5:30".
Early life
Walker was born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, New York, on March 16, 1942. His father, Mel, worked as a sports referee and bartender; his mother, Alma (Conrow), was a housewife. His maternal grandparents played for square dances in the Oneonta area – his grandmother, Jessie Conrow, playing piano, while his grandfather played fiddle. During the late 1950s, Crosby was a member of a local Oneonta teen band called the Tones.
After high school, Crosby joined the National Guard, but his thirst for adventure led him to go AWOL, and he was eventually discharged. He went on to roam the country busking for a living in New Orleans and throughout Texas, Florida, and New York, often accompanied by H. R. Stoneback (a friendship referenced in 1970's Stoney). He first played under the stage name of Jerry Ferris, then Jeff Walker, before amalgamating them into Jerry Jeff Walker and legally changing his name to that in the late 1960s.
Career
Walker 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 FM radio 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 1968 album Mr. BojanglesMr. BojanglesSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Gypsy Songman2:27A2Mr. Bojangles3:43A3Little Bird4:37A4I Makes Money (Money Don't Make Me)2:20A5Round and Round3:30A6I Keep Changin'2:15B1Maybe Mexico2:20B2Broken Toys3:26B3The Ballad of the Hulk7:35B4My Old Man5:30 with the help of David Bromberg and other influential Atlantic recording artists. He settled in Austin, Texas, in the 1970s, associating mainly with the outlaw country scene that included artists such as Michael Martin Murphey, Willie Nelson, Guy Clark, Waylon Jennings, and Townes Van Zandt. "Jerry Jeff
Jerry JeffSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracks1Eastern Avenue River Railway Blues5:212Lone Wolf3:393Bad News2:544Boogie Mama3:325I'm Not Strange2:466Her Good Lovin' Grace3:157Comfort and Crazy2:408Follow6:529Banks of the Old Bandera5:16's train songs" (such as "Desperados Waiting for a Train") were cited in the lyrics of Jennings and Nelson's 1977 hit song "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)". On September 28, 1974, Walker appeared with Doug Sahm at the Main Hall of Carnegie Hall.
A string of records for MCA and Elektra followed Walker's move to Austin, before he gave up on the mainstream music business and formed his own independent record label. Tried & True Music was founded in 1986, with his wife Susan as president and manager. Susan also founded Goodknight Music as his management company and Tried & True Artists for his bookings. A series of increasingly autobiographical records followed under the Tried & True imprint, which also sells his autobiography, Gypsy Songman. In 2004, Walker released his first DVD of songs from his past performed in an intimate setting in Austin.
Walker married Susan Streit in 1974 in Travis County, Texas. They had two children: a son, Django Walker, who is also a musician, and a daughter Jessie Jane. Walker had a retreat on Ambergris Caye in Belize, where he recorded his Cowboy Boots and Bathing Suits album in 1998. He also made a guest appearance on Ramblin' Jack Elliott's 1998 album of duets Friends of Mine, singing "He Was a Friend of Mine" and Woody Guthrie's "Hard Travelin'".
Walker recorded songs written by others such as "L.A. Freeway" (Guy Clark), "Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother" (Ray Wylie Hubbard), "(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night" (Tom Waits), and "London Homesick Blues" (Gary P. Nunn). He also interpreted the songs of others such as Rodney Crowell, Townes Van Zandt, Paul Siebel, Bob Dylan, Todd Snider, Dave Roberts, and even a rodeo clown named Billy Jim Baker. Walker was given the moniker of "the Jimmy Buffett of Texas". Walker was who first drove Jimmy Buffett to Key West (from Coconut Grove, Florida in a Packard). The two musicians also co-wrote the song "Railroad Lady" while riding the last run of the Panama Limited.
"Mr. Bojangles"
Walker's "Mr. BojanglesMr. BojanglesSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Gypsy Songman2:27A2Mr. Bojangles3:43A3Little Bird4:37A4I Makes Money (Money Don't Make Me)2:20A5Round and Round3:30A6I Keep Changin'2:15B1Maybe Mexico2:20B2Broken Toys3:26B3The Ballad of the Hulk7:35B4My Old Man5:30" (1968) is perhaps his best-known and most-often performed song. It is about an obscure but talented alcoholic tap-dancing drifter who Walker had met who, when arrested and jailed in New Orleans, insisted on being identified only as "Bojangles".
Notable recordings of the song include a live version by his bandmate Bromberg on his album Demon in Disguise, a single by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band that charted at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971 (also released on their album Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy), and its inclusion in medley on the 1974 debut self-titled album by Jim Stafford.
Later years and death
Walker had an annual birthday celebration in Austin at the Paramount Theatre and at Gruene Hall in Gruene, Texas. The party brought some of the biggest names in country music out for a night of picking and swapping stories.
He died from throat cancer on October 23, 2020, at a hospital in Austin, Texas, at the age of 78.
Singles
Source: AllMusic, unless otherwise stated.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 49 | 94.2th |
| Studio albums | 25 | 97.5th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 28 | 96.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 52 | 92.5th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (49 release groups · 25 studio albums)
Albums · 25
1968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:43
A1Gypsy Songman2:27A2Mr. Bojangles3:43A3Little Bird4:37A4I Makes Money (Money Don't Make Me)2:20A5Round and Round3:30A6I Keep Changin'2:15B1Maybe Mexico2:20B2Broken Toys3:26B3The Ballad of the Hulk7:35B4My Old Man5:301969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 40:24
A1Help Me Now3:21A2Blues in Your Mind3:44A3Seasons Change3:23A4About Her Eyes2:44A5Janet Says4:55A6Dead Men Got No Dreams2:08B1Tracks Run Through the City2:24B2Happiness Is a Good Place to Visit, But It Was So Sad in Fayetteville3:28B3Courage of Love3:26B4A Letter Sung to Friends3:18B5Mr. Bojangles5:33B6Born to Sing a Dancin' Song2:001969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 41:15
A1Driftin' Way of Life3:28A2Morning Song to Sally4:27A3Shell Game3:47A4Ramblin', Scramblin'4:23A5No Roots in Ramblin'4:16A6Old Road1:57B1North Cumberland Blues3:29B2Let It Ride3:08B3Fading Lady4:51B4Gertrude3:20B5Dust on My Boots4:091970 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 41:10
A1I'm Gonna Tell on You3:39A2Stoney6:00A3Where Is the D.A.R. When You Really Need Them2:15A4A Secret4:30A5Nobody's3:59B1Some Go Home5:57B2But for the Time4:36B3Vince Triple-O Martin2:19B4Harmonica Talk1:06B5Please Let Me Be2:48B6More Often Than Not4:011972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 52:17
A1Hill Country Rain4:26A2Charlie Dunn3:24A3That Old Time Feeling4:47A4Her Good Lovin' Grace3:08A5Hairy Ass Hillbillies3:28A6David & Me5:00B1L.A. Freeway4:45B2Curly and Lil4:23B3That Old Beat Up Guitar5:48B4When I Had You5:00B5Moon Child3:12B6The Continuing Saga of the Classic Bummer, or Is This My One-Way Bus Ticket to Cleveland?4:561974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:13
A1Salvation Army Band3:40A2Will There Be Any2:08A3She Left Me Holdin'4:33A4I Like to Sleep Late in the Morning3:41A5My Old Man7:10B1Rock Me Roll Me5:21B2The First Showboat5:37B3Well of the Blues4:28B4Wingin' It Home to Texas3:31B5O.D. Corral3:041975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:12
A1Public Domain3:29A2Pick Up the Tempo3:48A3Like a Coat From the Cold3:32A4I Love You3:46A5Night Rider's Lament4:55B1Goodbye Easy Street3:10B2Pot Can't Call the Kettle Black3:06B3Mississippi You're on My Mind4:26B4Jaded Lover3:58B5Pissin' in the Wind4:021976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 46:03
A1Looking for the Heart of Saturday Night2:52A2Standin’ at the Big Hotel3:45A3Couldn’t Do Nothin’ Right4:54A4Won’t You Give Me One More Chance4:32A5Head Full of Nothin’2:54A6Old Five and Dimers Like Me3:11B1Very Short Time3:44B2Some Day I’ll Get Out of These Bars4:15B3Stoney5:55B4Dear John Letter Lounge3:15B5Leroy3:05B6It’s a Good Night for Singing3:411977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:24:06
Disc 1A1Stereo Chickens2:36A2Don't It Make You Wanna Dance?4:16A3Roll on Down the Road4:29A4Song for the Life3:40A5Leavin' Texas4:44B1Mr. Bojangles6:12B2L.A. Freeway4:49B3Sea Cruise Medley4:02B4One Too Many Mornings3:52B5Up Against the Wall... Redneck3:21B6Will the Circle Be Unbroken?2:55Disc 2C1Honky Tonk Music4:08C2Railroad Lady3:40C3Ro-Deo-Deo Cowboy3:44C4Derby Day4:43C5Long Afternoons4:33D1His Heart Was So Full of Mischief1:57D2The Stranger (He Was the Kind)2:48D3Rockin' Chair3:28D4It Shall Be a Midnight Music1:15D5Luckenbach Moon3:36D6Like Some Song You Can't Unlearn1:04D7My Buddy3:13D8The Stranger (He Was the Kind) (reprise)1:011978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 36:15
1Eastern Avenue River Railway Blues5:212Lone Wolf3:393Bad News2:544Boogie Mama3:325I'm Not Strange2:466Her Good Lovin' Grace3:157Comfort and Crazy2:408Follow6:529Banks of the Old Bandera5:161978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:15
A1Tryin' to Hold the Wind Up With a Sail4:15A2Saturday Night Special4:35A3Suckin' a Big Bottle of Gin3:15A4What Are We Doing?2:40A5Till I Gain Control Again5:56B1Contrary to Ordinary6:30B2We Were Kinda Crazy Then4:42B3Deeper Than Love3:20B4I Spent All My Money Lovin' You2:52B5Carry Me Away3:101979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:53
A1Too Old to Change4:01A2I Ain't Living Long Like This3:05A3I'll Be Your San Antone Rose4:24A4Old Nashville Cowboy4:10A5Hands on the Wheel3:49B1Cross the Borderline3:03B2Mountains of Mexico3:31B3Then Came the Children3:46B4Northeast Texas Women4:11B5Me and Bobby McGee4:531981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:42
A1Maybe Mexico3:12A2Sailing3:56A3Takin' It As It Comes3:23A4Got Lucky Last Night2:37A5Bittersweet2:52B1Some Go Home5:08B2Morning Song To Sally3:13B3She Left Me Holdin'4:18B4For Little Jessie (She Knows Her Daddy Sings)4:23B5Pick Up The Tempo4:401982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 34:50
A1Dealing With the Devil3:03A2Don't Think Twice, It's Alright3:00A3Old '593:30A4Green Back Dollar4:00A5Lovin' of the Game2:56B1Laying My Life on the Line2:54B2Still Around4:30B3Promise2:22B4Tangee3:17B5Wind5:181987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:11:11
1Gypsy Songman2:382Pass It On2:333Got Lucky Last Night3:064Railroad Lady2:585Jaded Lover3:116Long Afternoons3:277Night Rider’s Lament4:208Cadillac Cowboy3:279Charlie Dunn3:0210Driftin’ Way of Life2:3611David & Me4:0912Mr. Bojangles4:1413Layin’ My Life on the Line3:2314Hands on the Wheel3:5315Borderline2:4316My Old Man5:0817Then Came the Children3:4218Django’s Lullaby3:4719She Knows Her Daddy Sings4:1220Hill Country Rain4:421991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:37
1Navajo Rug3:022Just to Celebrate3:323Blue Mood5:094Lucky Man4:185I'm All Through Throwing Good Love After Bad2:446Rockin' on the River3:567Nolan Ryan (He's a Hero to Us All)4:178Flowers in the Snow3:149If I'd Loved You Then3:5010Detour3:351992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 44:05
1Rock & Roll My Baby5:102So Bad Last Night3:533Singin' the Dinosaur Blues3:324Time to Stay Home4:065Last Night I Fell in Love Again3:356The Man He Used to Be3:317Curly and Lil3:148The Dutchman5:349To the Artist4:4210Hill Country Rain6:481994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 33:21
1I'll Be Home for Christmas2:442I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas4:013Santa Claus Is Coming to Town2:314The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting...)3:205Here Comes Santa Claus / Up on the Housetop (medley)3:456Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer2:367Jingle Bells2:398Walking in a Winter Wonderland2:169Frosty the Snowman2:0510Jingle Bell Rock2:2011The Twelve Days of Christmas3:4812We Wish You a Merry Christmas1:161996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 49:40
1Down in Texas3:342Life on the Road6:223Love Changes Everything3:434Manny's Hat Song4:595He Was a Friend of Mine4:106Higher Ground3:527Bad Girl3:548Life's Too Short3:259Long Old Dusty Road4:1210Let 'er Go7:2211Last Song4:071998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 49:32
1Come Away to Belize With Me4:052Barefootin'3:133Gringo in Belize3:424Champagne Don't Hurt Me Baby3:275Wanted for Love4:176Boats to Build3:437Sloop John B.4:138Rhythm of the Rain3:359Fred Neil Medley4:5710The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder2:5911Cowboy Boots & Bathin' Suits4:1912Those Were the Days4:5913Listen to the Fallin' Rain2:031999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:09:58
1Gypsy Songman2:302Morning Song to Sally4:363Mr. Bojangles4:194I Makes Money (Money Don't Make Me)2:265Viva Luckenbach3:266Woman in Texas3:517I Promise to Love You4:208She Knows Her Daddy Sings3:349Little Man4:1910The Road You Choose4:4811May Music Be Your Wings3:4812My Old Man5:0913Little Bird3:3414Stoney5:2015That Old Beat-Up Guitar4:1516David and Me4:1017Railroad Lady3:0018Driftin' Way of Life2:332001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 52:19
1It Don't Matter3:442Little Old Town Called New Orleans2:543Texas on My Mind4:234The Cape3:145Alright Guy4:286Where I Was4:137Candles and Cut Flowers3:578Every Drop of Water4:069Let the Ponies Run3:5810She Made Herself a Promise5:0011The Other Jerry Jeff3:3812Dang Me3:2913Down the Road5:152003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 42:54
1How Long Has This Been Going On2:492Its Always You2:363That Old Feeling2:274I Fall in Love Too Easily2:265My Funny Valentine3:556Takin' A Chance on Love1:497Everything Happens to Me4:158In the Wee Small Hours2:589Cottage for Sale3:5110But Not for Me2:5611There Will Never Be Another You2:4412Time After Time3:4013I Get Along Without You Very Well3:4614Look for the Silver Lining2:422009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 44:11
1Moon Child4:292Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown4:163The Poet Is Not In Today3:414Dare Of An Angel3:305This Wedding Day3:376Down In Belize4:087Caribbean Moon4:318What True Love Is All About3:339I'll Be Your San Antonio Rose4:2710The Vows4:0311Back Home Again3:562018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
1That’s Why I Play2California Song3Because of You4My Favorite Picture of You5Somethin’ Bout a Boat6But for the Time7Ballad of Honest Sam8South Coast9Rain Song10Old Shep11Old New Mexico
Single · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 1968 | Mr. Bojangles / Round & RoundSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:56AMr. Bojangles3:43 BRound and Round3:13 | 20 June 1968 | ||
| — | Keep Texas BeautifulSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 5:181Keep Texas Beautiful5:18 | — |
Album · 22
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | ¡Viva Terlingua!Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 44:26A1Gettin' By4:13 A2Desperados Waiting for the Train5:51 A3Sangria Wine4:28 A4Little Bird4:13 A5Get It Out3:39 B1Up Against the Wall Red Neck4:36 B2Backsliders Wine3:38 B3Wheel6:05 B4London Homesick Blues7:43 | Live | 1973 | |
| 1974 | 1974-05-22: The Caboose, Minneapolis, MNSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks1[ intro ] 2I Wanna Go Home 3Mr. Bojangles 4She Left Me Holding 5Take Me Away 6Desperadoes Waiting for a Train 7Shades on You 8Buffalo Blues 9Northeast Texas Woman 10Picture of My Face 11LA Freeway 12The First Showboat 13Cosmic Cowboy | Live | 1974 | |
| 1980 | The Best of Jerry Jeff WalkerSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 44:07A1L.A. Freeway4:49 A2Mr. Bojangles5:27 A3Pot Can't Call the Kettle Black3:07 A4I Love You3:46 A5Leavin' Texas4:22 B1Gettin' By4:16 B2Desperados Waiting for the Train5:43 B3Sangria Wine3:46 B4Up Against the Wall, Redneck4:20 B5Hill Country Rain4:31 | Compilation | 1980 | |
| 1987 | 1987-03-15: Jerry Jeff Walker's Birthday Bash, Austin, TXSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks1[ intro ] > That's the Way the World Goes 'round 2[ banter ] 3Statesboro Blues 4[ banter ] 5Mr. Bojangles 6Little Bird 7I Makes Money (Money Don't Make Me) 8Stoney 9David and Me 10Mountains of Mexico 11Any Day Woman 12Louise 13Don't Think Twice, It's Alright 14912 Greens | Live | 1987 | |
| 1989 | Live at Gruene HallSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 45:141Lovin' Makes Livin' Worthwhile3:40 2Pickup Truck Song4:20 3Long Long Time3:48 4I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight4:18 5Man With the Big Hat6:02 6Quiet Faith of Man5:23 7Little Bird3:35 8Woman in Texas4:41 9Rodeo Wind4:49 10Trashy Women4:38 | Live | 1989 | |
| 1991 | Great GonzosSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:04:171Gettin' By4:12 2Sangria Wine4:27 3Mr. Bojangles6:12 4Desperados Waiting For The Train5:49 5Pick Up The Tempo4:43 6Up Against The Wall Redneck4:33 7London Homesick Blues7:44 8Takin' It As It Comes3:26 9Backsliders Wine3:35 10Old Five And Dimers Like Me3:13 11Charlie Dunn3:28 12Railroad Lady3:45 13L.A. Freeway4:52 14Don't It Make You Wanna Dance4:18 | Compilation | 1991 | |
| 1993 | 1993-08-21: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CASearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 28 tracks1Gettin' By 2Singin' the Dinosaur Blues 3Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother 4Backsliders Wine 5Mr. Bojangles 6London Homesick Blues 7Navajo Rug 8[ stage banter ] 9Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 10L. A. Freeway 11Jaded Lover 12The Man He Used to Be 13Woman in Texas 14I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight 15Sangria Wine 16Trashy Women 17Man With the Big Hat 18Night Rider's Lament 19Rodeo Cowboy 20Cross the Borderline 21Little Bird 22We Were Kinda Crazy Then 23So Bad Last Night 24Lovin' Makes Livin' Worthwhile 25Pick Up the Tempo 26Contrary to Ordinary 27Pickup Truck Song 28Hill Country Rain | Live | 1993 | |
| 1994 | ¡Viva Luckenbach!Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 50:581Gettin' By3:20 2Viva Luckenbach3:55 3What I Like About Texas3:47 4Learning to P'like and Luckenbach Women's Lib5:20 5Some Phone Numbers4:52 6I'll Be Here in the Morning3:20 7I Makes Money (Money Don't Make Me)2:53 8Keep Texas Beautiful5:18 9The Gift5:15 10Little Man4:44 11Gonzo Compadres3:31 12Movin' On4:43 | Live | 15 March 1994 | |
| 1995 | Night After NightSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:09:061Contrary to Ordinary5:54 2Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother3:56 3London Homesick Blues4:51 4Mr. Bojangles4:46 5Sangria Wire4:24 6Got Lucky Last Night3:23 7Trashy Women3:59 8The First Showboat3:57 9Stoney4:37 10L.A. Freeway4:48 11Jaded Love3:19 12Desperados Waiting for the Train5:51 13Re-deo-deo Cowboy3:31 14Don't It Make You Wanna Dance?6:43 15Takin' It as It Comes5:07 | Live | 1995 | |
| 1998 | Lone Wolf: The Best of Jerry Jeff Walker Elektra SessionsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 49:461Lone Wolf3:37 2Eastern Avenue Railway Blues5:20 3Her Good Lovin' Grace2:39 4Northeast Texas Women4:15 5Bad News2:53 6Too Old to Change4:04 7Mountains of Mexico3:35 8Then Came the Children3:51 9Cross the Borderline3:05 10Hands on the Wheel3:51 11Comfort and Cozy3:13 12I'm Not Strange2:45 13Boogie Mama3:31 14I Ain't Living Long Like This3:07 | Compilation | 1998 | |
| 1999 | Best of the Vanguard YearsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:13:491Driftin’ Way of Life3:27 2Mr. Bojangles3:54 3Louise4:53 4Morning Song to Sally4:26 5Come Outside, Believe in It2:45 6People Play Games2:31 7Hansel and Gretel6:02 8Fading Lady4:48 9Mixtures2:26 10Shell Game3:45 11Northn Cumberland Blues3:27 12Let It Ride3:05 13Dust on My Boots4:12 14Old Road1:55 15Gertrude3:17 16Ramblin’, Scramblin’4:23 17No Roots in Ramblin’4:12 18Trying to Live Right2:40 19Lost Sea Shanty4:10 20Oops I Can Dance3:31 | Compilation | 23 March 1999 | |
| 2001 | Ultimate CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:17:411Gypsy Songman2:27 2Mr. Bojangles3:55 3Jaded Lover2:43 4L.A. Freeway4:46 5Hairy Ass Hillbillies3:25 6Gettin' By4:11 7Desperados Waiting for a Train5:49 8Sangria Wine4:27 9Up Against the Wall Redneck4:33 10Pot Can't Call the Kettle Black3:08 11Like a Coat From the Cold3:32 12Mississippi You're on My Mind4:25 13Pissin' in the Wind3:59 14It's a Good Night for Singing3:41 15Old Five and Dimers Like Me3:12 16Leavin' Texas4:45 17Railroad Lady3:44 18Tryin' to Hold the Wind Up With a Sail4:17 19Lone Wolf3:36 20I Ain't Livin' Long Like This3:06 | Compilation | 28 August 2001 | |
| 2002 | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Jerry Jeff WalkerSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 50:181Mr. Bojangles (live)5:40 2Old Five and Dimers Like Me3:13 3L.A. Freeway4:48 4Hairy Ass Hillbillies3:26 5Gettin' By4:15 6Desperadoes Waiting for a Train5:41 7Sangria Wine3:44 8Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother4:17 9Pot Can't Call the Kettle Black3:09 10Pissin' in the Wind4:00 11Leavin' Texas4:22 12Railroad Lady3:43 | Compilation | 10 September 2002 | |
| 2005 | Too Old To Change / Jerry JeffSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:13:241Too Old to Change4:53 2I Ain't Living Long Like This3:11 3I'll Be Your San Antone Rose4:28 4Old Nashville Cowboy4:14 5Hands on the Wheel3:51 6Cross the Borderline3:04 7Mountains of Mexico3:34 8Then Came the Children3:51 9Northeast Texas Women4:15 10Me and Bobby McGee4:57 11Eastern Avenue River Railway Blues5:21 12Lone Wolf3:39 13Bad News2:54 14Boogie Mama3:22 15I'm Not Strange2:47 16Her Good Lovin' Grace2:40 17Comfort and Crazy3:15 18Follow3:52 19Banks of the Old Bandera5:16 | Compilation | 2005 | |
| 2005 | Best of the RestSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 28 tracks · 1:50:27Disc 1 1Navajo Rug2:59 2Just to Celebrate3:30 3Lucky Man4:14 4Charlie Dunn3:04 5The Dutchman5:29 6Borderline2:45 7Hands on the Wheel3:55 8Long Afternoons3:29 9Blue Mood5:06 10Curly and Lil3:10 11Then Came the Children3:45 12Singin' the Dinosaur Blues3:29 13Cadillac Cowboy3:29 14Hill Country Rain6:46 Disc 21Gettin' By3:20 2Viva Luckenbach3:55 3What I Like About Texas3:49 4Keep Texas Beautiful5:20 5Manny's Hat Song4:57 6Down in Texas3:31 7Life on the Road6:20 8Love Changes Everything3:41 9Long Old Dusty Road4:10 10Hard Livin'3:23 11Life's Too Short3:21 12Pass It On2:35 13Layin' My Life on the Line3:24 14Gonzo Compadres3:31 | Compilation | 14 January 2005 | |
| 2012 | Walker's Collectibles & Ridin' High... PlusSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 26 tracks · 1:43:54Disc 1 1Salvation Army Band3:42 2Will There Be Any2:11 3She Left Me Holdin'4:33 4I Like to Sleep Late in the Morning3:44 5My Old Man7:10 6Rock Me Roll Me5:21 7The First Showboat5:38 8Well of the Blues4:28 9Wingin' It Home to Texas3:33 10O.D. Corral3:01 Disc 21Public Domain3:32 2Pick Up the Tempo3:48 3Like a Coat From the Cold3:33 4I Love You3:50 5Night Rider's Lament4:50 6Goodbye Easy Street3:12 7Pot Can't Call the Kettle Black3:09 8Mississippi You're on My Mind4:26 9Jaded Lover4:01 10Pissin' in the Wind4:01 11The Stranger (He Was the Kind)2:53 12L.A. Freeway4:54 13Sea Cruise (medley)4:06 14One Too Many Mornings3:56 15Up Against the Wall, Redneck3:25 16Will the Circle Be Unbroken?2:57 | Compilation | 24 April 2012 | |
| 2012 | Live From Dixie’s Bar & Bus StopSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 26 tracks · 1:41:591Little Bird3:21 2London Homesick Blues4:41 3Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother3:40 4Charlie Dunn2:58 5Like a Coat From the Cold3:53 6Mr. Bojangles5:04 7Hands on the Wheel3:49 8She Knows Her Daddy Sings4:28 9L.A. Freeway4:24 10I Like to Sleep Late in the Morning2:45 11Gettin’ By3:42 12Rodeo Cowboy3:42 13Desperados Waiting for a Train6:19 14Rockin’ Chair4:11 15Pissin’ in the Wind2:42 16Takin’ It as It Comes4:42 17Layin’ My Life on the Line2:31 18Hill Country Rain5:26 19Gypsy Songman2:48 20Stoney5:04 21I Makes Money2:25 22Morning Song to Sally3:42 23Wingin’ It Home to Texas3:51 24Got Lucky Last Night3:23 25Railroad Lady3:57 26Django’s Lullaby4:31 | Live | 31 July 2012 | |
| 2013 | It’s a Good Night for Singin’ & Contrary to Ordinary… PlusSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 30 tracks · 1:56:32Disc 1 1(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night2:54 2Standin’ at the Big Hotel3:46 3Couldn’t Do Nothin’ Right4:56 4Won’t You Give Me One More Chance4:30 5Head Full of Nothin’2:55 6Old Five and Dimers Like Me3:11 7Very Short Time3:45 8Some Day I’ll Get Out of These Bars4:14 9Stoney5:55 10Dear John Letter Lounge3:15 11Leroy3:05 12It’s a Good Night for Singin’3:36 Disc 21Tryin’ to Hold the Wind Up With a Sail4:17 2Saturday Night Special4:31 3Suckin’ a Big Bottle of Gin3:16 4What Are We Doing?2:34 5Till I Gain Control Again5:57 6Contrary to Ordinary6:24 7We Were Kinda Crazy Then4:45 8Deeper Than Love3:13 9I Spent All My Money Lovin’ You2:53 10Carry Me Away3:08 11Honky Tonk Music4:13 12Railroad Lady3:45 13Ro‐Deo‐Deo Cowboy3:47 14Derby Day4:47 15Long Afternoons4:38 16Rockin’ Chair3:33 17My Buddy3:50 18The Stranger (He Was the Kind) (reprise)0:59 | Compilation | 18 November 2013 | |
| 2014 | Mr. Bojangles / Five Years Gone / Bein' FreeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 35 tracks · 2:08:20Disc 1 1Gypsy Songman2:30 2Mr. Bojangles3:58 3Little Bird4:41 4I Makes Money (Money Don't Make Me)2:26 5Round and Round3:33 6I Keep Changin'2:20 7Maybe Mexico3:31 8Broken Toys3:29 9The Ballad of the Hulk7:36 10My Old Man5:29 11Help Me Now3:21 12Blues in Your Mind3:43 13Seasons Change3:26 14About Her Eyes2:48 15Janet Says4:54 16Dead Men Got No Dreams2:06 Disc 21Tracks Run Through The City2:26 2Happiness Is A Good Place To Visit But It Was So Sad In Fayetteville3:27 3Courage Of Love3:28 4A Letter Sung To Friends3:20 5Mr. Bojangles5:22 6Born To Sing A Dancin' Song2:02 7I'm Gonna Tell On You3:39 8Stoney6:01 9Where Is The D.A.R. When You Really Need Them?2:16 10A Secret4:32 11Nobody's4:00 12Some Go Home5:58 13But For The Time4:37 14Vince Triple-O Martin2:20 15Harmonica Talk1:07 16Please Let Me Be2:49 17More Often Than Not4:05 18Mr. Bojangles (Original Mono Single Version)3:47 19Round And Round (Original Mono Single Version)3:13 | Compilation | 13 May 2014 | |
| 2020 | Mr. Bojangles - The Atco / Elektra YearsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 52 tracks · 3:17:17Disc 1 1Gypsy Songman2:29 2Mr. Bojangles3:58 3Little Bird4:40 4I Makes Money (Money Don’t Make Me)2:25 5Round and Round3:32 6I Keep Changin’2:20 7Maybe Mexico3:30 8Broken Toys3:29 9The Ballad of the Hulk7:35 10My Old Man5:27 Disc 21Help Me Now3:21 2Blues in Your Mind3:42 3Seasons Change3:25 4About Her Eyes2:47 5Janet Says4:53 6Dead Men Got No Dreams2:09 7Tracks Run Through the City2:25 8Happiness Is a Good Place to Visit but It Was So Sad in Fayetteville3:27 9Courage of Love3:27 10A Letter Sung to Friends3:21 11Mr. Bojangles (early radio Broadcast version)5:30 12Born to Sing a Dancin’ Song2:05 Disc 31I’m Gonna Tell on You3:38 2Stoney6:00 3Where Is the D.A.R. When You Really Need Them2:15 4A Secret4:31 5Nobody’s3:59 6Some Go Home5:57 7But for the Time4:36 8Vince Triple-O Martin2:20 9Harmonica Talk1:07 10Please Let Me Be2:49 11More Often Than Not4:02 Disc 41Eastern Avenue River Railway Blues5:20 2Lone Wolf3:36 3Bad News2:51 4Boogie Mama3:30 5I’m Not Strange2:45 6Her Good Lovin’ Grace2:40 Disc 51Comfort and Crazy3:14 2Follow6:50 3Banks of the Old Bandera5:16 1Too Old to Change4:52 2I Ain’t Living Long Like This3:08 3I’ll Be Your San Antone Rose4:26 4Old Nashville Cowboy4:12 5Hands on the Wheel3:51 6Cross the Borderline3:04 7Mountains of Mexico3:34 8Then Came the Children3:49 9Northeast Texas Women4:14 10Me and Bobby McGee4:54 | Compilation | 2020 | |
| — | Jerry Jeff WalkerSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:19:481What I Like About Texas3:49 2Pick-Up Truck4:22 3Barefootin'3:15 4Uno Mas Cerveza4:38 5Woman in Texas4:40 6Up Against the Wall (Redneck Mother)4:15 7Trashy Women4:40 8Don't It Make You Wanna Dance4:21 9Rodeo Cowboy3:33 10Pissin' in the Wind4:00 11Mr. Bojangles3:57 12Man With the Big Hat6:04 13Luckenbach3:57 14Leavin' Texas4:25 15Hill Country Rain4:46 16Hairy-Ass Hillbillies3:16 17Gettin' By4:15 18Easy Come, Easy Go3:22 19Where Was I4:13 | Compilation | — | |
| — | Lonestar Café, New York - August 19, 1982Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 27 tracks · 1:56:54Disc 1 1Introduction1:21 2Getting By3:50 3Don't Think Twice It's Alright3:20 4Old '594:43 5Jaded Lover3:42 6Ro Deo Deo Cowboy4:12 7Eastern Avenue River Railway Blues6:38 8Got Lucky Last Night2:55 9London Homesick Blues4:37 10Sangria Wine4:01 Disc 21Getting By3:56 2Mr Bojangles4:45 3Charley Dunn3:06 4LA Freeway4:52 5Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother3:14 6She Knows Daddy Sings (For Little Jessie)4:13 7Desperados Waiting for a Train6:58 8Dealin' With the Devil3:29 9Pick Up the Tempo5:00 10London Homesick Blues5:21 11Sea Cruise-Peggy Sue-Sea Cruise4:53 12Nightrider's Lament4:53 13Pissin' in the Wind2:38 14Takin' It as It Comes5:04 15Layin' My Life on the Line3:33 16Still Around4:37 17Will the Circle Be Unbroken7:03 | Live | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jerry Jeff Walker head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 49 | 94.2th |
| Studio albums | 25 | 97.5th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 28 | 96.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 52 | 92.5th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circus Maximus(band) | — | present | original |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Jeff_Walkerbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Wikidata: Q979411 · MusicBrainz: 3faa019a-ad91-4ddf-87d5-fdcbdfd8327c
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