"MR. BOJANGLES": DER US-AMERIKANISCHE COUNTRYSÄNGER JERRY JEFF WALKER IST GESTORBEN
25.10.2020 Der am 16. März 1942 in Oneonta (New York) geborene US-amerikanische Songwriter und Countrysänger Jerry Jeff Walker (Bild, eigentlich Ronald Clyde Crosby) ist am 23. Oktober 2020 in Austin (Texas) gestorben. Weltweit bekannt wurde sein Song "Mr. Bojangles", den auch Grössen wie Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra und Bob Dylan interpretierten.
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Jerry Jeff Walker, Who Wrote and Sang ‘Mr. Bojangles,' Dies at 78
He never had a Top 40 pop hit. But his best-known composition became an enduring standard, and he became a mainstay of the outlaw country movement.
Bill Friskics-Warren
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/arts/music/jerry-jeff-walker-dead.html
Jerry Jeff Walker, a Trailblazer of the Cosmic Cowboy Sound, Passes Away at 78
The country icon was, as fellow musician Lucinda Williams put it, an "American treasure."
John T. Davis
https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/jerry-jeff-walker-death/
The outlaw country singer-songwriter has passed away following a fight with cancer
Noah Yoo
https://pitchfork.com/news/jerry-jeff-walker-dead-at-78/
Jerry Jeff Walker, Outlaw Country Architect and ‘Mr. Bojangles' Songwriter, Dead at 78
Walker's 1973 live album ‘¡Viva Terlingua!' is a cornerstone of the Austin, Texas, cosmic cowboy sound
Joseph Hudak
Vielbesungener "Mr. Bojangels"
"Mr. Bojangles", ein Lied über einen alten Strassentänzer, den Walker laut "New York Times" in einer Ausnüchterungszelle kennengelernt hatte, nahm der Musiker erstmals 1968 auf. Der Song wurde danach auch von zahlreichen anderen Künstlern wie Sammy Davis Jr. und Bob Dylan gesungen.
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Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles - Live in Oneonta, NY 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpELGrF1Fy4&feature=emb_logo
Music - 1979 - Jerry Jeff Walker - Performs Live On Stage At Austin City Limits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLgcatq_jtAFsxfYbvL_3ooBwe_arOSiGB&v=Iu3fKlybE34&feature=emb_logo
Jimmy Buffett ] Jerry Jeff Walker - Railroad Lady 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-kiPZ3SDSU
Jerry Jeff Walker - NIGHT RIDER'S LAMENT (LIVE 1993).MPG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7xw1Q7hwco
Jerry Jeff Walker | Green Room Tales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FZOF8W2CyU
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Jerry Jeff Walker, Mr Bojangles (50th Anniversary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSyrblvNbMo
Jerry Jeff Walker: We've Lost A True Legend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yw9iiJMnkA
Todd Snider w/ Jerry Jeff Walker, Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires - "Mr. Bojangles"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QdWpab_kFg
Mehr:
https://www.facebook.com/jerryjeffwalkermusic
https://www.last.fm/de/music/Jerry+Jeff+Walker
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000845468
https://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/jerry+jeff+walker/
http://engineerofknowledge.blogspot.com/2009/11/memories-of-mr-bojangles.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Jeff_Walker
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