Jerry Jeff Walker
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Steve Earle Is Chasing Broadway Success — By Trying to Write a Mainstream Country Song
"It’s completely and totally calculated. I want a Broadway hit before I die," says the against-the-grain songwriter, who also pays tribute to Jerry Jeff Walker on a new album
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Watch Billy Joe Shaver and Jerry Jeff Walker's Classic 'Austin City Limits' Performances
Two of Texas' biggest musical legends, both of whom died in October, are celebrated with an episode of vintage appearances
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Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires Return CMA Membership Over Lack of John Prine Tribute
Sturgill Simpson also decries 2020 CMA Awards as "hegemonic horse s— ship"
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Ryan Bingham Pays Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver, Jerry Jeff Walker With Shaver's 'Live Forever'
Walker and Shaver, influential figures in Texas country music, died a few days apart in October
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Watch Todd Snider's Moving Multi-Hour Tribute to Jerry Jeff Walker
Snider paid tribute to his mentor, who died Friday, by singing songs from throughout Walker's storied career
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Jerry Jeff Walker's 'Viva Terlingua': Inside the Fringe Country Album
Released in 1973, the live recording helped define country music's counterculture via songs like "Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother"
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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
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Outlaw Country Exhibit: 12 Most Badass Items at Country Hall of Fame's New Showcase
From Willie Nelson's well-worn sneakers to Bobby Bare's mink-skull hat, the must-see artifacts at the 'Outlaws & Armadillos' exhibit in Nashville
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See Jerry Jeff Walker's Melancholic Reprise of 'Song for the Life'
Texas legend re-records Rodney Crowell tune for Bruce Robison's new online series, 'The Next Waltz'
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Time as We Know It: The Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker
Todd Snider credits his transformation into stoner-folk troubadour to a Jerry Jeff Walker show he saw at 19. This covers LP pays tribute on 14 narrative-heavy tracks, from the jailhouse ballad "Mr. Bojangles" to the beer-soaked "Takin' It as It Comes." Recorded in four days, it's loose and rough – just how Jerry Jeff would […]
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