OT - Jerry Jeff Walker has passed

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

Age 78. When I was at TCU, if you didn't have a JJW sticker on your truck window or at least a shirt with the star you were a nobody. Seems like he was at Billy Bob's once a month. He sure made college and early adulthood fun. His impact on Texas music is far and wide. There is no Robert Earl Keen down to Pat Green down to Randy Rogers down to whoever the kids are listening to these days without him.

2020 can EABODs.

 

[Armadillo]

When I was at TCU, if you didn't have a JJW sticker on your truck window or at least a shirt with the star you were a nobody.

That doesn't sound quite right.

 

[ftwfrog]

I don’t even like country music and I thought JJW was great.

Stay Hard Jerry Jeff!!

 

[Westsider]

Im guessing thoughts and prayers to BrewingFrog.

 

[Horned Toad]

Viva Terlingua is one of my all time favorite albums. Adios JJW, go down that road in a cloud of smoke!

 

[BrewingFrog]

I agree with ftwfrog. I never liked "Country" music, but there were artists I liked from that realm and JJW was one of them.

Adios, compadre.

 

[One Frog Nation]

No more, it's scamp walker time

 

[BleedNPurple]

I agree with ftwfrog. I never liked "Country" music, but there were artists I liked from that realm and JJW was one of them.

Adios, compadre.

Awesome story!

 

[Deep Purple]

Surpizing fact: Jerry Jeff wrote and recorded "Mr. Bojangles" in 1968. 'Course, the most famous recording of it was in 1970 by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

 

[helcap]

When I was at TCU JJW songs accounted for a large share of the money collected by the Jukebox at the Stables. Hard for me to think of one without the other

 

[Punter1]

I've seen JJW 100x and my only complaint was he made us sit in chairs at each venue...even at Gruene Hall...but still it was a great show.

He has so many hits but "Pickup Truck Song" is probably my favorite. Especially the version where he tells the story about him and Hondo driving around Luckenbach...

 

[Tumbleweed]

Has anybody read what JJ died of? I understood JJ drank some, not excessively, but did tilt the bottle. What I did hear about him was he stood on the serious side of life. Sensitive maybe a better way to describe him, most likely. Just listen to his lyrics and you definitely hear that. I think he lived somewhere close to Austin but not in Austin. A little disappointed to hear of the death for that means those of us in that era may' be right behind him. He'll never know though if the oil industry survives the politics.

Just read where JJ had been battling throat cancer for the last three years. To his family, God Bless

 

[HToady]

Music from my generation.

When I was at TCU I drove to Abilene to see him and he was a no show, so we went across the street to a bar...and there he was sitting at the end of the bar.

I turned down the sound on College Gameday and I am playing Jerry Jeff as we speak.

 

[QuilterFrawg]

Just listened to London Homesick Blues. Takes me back to the late 70's here in Austin. Jerry Jeff, Willie, and Waylon. Damn, those were good times.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

Surpizing fact: Jerry Jeff wrote and recorded "Mr. Bojangles" in 1968. 'Course, the most famous recording of it was in 1970 by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

Man landed on the moon too. Surprising, I know.

 

[Sangria Wine]

A terrible day for sure. Sad to lose such an icon. Hard to believe he was 78. Life goes by too fast. #RIPJJW