Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker

ASIN: B00000EMYH

Track Listings
 
1. Hill Country Rain
2. Charlie Dunn
3. That Old Time Feeling
4. Her Good Lovin' Grace
5. Hairy Ass Hillbillies
6. David and Me
7. L.A. Freeway
8. Curly and Lil
9. That Old Beat-Up Guitar
10. When I Had You
11. Moon Child
12. Continuing Saga of the Classic Bummer or Is This My Free One-Way Bus Ti

Jerry Jeff Walker,Jerry Jeff Walker,Mca,Country,Country & Western,Folk-Rock,Outlaw Country,Progressive Country,Singer/Songwriter
Ultimate Collection
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Greetings from Luckenbach, Buckaroo!
  • A plesure to hear again
  • Disappointed
  • Nice collection
  • Ultimate Collection - Jerry Jeff Walker
 Ultimate Collection
Jerry Jeff Walker
Manufacturer: Hip-O Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005NHLX
Release Date: 2001-08-28

Tracks:

  1. Gypsy Songman
  2. Mr. Bojangles
  3. Jaded Lover
  4. LA Freeway
  5. Hairy Ass Hillbillies
  6. Gettin' By
  7. Desperadoes Waiting For A Train
  8. Sangria Wine
  9. Up Against The Wall Redneck
  10. Pot Can't Call The Kettle Black
  11. Like A Coat From The Cold
  12. Mississippi You're On My Mind
  13. Pissin' In The Wind
  14. It's A Good Night For Singing
  15. Old Five And Dimers Like Me
  16. Leavin' Texas
  17. Railroad Lady
  18. Tryin' To Hold The Wind Up With A Sail
  19. Lone Wolf
  20. I Ain't Livin' Long Like This

Album Description

Just like the lead character in his classic composition "Mr. Bojangles," Jerry Jeff Walker steps to a different tune. He gave himself the perfect title when he wrote his autobiography Gypsy Songman. Some consider "gypsy" a euphemism for irresponsible, some consider it eccentricity, and some call it artistic license, but whatever you want to label it, it was the fuel that provided the fire in Walker to write the songs he wrote. Walker writes from his own experience. He can take a microcosm of a thought and elaborate enough for its poetry to shine through. Gypsy indeed - this is a man who even chose his own name.

Born Ronald Clyde Crosby in 1942, the youngster grew up in Oneonta, New York, surrounded by music. His grandmother played piano, his parents loved to dance and he spent hours listening to their Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong records. It was his grandmother who bought him his first guitar at Christmas when he was 12 and he learned a few chords from the man who owned the local pizza parlor.

The "Jerry" part of his name came from a false I.D. he got when he was 19, since the drinking age was 21. For several years, he went by the name on that card--Jerry Ferris. After going AWOL from the National Guard in the early '60s, and settling in New Orleans (officially moving to Texas in 1971), he chose a new name. He liked the name Jeff and then partly as a tribute to a black jazz pianist he had befriended, Kirby Walker, he chose the surname of Walker. The friends who knew him as "Jerry" couldn't make the switch as easily, so Ronald Crosby, aka Jerry Ferris, became Jerry Jeff Walker.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Greetings from Luckenbach, Buckaroo!.......2007-07-08

The upstate New York-bred gypsy poet who brought the world "Mr. Bojangles" plays the self-made drunken Texas cowboy better than anyone I know. Fine tunes! However, Walker is probably best experienced in his more integrally flavored original albums such as Viva Terlingua and Ridin' High.

4 out of 5 stars A plesure to hear again.......2007-04-10

I've enjoyed Jerry Jeff Walker for years, and this collection is a good one

3 out of 5 stars Disappointed.......2007-03-18

Well, it just didn't give me the feelings I had when I was younger and listened to his music... Don't know why...

5 out of 5 stars Nice collection.......2006-11-10

Very nice collection of Ronald Clyde Crosby music aka Jerry Jeff Walker. If you don't want everything he has done this is very nice. If you like Texas music look into Bob Wills,Ray Wylie Hubbard,Reckless Kelly,Randy Rogers band,Willis Allan Ramsey,Flaco Jimenez (Texas Tornados), Doug Sahm,Radney Foster,Jack Ingram,Pat Green,Cory Morrow,Gary Nunn,Light Crust Doughboys,Stoney LaRue,Wade Bowen and Guy Clark, just to mention a few!

5 out of 5 stars Ultimate Collection - Jerry Jeff Walker.......2005-08-04

I was absolulely thrilled to find this collection. It contains cuts that I had not had in my possession for many years. Music takes me away to people, things and events in my life that I don't ever want to forget. If you are a JJW fan, then this is a MUST have.
Viva Terlingua
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Manufacturer: Mca Nashville
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ASIN: B000002NX9
Release Date: 1990-04-11

Tracks:

  1. Gettin' By
  2. Desperados Waiting For The Train
  3. Sangria Wine
  4. Little Bird
  5. Get It Out
  6. Up Against The Wall Red Neck
  7. Backsliders Wine
  8. Wheel
  9. London Homesick Blues

Amazon.com essential recording

It's no accident that among the great albums Jerry Jeff Walker has made, most of them have been recorded in front of a live audience. If you want to get the feel of the rowdy Texas music scene of the early to-mid-'70s, look no further than ¡Viva Terlingua!, a rowdy, goat-ropin' classic of sing-along mayhem recorded in the tiny town of Lukenbach in the summer of 1973. Walker marshals his Lost Gonzo Band through a number of tunes that went on to become classics, including Guy Clark's "Desperados Waiting for the Train," Ray Wiley Hubbard's anthemic "Up Against the Wall Redneck," and his own "Sangria Wine" and "Gettin' By." The highlight, though, is an extended take on Gary Nunn's "London Homesick Blues," better known to casual Jerry Jeff fans as the theme song for the long-running PBS show Austin City Limits. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars jerry jeff walker .......2007-06-19

think of austin texas in the 70's...cool longneck beer and tubing down the comal river...this album was popular than and now..classics such as up against the wall redneck mother are still fun...a must for third coast music lovers

5 out of 5 stars One of My Favorite Albums of All Time..........2007-06-02

I don't even consider myself a country music fan, yet this album is in my top five favorites of all time, easily. You really can't categorize Jerry Jeff Walker as "country" anyway...

I think some call his brand of music "outlaw", "gonzo", etc. -- but whatever you want to call it, it is timeless.

Back in the early 70's, my parents used to have big parties, and they would put this album on -- and that was when the party really started. We kids would all be upstairs, listening to the songs and also to our parents getting rip-roaring drunk while shouting out "Up Against the Wall Red Neck Mother". Hearing those songs over and over, I knew all the words by the time I was about 7 years old!

After my dad died in 2002, I was going through his extraordinary album collection, and spotted this gem. I was so excited to find it, and took it quickly before my brother could get to it, LOL.

Other reviewers here have done a much better job at describing the songs, but I just wanted to add an "amen" to the chorus. I also wanted to confirm that you do NOT have to be a country music fan to love this music.

My husband (alternative rock fan) gave me a smirk and a "yeah right" when I told him it was not your ordinary country music. Needless to say (to JJW fans) he has changed his tune, and is now a big fan himself.

Nobody, and I do mean NObody, could play it like Jerry Jeff. Long live Terlingua!!

5 out of 5 stars Still timely..........2007-05-07

My wife and I listened to Jerry Jeff (even drove once for 5 hours through a mid-western snowstorm to hear him in a small Chicago club!)when we were married over 30 years ago... then recently discovered at a college graduation crawfish boil at our daughter's home that many of her friends listen to him now. I decided that it was time to upgrade the LPs, which I still have, to CDs. Hearing these songs again in a pristine, clear state, without the bumps and scratches of the years brings back many memories. I'm on a campaign to encourage friends to do likewise so we can party again like we used to - now with our grown kids and thier friends!

5 out of 5 stars Texas Music.......2007-03-20

OK. So, Jerry Jeff Walker isn't a native Texan. As the saying goes, he got here as soon as he could. With "Viva Terlinguia!" he stamped his Texas credentials for all time. It's rather odd that one of the signature anthems on this Texas Music masterpiece isn't a Jerry Jeff song at all! "London Homesick Blues" by Gary P. Nunn is reason enough to own the album. (I have the vinyl from back in the 1970s.) Jerry Jeff Walker burst into the music world in the late 1960s with "Mr. Bojangles," but that was before he came to Texas. This CD is Texas Music with "Sangria Wine" and "Little Bird" penned by Walker. And, he leans heavily on Texas songwriting legend Guy Clark's "Desperados Waiting for the Train" (another reason to own the CD) and Ray Wiley Hubbard's "Up Against the Wall Red Neck." Hubbard once said, don't record a song unless you're prepared to sing it at every gig. "Red Neck Mother" is one of those songs, and Jerry Jeff pulls it off so very well. "Viva Terlingua!" came out in the '70s country cross-over music surge, but this music--This Texas Music--has a life of its own transcending genres and decades.

3 out of 5 stars It's Ok.......2007-03-18

Well, I need to listen to it somemore to get more familiar with it...
Too Old to Change/Jerry Jeff
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Jerry Jeff's masterwork
 Too Old to Change/Jerry Jeff
Jerry Jeff Walker
Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000095J7Z
Release Date: 2003-05-06

Tracks:

  1. Too Old to Change
  2. I Ain't Living Long Like This
  3. I'll Be Your San Antone Rose
  4. Old Nashville Cowboy
  5. Hands on the Wheel
  6. Cross the Borderline
  7. Mountains of Mexico
  8. Then Came the Children
  9. Northeast Texas Women
  10. Me and Bobby McGee
  11. Eastern Avenue River Railway Blues
  12. Lone Wolf
  13. Bad News
  14. Boogie Mama
  15. I'm Not Strange
  16. Her Good Lovin' Grace
  17. Comfort and Crazy
  18. Follow
  19. Banks of the Old Bandera

Album Description

Jerry Jeff Walker was one of the premier country-rock singer/songwriters of the 70's & 80's. We present Too Old To Change & Jerry Jeff together on CD for the first time anywhere in the world. Featured is his unique interpretation of 'Me And Bobby McGee'. These albums were originally issued on Elektra Records in 1978 & 1979.Our previous Jerry Jeff Walker CD, Bein' Free, was a big seller so we expect this to be even bigger. Wounded Bird. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Jerry Jeff's masterwork.......2006-06-05

This CD contains all of the tracks from two very different, excellent Elektra albums by Jerry Jeff, "Too Old To Change" and "Jerry Jeff."

With a cohesive sound, emotional depth and breadth, and primarily quiet artistry, "Too Old To Change" is Jerry Jeff's masterwork as "Pancho and Lefty" is the masterwork of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. The album is primarily acoustic, but the combination of unique arrangements and song tempos and Jerry Jeff's focused, powerful vocal delivery lend each tune a complexity rarely found in acoustic country recordings. The inclusion of a blistering rocker ("Ain't Livin' Long Like This") in the midst of these heartfelt songs sung with mastery, humor, and despair is puzzling until you realize it is another pure expression from Jerry Jeff. The song's inclusion is also contrary and amusing, both qualities familiar to Walker fans.

"Jerry Jeff" flirts with the artistry of "Too Old To Change" with moving songs like "Eastern Avenue River Railway Blues," "Banks of the Old Bandera," and "Comfort and Crazy." But this album contains a broader range of musical styles, including bold rockers ("Lone Wolf," "Bad News"), a Gulf coast love song ("Her Good Lovin' Grace"), even a novelty song ("I'm Not Strange") that is laugh-out-loud funny or, possibly, disgusting, depending on your sensibilities. (Most guys will think it's funny.) The only clunker in the whole bunch is "Boogie Mama," which is lyrically and musically clumsy and sounded outdated even when it came out years ago.

Over the years I have played both of these albums for many different people, and I have never run across anyone who didn't like them. Having them delivered together on one CD is great luck for all Jerry Jeff fans and for anyone interested in uncovering classic outlaw country music. Now all we need is the release of "Contrary to Ordinary," "Reunion," and "Cowjazz," and the world of Jacky Jack music will be right again.
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Jerry Jeff Walker
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • A good introduction to an alt.country legend
 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Jerry Jeff Walker
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Manufacturer: Mca Nashville
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ASIN: B00006IK1M
Release Date: 2002-09-10

Tracks:

  1. Mr. Bojangles (Live)
  2. Old Five And Dimers Like Me
  3. L.A. Freeway
  4. Hairy Ass Hillbillies
  5. Gettin' By
  6. Desperadoes Waiting For a A Train
  7. Sangria Wine
  8. Up agaisnt The Wall, Redneck Mother
  9. Pot Can't Call The Kettle Black
  10. Pissin' In The Wind
  11. Leavin' Texas
  12. Railroad Lady

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A good introduction to an alt.country legend.......2002-12-05

A legendary '70s troubadour/country clown/stoner god/party animal, Jerry Jeff was an icon 'way back when, and he's still kicking and touring and making great records today. His independently-owned Tried and True label has had a great track record so far; Walker's new material is at least as good as any of his classic "outlaw" material on MCA... This 12-song sampler isn't quite as comprehensive as 2001's somewhat similar "Ultimate Collection," but it's a fine set in and of itself. Includes a surprising number of Jerry Jeff's raunchier cult classics, and will certainly do in a pinch. Diehard fans will, of course, have to seek out the original albums, but anyone who just wants to get their feet wet and see what all the fuss is about will find this disc pretty useful. I wish they could've included "London Homesick Blues" as well, but hey, you can't have everything! This is a good look at a warm, humorous performer with a very human persona.
Best of the Rest
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The perspective of a new Fan
 Best of the Rest
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ASIN: B000BFNZ2E
Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

  1. Navajo Rug
  2. Just to Celebrate
  3. Lucky Man
  4. Charlie Dunn
  5. Dutchman
  6. Borderline
  7. Hands on the Wheel
  8. Long Afternoons
  9. Blue Mood
  10. Curly & Lil
  11. Then Came the Children
  12. Singin' the Dinosaur Blues
  13. Cadillac Cowboy
  14. Hill Country Rain

Tracks:

  1. Gettin' By
  2. Viva Luckenbach
  3. What I Like About Texas
  4. Keep Texas Beautiful
  5. Manny's Hat Song
  6. Down in Texas
  7. Life on the Road
  8. Love Changes Everything
  9. Long Old Dusty Road
  10. Hard Livin'
  11. Life's Too Short
  12. Pass It On
  13. Layin' My Life on the Line
  14. Gonzo Compadres

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The perspective of a new Fan.......2006-01-15

My wife mentioned she would like to see JJW, and having never really listened much before, I grabbed tickets to The Grand Opera House in Galveston for last weekend 1-7-06.
He played most of what you recognize from hearing on the radio.
The compilation of his Best of the Rest is a great batch of songs you can hear over and over again. You can just get lost in the music that makes this man the artist that he is. From the friends he's known like Charlie Dunn (look this up on http://www.famoustexans.com/charliedunn.htm)to the highs and lows of the life he sings about, this is a must have album.
Circus Maximus with Jerry Jeff Walker
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Catching up with the Past
  • Classic 60s
  • The Wind still blows as strong as ever
  • Buy it for "Wind", listen to it for a delicious time warp
  • almost everything but "Wind" is great
 Circus Maximus with Jerry Jeff Walker
Circus Maximus
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
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ASIN: B000000EJN
Release Date: 1991-04-19

Tracks:

  1. Travelin' Around
  2. Lost Sea Shanty
  3. Oops I Can Dance
  4. You Know I've Got The Rest Of My Life To Go
  5. Bright Light Lover
  6. Chess Game
  7. People's Games
  8. Time Waits
  9. Fading Lady
  10. Short-Haired Fathers
  11. Wind

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Catching up with the Past.......2007-01-29

Growing up in Indiana during the 60's did not afford much opportunity to find music like Circus Maximus until I discovered I could listen to WBZ AM 1030 from Boston late at night. A whole new world of music opened up to me including bands like Ultimate Spinach, Strawberry Alarm Clock and Circus Maximus. I was able to purchase the original Vanguard LP and still have it safely stored but unplayed for lack of a turntable for many years.

Everyone remarks about the song "The Wind" which is certainly one of the highlights of this album. But if you take the time to listen to the other tracks you'll find some incredible music that is so emblematic of the era. Sure it sounds a little rough and edgy compared to many things we've heard since, but there is raw energy in this album.

For all the years I've had this album it was only with the CD release that highlighted the work of the previously unknown Jerry Jeff Walker that I connected the more recent work of Jerry Jeff with his roots. For a number of years I hosted a radio show and played a fair amount of JJW but never connected the young Walker with the one performing today.

But this album! You won't be sorry.

5 out of 5 stars Classic 60s.......2006-10-18

Yeah...it's evident that the gem song on the Lp (today CD) is The Wind. It is so far above all the other songs that it takes a while to appreciate the rest of the album. And Jerry Jeff Walker is no slouch...went on to carve out a nice career for himself. I found it strange that he was one of the members of this psych/pop band but I was always a JJW fan anyway. Desperados Waiting For a Train, etc. But...it's the combination of beat lyrics and existential piano/bass throb that sets The Wind apart. And you've got to put it into perspective. At that time, the music world was dominated by playlist-heavy AM radio stations and FM stations only came on from 8-12 at night. This kind of music was hard to come by and once heard, the search was on for the source. All that being said, guitar solo in The Wind is very Eight Mile High-like and just as sloppy, and the piano solo is fairly mediocre, with blatant punch-in edits all over. But put it all together and the elements combined transcend the parts. Which is, of course, what great music is all about.

5 out of 5 stars The Wind still blows as strong as ever.......2006-09-01

Years ago had had an original copy of this album and many more that wound up getting lost or stolen. Like some of you have posted I also heard this song on the best progressive radio station at the time. WNEW FM 102.7 in NYC Some of you reading this may know about NEW and it was Allison Steele "The Night Bird" who would play WIND often on the station along with other classics that are now called lost. They were not lost back then. I just placed an order for the CD tonight. Why you may ask. Because I was listening to my Sirius satellite radio on the Classic Vinyl channel and in 2 seconds I realised it was WIND. Don't confuse this Circus Maximus with some upstart band from Noway using the same name. Enjoy

4 out of 5 stars Buy it for "Wind", listen to it for a delicious time warp.......2005-08-25

As have other reviewers; I, too, made a personal quest for this album just to have in my possession that delightful jazzy number titled "Wind". However, I was fortunate enough to find it on an original Vanguard LP pressing. Later, I would also pick up this CD release. Let me state flatly that the sound of the LP is warmer, not as compressed sounding, and devoid of a few technical hiccups found on the CD. Though slightly disconcerting, these few glitches wouldn't dissuade me from recommending purchase of this disc, mainly since its now the only available method of hearing this ingratiating album.

Yes, the bulk of the songs are mostly derivative in style and substance. Those tunes written by Bob Bruno (with that one fabulous exception!) will take you back to a time when jangle and fuzz guitar and organ were all the rage. It would make for good background music at a mid-'60s retro party. The tunes of Jerry Jeff Walker are played and sung in a disarming folk/pop manner with lyrics exuding a developing heartfelt cynicism. Present-day fans of Jerry Jeff would definitely get a kick out of this!

"Wind", however, is a tune that transcends everything else to be heard here. Why it strikes a chord with so many is difficult to pin down, suffice it to say that its charms are both true and timeless...and make the album well worth the purchase.

4 out of 5 stars almost everything but "Wind" is great.......2005-07-03

Please ignore several of the other reviewers if you love real rock'n'roll (as opposed to jazzy or folky snoozers). This debut Circus Maximus album is chock full of both jangly but frenetic folk-rock and killer, fuzzed-out garage punk ("Rest of My Life to Go", "Bright Light Lover"), making it Jerry Jeff Walker's finest hour. In marked contrast, the interminable "Wind" surely ranks as one of the two worst songs.
Mr. Bojangles
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Vintage Jerry Jeff
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  • Dese tunes be phat, yo!
  • Dese tunes be phat, yo!
 Mr. Bojangles
Jerry Jeff Walker
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000335D
Release Date: 1993-12-14

Tracks:

  1. Gypsy Songman
  2. Mr. Bojangles
  3. Little Bird
  4. I Makes Money (Money Don't Make Me)
  5. Round And Round
  6. I Keep Changin'
  7. Maybe Mexico
  8. Broken Toys
  9. The Ballad Of The Hulk
  10. My Old Man
  11. Mr. Bojangles (Original Mono Single Version)
  12. Round And Round (Original Mono Single Version)

Album Description

A 1968 Atlantic release that (according to the album's newly-penned liner notes) "bridged the gap between Walker's involvement in the '60s folk movement and his later progressive country years in the early '70s." Features the title pop standard!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Vintage Jerry Jeff.......2002-10-12

This is a great listen. Bojangles and My Old Man are favorites. I saw Jerry Jeff some yrs back at a small club. Just him and 3 guitars. Near the end of the show, I asked Jerry Jeff for "My Old Man" he put down his Ovation Electric and picked up his D28 saying "This is the right one that one." He started singing the song and I could see it was a very personal song for him. He filled to the brim of his hat with raw soul and got through it. After the last note he set the guitar back on it's stand dipped his head and said "Train Time" and he was gone. One of the greatest performances I ever saw.

4 out of 5 stars The Incredible Hulk and the Real Bojangles.......2002-04-27

This is early Jerry Jeff (1968), part country/bluegrass, part rock and part folk, from back in the days when musical experiments across genres were newsworthy and important. The sound is stripped down and intimate, as if the band were performing in your living room. Today's recordings lack this relaxed spontaneity. Jerry Jeff's songwriting is as good as he ever got, his singing is gimmick-free and straight-up, and the band, led by bluegrasser David Bromberg, has an appealingly loose, rolling sound. The drummer Bill LaVorgna gets credit for a lot of the punch offered by this music, with his off-tempo whacks at the canvas, especially on "The Ballad of the Hulk". The mood shifts from song to song, including gorgeous ballads and up-tempo country rockers.

There are two standout songs, the world-famous "Mr. Bojangles" and "The Ballad of the Hulk." "Bojangles" is the only truly well-known song Jerry ever wrote, but his own version - the best - is not one of those more often played. Only Sammy Davis Jr. did another version really worth listening to. The song actually appears twice on the CD - in it's album version (without strings) and the single version (with). Jerry himself disparages the strings, but I think they are done nicely and it's great to be able to choose to hear one or the other. "The Ballad of the Hulk" (based on the comic strip character The Incredible Hulk") is no ballad. It is an humorous-angry epic of social commentary, set to rollicking drums, fast acoustic picking and a snappy organ - 7 minutes long and well worth a careful listen. The line about a "twisted priest advising me how to raise a home and family" rings a bell given today's (and I do mean TODAY's) headlines.

Any fan of Jerry Jeff Walker should have this, and even those who don't care for the "outlaw" Texas troubador he has been since the 70s might find this appealing - even compelling music.

4 out of 5 stars Early Jerry Jeff at its best.......1999-04-21

You can definately tell, in listening to this album and more recent ones, how Walker's voice has matured and his music progressed. The CD contains many early Jerry Jeff essintials, including the original Little Bird, I Makes Money Money dont Make Me, and my favorite, Maybe Mexico. A number of the songs reflect Walker's discontent with his place in life as a young musician--this is Jerry Jeff Walker's music before he found his click singing songs about Texas.

3 out of 5 stars Dese tunes be phat, yo!.......1999-02-08

I took music cultures of the world, and let me tell you, jerry john bob joe walker is the greatest stuff I've ever listened to. Tight riffs, strong pumps, brahma bull vocals- This CD has it all! It be the Phatbomb!

3 out of 5 stars Dese tunes be phat, yo!.......1999-02-08

I took music cultures of the world, and let me tell you, jerry john bob joe walker is the greatest stuff I've ever listened to. Tight riffs, strong pumps, brahma bull vocals- This CD has it all! It be the Phatbomb!
Driftin' Way of Life
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Driftin' Jerry....
  • An earlier, -- and beautiful -- Jerry Jeff incarnation...
  • Great piece of work here!
  • Not bad, Jerry
 Driftin' Way of Life
Jerry Jeff Walker
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000EG6
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Driftin' Way of Life
  2. Morning Song to Sally
  3. Shell Game
  4. Ranblin', Scramblin'
  5. No Roots in Ramblin'
  6. Old Road
  7. North Cumberland Blues
  8. Let It Ride
  9. Fading Lady
  10. Gertrude
  11. Dust on My Boots

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Driftin' Jerry...........2006-05-07

...proud to be the 1st review on this (to borrow another folk'ish phrase) "diamond in the rough" in, what, 7 years...?? I've always been fondest of this Jerry Jeff album -- especially the way it really does weave in and out like the trials of the road and drifin', ramblin (scramblin) 'n all the high's 'n'lows out there.... it does show, as another reviewer noted prior, the young jerry jeff on the road before the whole 'Texas' thing he's become more immersed in... it's the late 60's 'n here's just a kid from, what, New York, who's "hitchhiked about a hundred-thousand miles" 'n "had good luck, lived in different styles" and it's a necessary book-end (not to mention one've my 3 favorite Walker albums) if you wanna know more about or collect more on this well-rounded legend...

5 out of 5 stars An earlier, -- and beautiful -- Jerry Jeff incarnation..........2001-08-06

For many 'tried and true' Jerry Jeff fans, this very early album -- perhaps his best ever -- packs a few surprises. ....

The songs are singer-songwriter fare of extraordinary variety and depth, each composition crafted to perfection and -- with the exception of the haunting "Old Road" (just Jerry Jeff and his 'harp') -- each is backed by a then-premiere group of Nashville session musicians, and the unequaled wizard/picker (sometimes-crafter) of guitar and assorted stringed instruments, David Bromberg. (Bromberg was back playing recently, based in Baltimore.) The backing is precise, tasty, imaginative, tight, and allows our hero to shine without even slightly turning the recording into a country session. .... This recording comes before he drifted his way of life toward the "outlaw" persona he later enhanced -- w/the likes of, Waylon, Willie, Gary P. Nunn, Guy Clark, Ray Wiley Hubbard. ....

The first track I heard (WXPN, studying for a 'bar exam') was the rarely recalled "Fading Lady" -- a tender ballad about a 'material girl' -- NOT Madonna!! -- who measured guys' "good points by their gains." "Count all your jewelry and your lace; Count all the shoes beneath your bed; Then when you've counted all these 'things' in your head, Try and wipe the sorrow from your face...." The message echoed the decade it arrived in, and the music reflects its irony. The lovely gem is set against Bromberg's fittingly 'lace-like' picking. Raised on symphonic music, moving toward rock via songs like Whiter Shade of Pale, We Can Talk About it Now, and even Martha, My Dear, I loved the song from its opening bar, set aside the books I dreaded reviewing, and got the album that day.

To my surprise, the other Driftin' Way of Life songs were all very different from the gem-like Fading Lady (and from each other!). 'Gertrude' is a "Cajun Queen" workin the street down in New Orleans "where the wine and the laugh's a friend", "just trippin' and a'pickin' up men" -- rolling them for their cash or stash with one hand -- she 'rolled Jerry' with the other! The infectious number kicks along tightly and irresistably, complete with tack-tipped paino hammers -- the finest honky tonk I ever did hear. 'No Roots in Ramblin' and 'Dust on My Boots' are easy-rolling, super-tasty ballads, which move us all on down the line... Each song has its own place and style. 'Shell Game' calls to the uptight aspring professional something, following his parents' agenda -- unaware of his own: "Cast Off that shell; Don't resist the unknown; Your understandin's open handed; Hold it closed and you're alone..." The musicianship is so fine as to lure the uninitiated (thankfully!), and imprint the message that drew at least me to the West. ....

I hesitate only very slightly on this album (not even a half-star, really), and only in retrospect, because of an otherwise slick variation of the traditional "talking blues" I'd first heard from Dylan. "Ramblin' Scramblin'" -- which may captivate others as it initially did me -- does so with nasty lyrics degrading to to women (and men), long before "politically incorrect" was a gleam in Bill Maher's eye. .... Don't miss this one!

5 out of 5 stars Great piece of work here!.......1999-07-30

So 'just let it ride on your player'. If you like JJW you will like this album. I, personaly, was weened on Jerry Jeff so I might be a little biased. But, heck with it, just buy it, you'll like it. Ride on, Scamp!

4 out of 5 stars Not bad, Jerry.......1998-11-02

This was recorded right before Jerry Jeff went home to Texas...he was still "Driftin' " around, and it shows on this album. Great folk CD with more of a country flavor than the Mr Bojangles. Songs include the histerical "Ramblin', Scramblin" and "Gertrude" and the lovely "Morning Song to Sally"...highly recommended to fans from the New Orleans area, for that seems to be the city concentrated on in this CD
Great Gonzos
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • URBANE, URBAN COWBOY
  • Jerry Jeff Walker - The Great Gonzos CD
  • The most important part of any Jerry Jeff Walker collection.
  • This is a great 5 star C.D. with all of his greatest songs
  • It is one of the best!
 Great Gonzos
Jerry Jeff Walker
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002OHN
Release Date: 1991-08-27

Tracks:

  1. Gettin' By
  2. Sangria Wine
  3. Mr. Bojangles
  4. Desperados Waiting For The Train
  5. Pick Up The Tempo
  6. Up Against The Wall Redneck
  7. London Homesick Blues
  8. Takin' It As It Comes
  9. Backsliders Wine
  10. Old Five And Dimers Like Me
  11. Charlie Dunn
  12. Railroad Lady
  13. L.A. Freeway
  14. Don't It Make You Want To Dance

Amazon.com essential recording

It's ironic that the man who made his reputation by writing "Mr. Bojangles," one of the most enduring and oft-covered tunes of the late 20th century, succeeded in his career as a performer by singing the works of others, but that's the case. Walker has always been a fine judge of material, and over the years, picked up on some great stuff, such as Billy Joe Shaver's "Old Five and Dimers Like Me," Guy Clark's "Desperados Waiting for the Train" and "L.A. Freeway," Gary Nunn's "London Homesick Blues," Ray Wiley Hubbard's "Up Against the Wall Redneck," and Rusty Weir's "Don't It Make You Wanna Dance." This set gathers those remarkable cuts together with some of Walker's own songs, such as the party anthem "Sangria Wine," "Railroad Lady" (written with Jimmy Buffett), and, of course, "Bojangles." Great Gonzos gives you the flavor and the laid-back aesthetic of Jerry Jeff's seminal work of the '70s. There's more to the story, but this is where it all began. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars URBANE, URBAN COWBOY.......2006-06-22

Sometimes you just need some old-fashioned rock and rolling, comboy style. That is the roots too. If you, like I do, every once in a while need to hear about whiskey bars, fly-by-night hotels, pool playing hustlers, sad-eyed gals, flossies, no-name susies, broken-down cowboys, low down hotels nighttimes smells, guys saying what the hell at the last chance motel you have come to the right address. Listen on.

5 out of 5 stars Jerry Jeff Walker - The Great Gonzos CD.......2000-06-28

This is the album that started it all for me. This was the first Texas artist I was ever exposed to, and this is the first Texas Music album I ever bought. Now I am a bona-fide "up-against-the-wall" Texas Music NUT! I had to buy this CD because I wore the tape out! This album is not only a staple in a JJW collection, but a must-have in any Texas music collection.

4 out of 5 stars The most important part of any Jerry Jeff Walker collection........1999-06-16

Any red-blooded Texan ( or those who want to be ) knows the words to "Redneck Mother" and the following "London Homesick Blues". Add to that the classic "Mr. Bojangles" and you have the definitive JJW album. The recording quality is superior to many other JJW offerings, but still has the "ice-house sound" that comes from the juke box at 1:30 am. This is the one...The cover should hang in a place of honor in the Capitol in Austin, with a map below giving directions to Terlingua.

5 out of 5 stars This is a great 5 star C.D. with all of his greatest songs.......1998-07-17

Great Gonzos is a C.D. with songs to fit every Jerry Jeff fan. It has songs like Mr. Bojangles, Sangria Wine, and Railroad Lady that are some of the best !!!!

5 out of 5 stars It is one of the best!.......1998-07-17

Great Gonzos is an excellent cd that features all of Jerry Jeff's hit songs throughout the years. This is a one of a kind cd with songs for every Jerry Jeff Walker fan.
Jerry Jeff Walker (Vanguard Visionaries)
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Jerry Jeff Walker (Vanguard Visionaries)
    Jerry Jeff Walker
    Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000PC6GFG
    Release Date: 2007-06-12

    Tracks:

    1. Drifin' Way Of Life
    2. Louise
    3. Mr. Bojangles
    4. Trying To Live Right
    5. Lost Sea Shanty
    6. Fading Lady
    7. No Roots In Ramblin'
    8. Morning Song To Sally
    9. Dust On My Boots
    10. North Cumberland Blues

    Album Description

    A true visionary, Jerry Jeff Walker influenced artists like Pat Green, Robert Earl Keen & Lyle Lovett

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    9. Love out Loud
    10. Lovers, Friends & Strangers

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