Editing Jerry Jeff Walker

{{Short description|American country singer (1942–2020)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist  <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name                = Jerry Jeff Walker
| image               = Jerry_Jeff_Walker.jpg
| caption             = Walker in 2002
| birth_name          = Ronald Clyde Crosby
| alias               = Gypsy Songman
| birth_place         = [[Oneonta, New York]], U.S. 
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1942|03|16}}
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|2020|10|23|1942|03|16}}
| death_place         = [[Austin, Texas]], U.S. 
| instrument          = Vocals, guitar, harmonica
| genre               = {{Hlist|[[Progressive country]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2020-10-30/jerry-jeff-walker-brought-the-magic/ |title=Jerry Jeff Walker Brought the Magic |last=Freeman |first=Doug |date=October 30, 2020 |work=Austin Chronicle |access-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722230230/https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2020-10-30/jerry-jeff-walker-brought-the-magic/ |url-status=live }}</ref>|[[outlaw country]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/jerry-jeff-walker-mr-bojangles-outlaw-country-dead-obituary-1080617/ |title=Jerry Jeff Walker, Outlaw Country Architect and 'Mr. Bojangles' Songwriter, Dead at 78 |last=Hudak |first=Joseph |date=October 24, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201203327/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/jerry-jeff-walker-mr-bojangles-outlaw-country-dead-obituary-1080617/ |url-status=live }}</ref>|[[folk music|folk]]}}
| occupation          = Singer-songwriter
| years_active        = 1967–2018
| label               = Vanguard, Atco, Tried & True
| website             = {{URL|jerryjeff.com}}
}}

'''Jerry Jeff Walker''' (born '''Ronald Clyde Crosby'''; March 16, 1942&nbsp;– October 23, 2020)<ref name=Nash>{{cite book |title=Nashville Portraits: Legends Of Country Music |last=McGuire |first=Jim |author2=Ferris, William |year=2007 |publisher=The Lyons Press |isbn=978-1-59921-168-8 |page=72}}</ref> was an American [[country music|country]] and [[folk music|folk]] singer-songwriter. He was a leading figure in the [[progressive country]] and  [[outlaw country]] music movement. He also wrote the 1968 song "[[Mr. Bojangles (song)|Mr. Bojangles]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecountryradio.com/ |title=Running Wild With Jerry Jeff |author=Blount, Roy Jr. |date=May 1979 |website=Thecountryradio.com |access-date=April 19, 2011 |archive-date=February 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204191237/http://thecountryradio.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==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.<ref name="NYT obit">{{cite news |title=Jerry Jeff Walker, Who Wrote and Sang 'Mr. Bojangles,' Dies at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/arts/music/jerry-jeff-walker-dead.html |first=Bill |last=Friskics-Warren |date=October 24, 2020 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=October 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201025123250/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/arts/music/jerry-jeff-walker-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref> His maternal grandparents played for square dances in the Oneonta area<ref name="NYT obit"/> – 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Texas music icon Jerry Jeff Walker dies |url=https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/music/texas-music-icon-jerry-jeff-walker-dies-15672095 |first=Andrew |last=Dansby |date=October 24, 2020 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026102651/https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/music/texas-music-icon-jerry-jeff-walker-dies-15672095 |url-status=live }}</ref>

After high school, Crosby joined the National Guard, but his thirst for adventure led him to go [[AWOL]] and he was eventually discharged.<ref name="NYT obit"/><ref name="WP obit">{{cite news |title=Jerry Jeff Walker, Texas troubadour who wrote 'Mr. Bojangles,' dies at 78 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jerry-jeff-walker-texas-troubadour-who-wrote-mr-bojangles-dies-at-78/2020/10/24/aeef3e92-1606-11eb-ba42-ec6a580836ed_story.html |first=Matt |last=Schudel |date=October 24, 2020 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026143201/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jerry-jeff-walker-texas-troubadour-who-wrote-mr-bojangles-dies-at-78/2020/10/24/aeef3e92-1606-11eb-ba42-ec6a580836ed_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  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").<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=22CnDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA152 |title=I'd Fight the World: A Political History of Old-Time, Hillbilly, and Country Music |publisher=University of Chicago Press |date=September 9, 2019 |last=La Chapelle |first=Peter |page=152 |isbn=9780226923000 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213084618/https://books.google.com/books?id=22CnDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA152 |url-status=live }}</ref> He first played under the stage name of Jerry Ferris, then Jeff Walker, before amalgamating them into Jerry Jeff Walker and legally [[Name change|changing his name]] to that in the late 1960s.<ref name="WP obit"/>

==Career==
Walker spent his early [[folk music]] days in [[Greenwich Village]] in the mid-1960s.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |date=1997 |edition=Concise |isbn=1-85227-745-9 |pages=1225/6}}</ref> He co-founded a band with Bob Bruno in the late-1960s called [[Circus Maximus (American band)|Circus Maximus]] that put out two albums,<ref name="Larkin"/> one with the popular FM radio hit "Wind", but Bruno's interest in [[jazz]] apparently diverged from Walker's interest in folk music.<ref name="Larkin"/> Walker thus resumed his solo career and recorded the seminal 1968 album ''Mr. Bojangles'' with the help of [[David Bromberg]] and other influential [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] recording artists.<ref>{{cite news |title=David Bromberg: The return of a rock 'n' roll Zelig |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/music/sf-david-bromberg-funky-biscuit-boca-20170308-story.html |first=Bob |last=Weinberg |date=March 8, 2017 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |newspaper=Sun Sentinel |location=Fort Lauderdale |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029195953/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/music/sf-david-bromberg-funky-biscuit-boca-20170308-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jerry Jeff Walker's 'Viva Terlingua': Inside the Fringe Country Album |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/viva-terlingua-jerry-jeff-walker-outlaw-country-772406/ |first=Jeff |last=Gage |date=October 24, 2020 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026125041/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/viva-terlingua-jerry-jeff-walker-outlaw-country-772406/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  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]],<ref name="NYT obit"/> and [[Townes Van Zandt]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Jerry Jeff Walker, a Trailblazer of the Cosmic Cowboy Sound, Passes Away at 78 |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/jerry-jeff-walker-death/ |first=John T. |last=Davis |date=October 24, 2020 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |magazine=Texas Monthly |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028214812/https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/jerry-jeff-walker-death/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  "Jerry Jeff'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)]]".<ref>{{cite news |title=Texas Legend Bringing Hard Luck Songs This Way – Jerry Jeff Walker, known for such hits as 'Mr. Bojangles,' will perform at the Ventura Theatre |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-25-vl-30810-story.html |first=Robyn |last=Loewenthal |date=October 26, 2020 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029234732/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-25-vl-30810-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On September 28, 1974, Walker appeared with Doug Sahm at Carnegie Hall's Main Hall.

A string of records for [[MCA Inc.|MCA]] and [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] followed Walker's move to [[Austin, Texas]],<ref name="Larkin"/> before he gave up on the mainstream music business and formed his own independent record label. Tried & True Music was founded in 1986,<ref name=AP>{{cite news |title=Jerry Jeff Walker, Texas singer and songwriter, dies at 78 |url=https://apnews.com/article/us-news-new-york-guy-clark-jerry-jeff-walker-texas-10633d8176808f5e488b0fe112a021f2 |first=Ken |last=Miller |date=October 24, 2020 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |work=Associated Press |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026090737/https://apnews.com/article/us-news-new-york-guy-clark-jerry-jeff-walker-texas-10633d8176808f5e488b0fe112a021f2 |url-status=live }}</ref> with his wife Susan as president and manager.<ref name=UT>{{cite news |title=UT freshmen to hear from women leaders in the Texas music scene |url=https://news.utexas.edu/1999/10/13/ut-freshmen-to-hear-from-women-leaders-in-the-texas-music-scene/ |date=October 13, 1999 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |work=UT News |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029163819/https://news.utexas.edu/1999/10/13/ut-freshmen-to-hear-from-women-leaders-in-the-texas-music-scene/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jerry Jeff Walker, Who Wrote 'Mr. Bojangles,' Dies At 78 |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/10/24/927471619/jerry-jeff-walker-who-wrote-mr-bojangles-dies-at-78 |first=Matthew S. |last=Schwartz |date=October 24, 2020 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |publisher=NPR |archive-date=October 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025224723/https://www.npr.org/2020/10/24/927471619/jerry-jeff-walker-who-wrote-mr-bojangles-dies-at-78 |url-status=live }}</ref> Susan also founded Goodknight Music as his management company and Tried & True Artists for his bookings.<ref name=UT/> A series of increasingly autobiographical records followed under the Tried & True imprint, which also sells his autobiography, ''Gypsy Songman''.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cOCcPQAACAAJ |title=Gypsy Songman |publisher=Woodford Press |year=1999 |last=Walker |first=Jerry Jeff |isbn=9780942627572 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213084617/https://books.google.com/books?id=cOCcPQAACAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>  In 2004, Walker released his first DVD of songs from his past performed in an intimate setting in Austin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jerry-jeff-walker-the-one-and-only-mw0001367699/releases |title=Jerry Jeff Walker: The One and Only |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030032031/https://www.allmusic.com/album/jerry-jeff-walker-the-one-and-only-mw0001367699/releases |url-status=live }}</ref>

Walker married Susan Streit in 1974 in [[Travis County, Texas]].<ref name=Nash/> They had two children: a son, [[Django Walker]], who is also a musician, and a daughter Jessie Jane.<ref name="NYT obit"/> Walker had a retreat on [[Ambergris Caye]] in Belize, where he recorded his ''Cowboy Boots and Bathing Suits'' album in 1998.<ref>{{cite news |title=Viva Belize! Jerry Jeff Walker's island getaway |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2007-09-07/534875/ |first=Kevin |last=Brass |date=September 7, 2007 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |newspaper=The Austin Chronicle |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026225308/https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2007-09-07/534875/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also made a guest appearance on [[Ramblin' Jack Elliott]]'s 1998 album of duets ''[[Friends of Mine (Ramblin' Jack Elliott album)|Friends of Mine]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/friends-of-mine-mw0000033085/credits |title=Ramblin' Jack Elliott: Friends of Mine – Credits |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029182434/https://www.allmusic.com/album/friends-of-mine-mw0000033085/credits |url-status=live }}</ref> singing "He Was a Friend of Mine" and [[Woody Guthrie]]'s "Hard Travelin'".<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iciAYIIRG5YC&pg=PA324 |title=Ramblin' Jack Elliott: The Never-Ending Highway |publisher=Scarecrow Press |date=December 30, 2009 |last=Reineke |first=Hank |page=324 |isbn=9780810872578 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213084616/https://books.google.com/books?id=iciAYIIRG5YC&pg=PA324 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jerry-jeff-walker-mn0000845468/credits |title=Jerry Jeff Walker – Credits |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030015527/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jerry-jeff-walker-mn0000845468/credits |url-status=live }}</ref>

Walker recorded songs written by others such as "LA Freeway" ([[Guy Clark]]), "Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother" ([[Ray Wylie Hubbard]]),<ref name="NYT obit"/> "(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night" ([[Tom Waits]]),<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8q0KBucLXm4C&pg=PT411 |title=Wild Years: The Music and Myth of Tom Waits |publisher=ECW Press |date=November 16, 2010 |last=Jacobs |first=Jay S. |page=411 |isbn=9781554902613 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407103420/https://books.google.com/books?id=8q0KBucLXm4C&pg=PT411 |url-status=live }}</ref> and "London Homesick Blues" ([[Gary P. Nunn]]).<ref name="NYT obit"/> 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]]".<ref>{{cite news |title=Jerry Jeff Walker (1942–2020): The Cosmic Cowboy and Mr. Bojangles |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/jerry-jeff-walker/jerry-jeff-walker-obiturary/ |first=Geoffrey |last=Himes |date=October 26, 2020 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |magazine=Paste |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201203430/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/jerry-jeff-walker/jerry-jeff-walker-obiturary |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The 50 Greatest Texas Musicians Ever |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/The-50-Greatest-Texas-Musicians-Ever-13135350.php |first=Cary |last=Darling |date=July 25, 2018|access-date=October 26, 2020 |newspaper=Houston Chronicle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009171225/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/The-50-Greatest-Texas-Musicians-Ever-13135350.php|archive-date=October 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |editor-last=Parker |editor-first=Virginia |date=July 2006 |title=Listings: July 17–23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jQ8AAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA154 |magazine=Atlanta Magazine |publisher=Emmis Communications |volume=46 |issue=3 |page=154 |issn=0004-6701 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213084612/https://books.google.com/books?id=jQ8AAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA154 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was Walker who first drove Jimmy Buffett to [[Key West]] (from Coconut Grove, Florida in a [[Packard]]).<ref name=Outsider>{{cite news |title=Jimmy Buffett Posts Touching Tribute To Late Singer-Songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker |url=https://outsider.com/news/country-music/jimmy-buffett-posts-touching-tribute-to-late-singer-songwriter-jerry-jeff-walker/ |first=Jon D. |last=B. |date=October 25, 2020 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |publisher=Outsider.com |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029071235/https://outsider.com/news/country-music/jimmy-buffett-posts-touching-tribute-to-late-singer-songwriter-jerry-jeff-walker/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  The two musicians also co-wrote the song "Railroad Lady" while riding the last run of the ''[[Panama Limited]]''.<ref name=Outsider/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/railroad-lady-mt0005226976 |title=Jerry Jeff Walker: Railroad Lady – Song Info |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029225522/https://www.allmusic.com/song/railroad-lady-mt0005226976 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==="Mr. Bojangles"===
Walker's "[[Mr. Bojangles (song)|Mr. Bojangles]]" (1968) is perhaps his best-known and most-often performed song.<ref name=Nash/> 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".

[[Mr. Bojangles (song)#Recorded versions|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|''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 (Austin, Texas)|Paramount Theatre]] and at [[Gruene Hall]] in [[Gruene, Texas]].<ref name=Nash/> The party brought some of the biggest names in country music out for a night of picking{{Clarify|reason=is this guitar picking? fruit-picking? I don't get this without reference|date=March 2025}} and swapping stories.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nashville Notes On the road with rabbits, doves, chimp |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/112956004/ |page=39 |first=Thomas |last=Goldsmith |date=February 13, 1988 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |newspaper=The Tennessean |location=Nashville, Tennessee |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030003341/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/112956004/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

He died from throat cancer on October 23, 2020, at a hospital in [[Austin, Texas]], at the age of 78.<ref name="NYT obit"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/jerry-jeff-walker-dead-at-78/ |title=Jerry Jeff Walker Dead at 78 |website=Pitchfork |date=October 24, 2020 |access-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027053642/https://pitchfork.com/news/jerry-jeff-walker-dead-at-78/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Blackstock 2020">{{cite news |last=Blackstock |first=Peter |title=Jerry Jeff Walker, Austin country music legend, dies at 78 |url=https://eu.statesman.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/10/24/jerry-jeff-walker-austin-country-music-legend-dies-at-78/42877617/ |website=Austin American-Statesman |date=October 24, 2020 |access-date=October 24, 2020 |location=Austin, TX |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201203331/https://www.statesman.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/10/24/jerry-jeff-walker-austin-country-music-legend-dies-at-78/42877617/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Discography==
===Albums===
<small>Source: AllMusic<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jerry-jeff-walker-mn0000845468/discography |title=Jerry Jeff Walker – Album Discography |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027190015/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jerry-jeff-walker-mn0000845468/discography |url-status=live }}</ref></small>
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Album
!colspan="4"|Chart positions
!rowspan="2"|Label
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!width="45"|<small>[[Top Country Albums|US Country]]</small><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-albums |title=Top Country Albums |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 17, 2020 |archive-date=January 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111131111/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-albums |url-status=live }}</ref>
!width="45"|<small>[[Billboard 200|US]]</small><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200 |title=Billboard 200 Chart |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-date=July 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702172558/http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200 |url-status=live }}</ref>
!width="45"|<small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><ref name=aus>{{cite book |last=Kent |first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian) |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |edition=illustrated |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |page=331}}</ref>
!width="45"|<small>CAN Country</small><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canada-country |title=Canada Country Chart |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812061709/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canada-country |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|1967
|''Circus Maximus''
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|rowspan="2" align="center"|Vanguard
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|rowspan="2"|1968
|''Neverland Revisited''
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|''Mr. Bojangles''
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|align="center"|Atco
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|1969
|''Driftin' Way of Life''
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|align="center"|Vanguard
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|1970
|''Five Years Gone''
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|rowspan="2" align="center"|Atco
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|1970
|''Bein' Free''
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|1972
|''Jerry Jeff Walker''
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|align="center"|208
| 48
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|rowspan="7" align="center"|MCA
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|1973
|''[[Viva Terlingua]]''
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|align="center"|160
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|1974
|''Walker's Collectibles''
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|align="center"|141
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|1975
|''Ridin' High''
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|119
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|1976
|''It's a Good Night for Singin'''
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|84
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|1977
|''A Man Must Carry On''
|align="center"|13
|align="center"|60
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|1978
|''Contrary to Ordinary''{{#tag:ref|''Contrary to Ordinary'' also peaked at No.&nbsp;99 on the ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Top Albums chart in Canada.<ref name=RPM>{{cite web |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=Jerry+Jeff+Walker& |title=Results: RPM Weekly – Jerry Jeff Walker |work=Library and Archives Canada |date=July 17, 2013 |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201203336/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=Jerry+Jeff+Walker& |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=3736& |title=Top Albums/CDs – Volume 29, No. 22 |date=August 26, 1978 |work=Library and Archives Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030160059/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=3736& |url-status=live }}</ref>|group=upper-alpha}}
|align="center"|25
|align="center"|111
|
|align="center"|3
|-
|1978
|''Jerry Jeff''
|align="center"|43
|align="center"|206
|
|
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Elektra/Asylum
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|1979
|''Too Old to Change''
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|1980
|''The Best of JJW''
|align="center"|57
|align="center"|185
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|align="center"|21
|rowspan="3" align="center"|MCA
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|1981
|''Reunion''
|
|align="center"|188
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|1982
|''Cowjazz''
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|1987
|Gypsy Songman DoLP
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|''Sawdust Records''
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|1987
|''Gypsy Songman''
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|rowspan="3" align="center"|T&TM/Ryko
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|1989
|''Live at Gruene Hall''
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|rowspan="2"|1991
|''Navajo Rug''
|align="center"|59
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|''Great Gonzos''
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| align="center"|MCA
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|1992
|''Hill Country Rain''
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|rowspan="3" align="center"|T&TM/Ryko
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|rowspan="2"|1994
|''Viva Luckenbach''
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|''Christmas Gonzo Style''
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|1995
|''Night After Night''
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|rowspan="3" align="center"|T&TM
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|1996
|''Scamp''
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|rowspan="2"|1998
|''Cowboy Boots & Bathing Suits''
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|''Lone Wolf: Elektra Sessions''
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| align="center"|Warner Bros.
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|rowspan="2"|1999
|''Best of the Vanguard Years''
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| align="center"|Vanguard
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|''Gypsy Songman: A Life in Song''
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|rowspan="2" align="center"|T&TM
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|rowspan="2"|2001
|''Gonzo Stew''
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|''Jerry Jeff Walker: Ultimate Collection''
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| align="center"|Hip-O Records
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|2003
|''Jerry Jeff Jazz''
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|rowspan="2" align="center"|T&TM
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|2004
|''The One and Only''
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|2009
|''Moon Child''
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|2018
|''[[It's About Time (Jerry Jeff Walker album)|It's About Time]]''
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===Singles===
<small>Source: AllMusic,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jerry-jeff-walker-mn0000845468/songs |title=Jerry Jeff Walker – Song Highlights |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027052005/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jerry-jeff-walker-mn0000845468/songs |url-status=live }}</ref> unless otherwise stated.</small>
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Single
!colspan="3"|Chart Positions
!rowspan="2"|Album
|-
!width="50"|<small>[[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]</small><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs |title=Hot Country Songs |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 17, 2020 |archive-date=November 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121163923/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs |url-status=live }}</ref>
!width="50"|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small>
!width="50"|<small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><ref name=aus/>
|-
|1968
|"[[Mr. Bojangles (song)|Mr. Bojangles]]"{{#tag:ref|"Mr. Bojangles" also peaked at No.&nbsp;51 on the ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Top Singles chart in Canada.<ref name=RPM/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4407& |title=Top Singles – Volume 9, No. 23–24 |date=August 19, 1968 |work=Library and Archives Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029115259/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4407& |url-status=live }}</ref>|group=upper-alpha}}
|
|align="center"|77
|align="center"|22
|''Mr. Bojangles''
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|1972
|"[[L.A. Freeway]]"
|
|align="center"|98
|align="center"|98
|''Jerry Jeff Walker''
|-
|rowspan="2"|1973
|"[[Desperados Waiting for a Train]]"
|
|align="center"|
|
|rowspan="2"|''Viva Terlingua''
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|"Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother"
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|align="center"|
|
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|1975
|"Jaded Lover"
|align="center"|54
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|''Ridin' High''
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|1976
|"It's a Good Night for Singing"/"Dear John Letter Lounge"
|align="center"|88
|
|
|''It's a Good Night for Singing''
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|1977
|"Mr. Bojangles" <small>(Live)</small>
|align="center"|93
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|
|''A Man Must Carry On''
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|1981
|"Got Lucky Last Night"
|align="center"|82
|
|
|''Reunion''
|-
|rowspan="3"|1989
|"I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight"
|align="center"|70
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|
|rowspan="3"|''Live at Gruene Hall''
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|"The Pickup Truck Song"
|align="center"|62
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|
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|"[[Trashy Women]]"
|align="center"|63
|
|
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|1994
|"Keep Texas Beautiful"
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|
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|Single only
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.jerryjeff.com/ JerryJeff.com]
* {{Discogs artist|Jerry Jeff Walker}}
* {{IMDb name|id=1222056}}
* [http://www.jjwfan.com/ Unofficial Jerry Jeff Walker Fan Page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091101122001/http://old.thedailystar.com/opinion/columns/simonson/2001/10/01/simonson.html "Local '50s band almost made it big", Mark Simonson, ''The Daily Star'', Oct 1, 2001]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101108014551/http://www.okbuckaroosthemovie.com/main/About_the_Film.html "Official Documentary Film on Jerry Jeff Walker's Life"]

{{Jerry Jeff Walker}}
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