9.1K views · 491 reactions | Todd Snider encores with “Mr. Bojangles" by Jerry Jeff Walker. Tune in each Sunday at 11am CT for a live performance from the "First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder." Today we'll be celebrating songs from "Happy To Be Here" live right here on Facebook and at purplebuildinglive.com/snider. #toddsnider #1stagnosticchurch #hopeandwonder #jerryjeffwalker #mrbojangles #happytobehere | Todd Snider | Facebook

2.3K views · 109 reactions | Jerry Jeff Walker was an amazing songwriter in his own right, but he carried on the tradition of interpreting the great songs of his peers. One of our favorites, made famous by Jerry Jeff, was Guy Clark’s “LA Freeway.” No better setting for it than a campfire. Adios, JJW. | Blue Water Highway | Facebook

Jerry Jeff Walker who wrote the enduring “Mr. Bojangles” and helped establish the Austin, Texas, progressive country music scene of the 1970s, died Friday evening (October 23, 2020) after an extended battle with throat cancer. He was seventy-eight. Born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, New York, Walker learned banjo, ukulele, and guitar. Still in his teens, he hitchhiked to Florida and then to New Orleans, where he sang for tips on the street. He eventually gravitated to New York City’s Greenwich