Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker (born March 16, 1942) is a country music singer.

Walker was born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, New York. After graduating high school, he roamed the country spending time in areas like New Orlea

Jerry Jeff Walker (born March 16, 1942) is a country music singer.

Walker was born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, New York. After graduating high school, he roamed the country spending time in areas like New Orleans, Texas, Florida and New York. He spent his early folk music days in Greenwich Village in the mid 1960s and started a psychedelic band in the late 1960s called Circus Maximus which put out two albums. He then struck out on his own based on the success he had as a solo artist with the hit "Mr. Bojangles." He then settled in Austin, Texas, mostly associating with the country-rock Texas outlaw scene around Austin, Texas in the 1970s that included artists such as Willie Nelson, Guy Clark, Waylon Jennings, Townes Van Zandt and others. Some of the songs he wrote or performed include: "Mr. Bojangles" (written by Walker), "LA Freeway" (written by Guy Clark), and "Redneck Mother" (written by Ray Wylie Hubbard).