Ultimate Collection

Jerry Jeff Walker - Ultimate Collection

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Artist: Jerry Jeff Walker
Brand: Ultimate
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-08-28
Music Label: Hip-O Records
Soundtracks:
  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

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Free Music Review: A Yankee In Sam Houston's Court
Hit: 5 Stars

What is it about Texas? Some of the best artists in the land(any genre) seem to have come out of Texas or have been heavily influenced by it. Such is the case with Jerry Jeff Walker. Raised in New York State, you'd think that the influence of Texas twang would be far away from his ears, but it called out to him. The call of the Crescent City wasn't too far behind either, for New Orleans, LA has put out an A-list of performers comparable to that of the entire state of Texas, and Walker found himself living there for awhile also.

Nowadays, it's not unusual to see a Jerry Jeff Walker sticker plastered on the back of a beat-up Ford with Texas plates. His influence has been felt far and wide, but he has still managed to stay rather low key and regional when compared to other artists/songwriters of his stature.

"Ultimate Collection" does well to serve up a taste of Jerry Jeff Walker. From the amazing "Mr. Bojangles" to "Sangria Wine" and the fun "Hairy Ass Hillbillies," many of Walker's best self-penned tunes are here. His talent is also shown on songs from folks like Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell, Ray Wiley Hubbard, and Billy Joe Shaver, among others. He makes their songs his own.

Personal favorites in this collection include "I Ain't Livin' Long Like This," "Up Against The Wall Redneck," "Leavin' Texas," and "Like A Coat From The Cold." Other good selections include "Desperados Waiting For A Train," which can also be heard on the Cash/Kristofferson/Jennings/Nelson "Highwayman" album, and "Pissin' In The Wind."

This entire album is solid, and none of these songs come across as filler. Though many complain that some of Walker's other hits have been left off of here, this is a sufficient album for new listeners and old-timers as well.

If you enjoy artists like Gary P. Nunn(a former member of Walker's band), Billy Joe Shaver, Waylon Jennings, and Robert Earl Keen, you're sure to enjoy Jerry Jeff Walker. He has that honky-tonky swagger and Texas kick about him that makes Texas artists so unique. Also, fans of Jimmy Buffett are sure to enjoy Walkers stories about real folks as well.

Highly recommended.

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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.

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