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Ultimate Collection
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Manufacturer: Hip-O Records
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Additional Ultimate Collection Information
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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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What Customers Say About Ultimate Collection:
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on the leaflet. This is a wonderful CD if you Like Jerry Jeff. Great sound and plenty of info.
Good buy too and Amazons free shipping was pretty fast. Man, if you dont appreciate this music you must be brain dead and one of those Obama supporters.
Now living in the Southeast I find myself exposing many new people to his music. Growing up in the West (AZ) he was well known. Highly recommend any and all of his music. Oh My. Was A big fan of his during the 70's and am now replacing my old cassettes with cds.
Ultimate Collection focuses on his rambunctious songs and skips some of his early poetry. Ultimate Collection is the most comprehensive anthology yet assembled for Jerry Jeff Walker, with tracks spanning the late '60s through the late '70s. Ultimate Collection is an imperfect survey of Jerry Jeff Walker's music, but it still will have plenty popular appeal. In addition, even though all but one of his hits from the '70s is included, none of his '80s hits are. "Mr. Bojangles" is here with other crowd pleasers like "Pissin' in the Wind," and "Up Against the Wall Redneck." There's the problem.
Prompt delivery and good packaging.Christine This is a very nice music collection. Amazon provided great service.
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