Last October, Texas lost two of its biggest musical legends: Jerry Jeff Walker and Billy Joe Shaver. Walker wrote some of country music’s funniest, most heartbreaking songs, including 1968’s “Mr.

There's a famous photograph by onetime Austin photographer Ken Hoge of Roky Erickson, Doug Sahm, and Jerry Jeff Walker onstage together locally at Gemini's in 1977. There may be no better ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Jerry Jeff Walker, the vagabonding gonzo musician known as one of the founding fathers of modern Texas country music, has died after a years-long fight against throat cancer, ...

Jerry Jeff Walker’s death on Saturday at age 78 from throat cancer spurred an outpouring of sentiment from former bandmates, fellow-traveler musicians and even a president of the United States. We’ve ...

On Saturday, Todd Snider used his regular quarantine livestream session to pay tribute to his foremost mentor and influence, Jerry Jeff Walker, who died Friday at 78 after a battle with cancer. For ...

Welcome to the Texas Canon, a series that dives into the movies, TV shows, books, albums and more that represent us and reach far beyond the Lone Star State's borders. Today, we look back at Jerry ...

Fifty years ago, a New York-born folk singer and a ragtag musical entourage recorded the quintessential Texas album. Jerry Jeff Walker’s “¡Viva Terlingua!” — recorded in Luckenbach with the Lost Gonzo ...

Tim McGraw shares a Jerry Jeff Walker memory that cuts like a knife through the heart of any traveling musician with kids. The "I Called Mama" singer took to social media to strum a few chords and ...

Jerry Jeff Walker, who moved to Austin after becoming famous with the song “Mr. Bojangles” and helped to change the landscape of Austin music in the 1970s, died Friday, according to close friends of ...

There’s a famous photograph by onetime Austin photographer Ken Hoge of Roky Erickson, Doug Sahm, and Jerry Jeff Walker onstage together locally at Gemini’s in 1977. There may be no better ...

Jerry Jeff Walker, the singer-songwriter known for penning the hit “Mr. Bojangles” and as a pillar of Texas’ country music scene, has died, according to published reports. He was 78. Walker’s death ...