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Jerry Jeff Walker in Gruene, Texas, 1979.

November 1, 2020

Jerry Jeff Walker, Remembered by Lyle Lovett, Lucinda Williams, Dan Rather, and Many, Many Others

The New York–born singer-songwriter got to Texas as soon as he could—and spent the next five decades changing the lives of seemingly everyone he met.

By David Courtney, Michael Hall, Andy Langer, Jeff Salamon, John Spong, Katy Vine and Christian Wallace

jerry jeff walker gruene hall

October 24, 2020

Jerry Jeff Walker, a Trailblazer of the Cosmic Cowboy Sound, Dies at 78

The country icon was, as fellow musician Lucinda Williams put it, an “American treasure.”

By John T. Davis

Luckenbach, Texas.

December 1, 1993

Lucken Back

Twenty years later, Jerry Jeff Walker returns to the town his music put on the map.