Steve Earle is sitting on a couch in a recording studio a block away from Union Square in New York City. He used to live on Bleecker Street for years, about 15 minutes away. "I'll never forget walking ...

“I’m trying to get songs on country radio,” says Steve Earle. It’s not what anyone would expect to hear from Earle these days, especially when we’re supposed to be discussing Jerry Jeff, his new ...

"It was one of those things that I listened to it so much that I knew every word to every song," said Green, who eventually became close friends with Walker. "I was a teenager when I first started ...

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 ...

Many folks remember 1968’s “Mr. Bojangles” by Jerry Jeff Walker well – it was the song that put him on the map. By 1973, the singer-songwriter was due another album for his record label, and overdue ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Jerry Jeff Walker, a Texas country singer ...

The world, by way of Texas, lost two of its most iconoclastic, deservedly mythologized artists this past month – Jerry Jeff Walker, songwriter-flâneur-buckaroo; and Billy Joe Shaver, ornery and ...

The deaths of legendary Texas troubadours Jerry Jeff Walker and Billy Joe Shaver within a week of each other in October was a hard blow to fans of outlaw-country music around the world. On Saturday, ...

AUSTIN, Texas - Jerry Jeff Walker, a country singer-songwriter known for penning the hit "Mr. Bojangles," has died. He was 78. Walker's death was confirmed to Fox News on Saturday by his former ...