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Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Nanci Griffith, David Bromberg, Michael Martin Murphey, Willie Nelson and Guy Clark. Those roots explain a lot about how Jerry Jeff Walker arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Rodney Crowell, Willis Alan Ramsey, John Anderson, Johnny Paycheck and Asleep at the Wheel, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Todd Snider, Firefall and Lulu, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Jerry Jeff Walker, reaching back through Nanci Griffith and forward to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Jerry Jeff Walker was an American country and folk singer-songwriter. He was a leading figure in the progressive country and outlaw country music movement. He is best known for writing the 1968 song "Mr. Bojangles".

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Jerry Jeff WalkerNanci GriffithDavid BrombergMichael Martin MurpheyWillie NelsonGuy ClarkWaylon JenningsTownes Van ZandtRamblin' Jack ElliottNitty Gritty Dirt BandThe Nitty Gritty Dir…Todd SniderFirefallLuluJimmy BuffettArlo GuthrieRodney CrowellWillis Alan RamseyJohn AndersonJohnny PaycheckAsleep at the WheelBobby BareDoug SahmEmmylou Harris

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Jerry Jeff Walker connections

Jerry Jeff Walker grew out of Nanci Griffith, David Bromberg, Michael Martin Murphey and Willie Nelson, shares an orbit with Rodney Crowell, Willis Alan Ramsey, John Anderson and Johnny Paycheck, went on to shape Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Todd Snider and Firefall. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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