Steve Earle & The Dukes prep Jerry Jeff Walker tribute LP, share “Gettin’ By”
‘Jerry Jeff‘ is in the same series as The Dukes’ Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark tributes. “This record completes the set, the work of my first-hand teachers,” Earle says.
Jerry Jeff Walker
Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy cover Jerry Jeff Walker w/ David Pajo
Bill Callahan and Bonnie ‘Prince‘ Billy have given us something to look forward to every week this fall with their collaborative covers series. This week they're tackling "I Love You" by the late Jerry Jeff Walker...
Jerry Jeff Walker, outlaw country great and “Mr. Bojangles” writer, dead at 78
Read tribute to Jerry from Jason Isbell, Bill Clinton and others.
The NY Times names hundreds more artists who lost masters in 2008 UMG fire
Just about every area of recorded music was hit by the fire, from jazz to punk to cabaret to comedy, new wave, historical speeches, metal, hip hop, you name it.
Steve Earle announces Guy Clark tribute LP, touring (listen to “Dublin Blues”)
Steve's new LP is in much the same spirit as his 2009 tribute to Townes Van Zandt. is in the same spirit as his 2009 album Townes which was a tribute to Townes Van Zandt. ”No way I could get out of doing this record,” says Earle. ”When I get to the other side, I didn’t want to run into Guy having made the Townes record and not one about him.”