Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr Bojangles (live solo TV 1969) Mr. Bojangles” is a song written and originally recorded by American country music artist Jerry Jeff Walker for his 1968 album of the same title. It has since been recorded by other artists, including the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1969 (released September 1970). Walker said he was inspired to write the song after an encounter with a street performer in a New Orleans jail. While in jail for public intoxication in 1965, he met a homeless man who

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I've had several folks ask for Mr Bojangles, so here it is.. an acoustic arrangement of "Mr Bojangles," written & recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker in 1968, famously covered by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1970, and by Sammy Davis Jr who made the song part of his show for two decades. I recorded it on an acoustic-electric Dobro resonator, Loar mandolin, Melodee reed organ, Side Kick Drums kick drum, & a tamborine, Recorded with Recovery Effects ExMic Deluxe Telephone Microphone to dial in the lo-fi

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