Mr. Bojangles
The waltzing ballad can be seen both as a poignant portrayal of a performer past their prime and a mellow message about the demands put upon artists. Mr. Bojangles is asked to dance; he complies. It’s what he does. It is also what his audience wants and expects. Walker recorded many albums, wrote many songs, helped pioneer the so-called cosmic country genre and inspired not only Snider but Jimmy Buffett, Guy Clark, Lucinda Williams and others. But he had to playWalker was close friends with Gordon Lightfoot. Walker may or may not have given Lightfoot the shirt off his back, but he did gift Lightfoot the mottled brown leather jacket he wore for the cover shot of his 1972 album.
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