?1979?-Donna, Bryan, and I were hitchhiking outside of Fayetteville, Ark. Around midnight it was, walking back to the Interstate, a light colored (?)Cadillac pulls up. Two guys inside. "Where you guys from?" "New York." We get inside, driver drops off his friend, and the four of us go into a diner. Cashier: "How 'ya doin', Jerry Jeff?" Months later I'll remember and confirm to myself that, "He WAS Jerry Jeff Walker that picked us up hitchhiking that night!"
We have no money. Driver buys Donna a salad, and we leave the diner to go drink some whiskey, "in a field on my father's farm." 'Cause we're hitchhiking we don't drink; to keep our wits. Chit-chat till a couple hours before dawn when he drops us off back at the interstate.
Next ride that morning: young man and woman with a horse trailer. They're gonna buy a horse this morning. We ask, "Ever hear of J.J.Walker?" "Sure!" "He picked us up last night." They're incredulous. We never knew ....
I notice you got marked down for your comment about being proud to be a white kid..
I wonder if those who did it would have done the same on a Sammy Davis version with a comment from a black kid about being proud to be African American? I doubt it some how - the acceptance of this kind of double standard is disturbing. Apparently there are some people who find it offensive that you aren't totally ashamed of your race.
I find the middle finger response appropriate for them..
Taped from a BBC item about Texas. Over 4 hours of tv (no commercials inbetween), with lots of music, blues, polka, country, swing, with Kinky Friedman presenting it all. A fantastic program, somewhere middle 1990s, from which I may put a few more little bits on YouTube.
greatsong great performance
masterchiefer123 3 months ago
What a voice, what dignity!
RandallJonesey 1 year ago
Musicians think in there own terms. Not terms of race, or genre folks..
fromthebd 1 year ago
. . . I was right there in 1992 ! ! !
Nashvilleagain 1 year ago
Leave it to the internet to turn a great song into a debate on race. Stop taking things so seriously and enjoy the music!
daesonesb 2 years ago 3
Well my blind prejudice has been truly put back in its box on learning that one of the coolest songs ever is actually a country song!
Fantastic.
yekic 2 years ago
. . . I was there in beautiful Luckenbach in 1992. Great time ! ! ! Viva Luckenbach
Nashvilleagain 2 years ago
Have u ever been to luckenbach tx. Its pretty much just what you see in this video, a dancehall. I thought it was a town but it isnt really
jrkb300 2 years ago
Damn I miss Lone Star Beer.
1998disco72 2 years ago
thanks It's kind of like the Mr. Bojangles story : )
gaiagale 2 years ago
?1979?-Donna, Bryan, and I were hitchhiking outside of Fayetteville, Ark. Around midnight it was, walking back to the Interstate, a light colored (?)Cadillac pulls up. Two guys inside. "Where you guys from?" "New York." We get inside, driver drops off his friend, and the four of us go into a diner. Cashier: "How 'ya doin', Jerry Jeff?" Months later I'll remember and confirm to myself that, "He WAS Jerry Jeff Walker that picked us up hitchhiking that night!"
Cool. Great story for a future book.
mergatroidal 2 years ago 9
WOW ...great story and I ♥'d readin' it
thanks for sharing
gaiagale 2 years ago 2
We have no money. Driver buys Donna a salad, and we leave the diner to go drink some whiskey, "in a field on my father's farm." 'Cause we're hitchhiking we don't drink; to keep our wits. Chit-chat till a couple hours before dawn when he drops us off back at the interstate.
Next ride that morning: young man and woman with a horse trailer. They're gonna buy a horse this morning. We ask, "Ever hear of J.J.Walker?" "Sure!" "He picked us up last night." They're incredulous. We never knew ....
mergatroidal 2 years ago
so lucky! i just wish i could see jerry play in person... not likely for me, since i live in washington!
Stiffy2108 2 years ago
Proud to be a white kid
dwrdtoler2000 2 years ago
For dwrdtoler2000.
I notice you got marked down for your comment about being proud to be a white kid..
I wonder if those who did it would have done the same on a Sammy Davis version with a comment from a black kid about being proud to be African American? I doubt it some how - the acceptance of this kind of double standard is disturbing. Apparently there are some people who find it offensive that you aren't totally ashamed of your race.
I find the middle finger response appropriate for them..
yekic 2 years ago 5
no need to be such a stupid fuck with that comment
ladysonia68 2 years ago
dunno why you got thumbs down, there should be pride in all races. White power, black power, soul power, human power.
KurtCobain198666 2 years ago
Hondo has a shit-eatin grin in heaven. He's famous now.....even in urban Fred and suburan Comfort....viva the clown prince.
Subject of many stories and never met an enemy.
AUS10TEX 3 years ago
i love Texas music!
*****
Pepi the redneck
THEREDNECKPEPI64 3 years ago
this is awesome!!
doff123 3 years ago
te gek man, lol@rode nekken haha
aplsap 3 years ago 2
Where does this come from!? unbelievebel
frankleppert 4 years ago
Taped from a BBC item about Texas. Over 4 hours of tv (no commercials inbetween), with lots of music, blues, polka, country, swing, with Kinky Friedman presenting it all. A fantastic program, somewhere middle 1990s, from which I may put a few more little bits on YouTube.
JefFrietkot 4 years ago