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"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's "Mr. Bojangles" (1968) is perhaps his best-known and most-often performed song. [3]It is about an obscure alcoholic but talented tap-dancing drifter Walker had met who, when arrested and jailed in New Orleans, insisted on being identified only as "Bojangles".
Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy is the fourth studio album from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, released in 1970, including the hit song "Mr. Bojangles". The album reached No. 66 on US charts. Three singles charted: "Mr. Bojangles" reached No. 9, "House at Pooh Corner" reached No. 53, and "Some Of Shelly's Blues" reached No. 64.
Mystic Journey is an album by the American musician Arlo Guthrie, released in 1996. [2] [3] It was Guthrie's first album of mostly new material in a decade. [4] The album is dedicated to Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, Guthrie's Hindu guru. [5]
Arlo is a 1968 live album by American folk singer Arlo Guthrie. Track listing ... "The Pause of Mr. Claus" – 7:50; Personnel. Arlo Guthrie – vocals, guitar;
Guthrie was born in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn, the son of the folk singer and composer Woody Guthrie and dancer Marjorie Mazia Guthrie. [1] He is the fifth, and oldest surviving, of Woody Guthrie's eight children; two older half-sisters died of Huntington's disease (of which Woody also died in 1967), an older half-brother died in a train accident, another half sister died in a ...
Alice's Restaurant is the debut studio album by Arlo Guthrie released in October 1967 by Reprise Records. It features one of his most famous songs, " Alice's Restaurant Massacree ". A steady seller, the album peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Top LPs chart in March 1968.
Others are songs of adoration written by Guthrie with his own children in mind. For example, "Goodnight Little Arlo" was written for his son Arlo Guthrie, who was born in 1947, the same year the album was recorded. Guthrie said "I really did try to slant these songs at all of your citizens from 4 to 6, but I spilled over a little on every side."