Comments on: Jerry Jeff Walker “Driftin’ Way Of Life”

By: Philip Weinrobe

Philip Weinrobe — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:01:16 +0000

I once asked a friend “what’s the best JJW record?.” He said it was viva terilingua, which i loved for a long time. Then i heard Driftin’ Way of Life, and i realized i had been done wrong….best. record. ever. When that friend finally asks me what the best Dylan record is, I’m gonna tell him “street legal….”

By: Duncan Walls

Duncan Walls — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:59:14 +0000

JJW was born Ron Colby in Oswego, NY…an old friend of mine went to High School with him…also know for being Keith Sykes mentor
I have too much respect for the man…I LIVED a form of Mr Bojangles when I worked in the Cole Brothers circus in 1973 and used the song there after to bookend my own tales of travel. I’ll always love him…I also am fond of his former Circus Maximus partner Gary White’s songs Nobodys and Long Long Time most notably by Linda Ronsadt but I prefer JJW version of Nobodys with David Bromberg on guitar (he also did a great version later on)
I always love “Thw Wind” by Circus Maxinmus too great Psych-folk … give it up for Paul Seibel, too…She Made Me Lose My Blues!

By: Duncan Walls

Duncan Walls — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:57:57 +0000

By: What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? « Harry’s Music

What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? « Harry’s Music — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:52:05 +0000

[...] Brendan and Jason describe The Rising Storm as “an mp3 blog about fine forgotten albums.” An example? How about Jerry Jeff Walker’s Driftin’ Way of Life? Brendan’s affectionate treatment of this classic is just right. Go read it. [...]

By: Larson

Larson — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:34:24 +0000

I grew up on JJW’s ‘Viva Terlingua’ album and still think it’s one of the best albums in the world. I honestly can’t say I’ve listened to much else by JJW, but I know every second of that record. Check it out!

By: Brendan

Brendan — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:43:32 +0000

Thanks Fusion and Paul. You guys have some pretty ace pages as well. Thanks to Jason this site is still running at a reasonable pace! We’ll keep it cooking. But gaddam that Jerry.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:51:18 +0000

There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who love Jerry Jeff Walker and those who never heard of Jerry Jeff Walker.

By: Fusion 45

Fusion 45 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:07:50 +0000

Not specific to this post, I just wanted to a) thank you for your continued support of Fusion 45 through your blogroll and b) compliment you on your site design: it’s simple but very well done. I love the animated picture at the top. Kudos. Music Junkie.