As the story goes, Jerry Jeff Walker took his inspiration for the song “Mr. Bojangles” from a homeless street performer he ...

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Legendary jazz tap dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson was born on May 25, 1878, in Richmond, Virginia. His given name was Luther, but he despised it and appropriated that of his younger brother, William ...

Inspired by a struggling street performer he met in a New Orleans jail cell, Jerry Jeff Walker wrote the cautionary tale that would become a hit song with “Mr. Bojangles.” Houston guitar teacher and ...