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 Goodbye to Jerry Jeff Walker, who died in Austin, Texas last Friday at the age of 78. 

The song "Mr. Bojangles," written by Walker and recorded by him in 1968, was a pretty big hit song for Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1970. Others who've recorded it include: Chet Atkins, Harry Belafonte, David Bromberg, Garth Brooks, JJ Cale, Jim Croce, Sammy Davis Jr., John Denver, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Bobbie Gentry, Arlo Guthrie, Tom T. Hall, Whitney Houston, Billy Joel, Elton John, Frankie Laine, Lulu, Rod McKuen, Don McLean, MC Neat, Bebe Neuwirth, Harry Nilsson, Dolly Parton, Johnny Paycheck, Esther Phillips, Nina Simone, and Cat Stevens.

That's quite a list! And I edited out a lot of names. I read the list out loud to Meade and asked if you had to pick one to listen to right now, who would you pick. Meade's choice:

My choice ? I especially enjoyed what seemed to me his conviction that the song is about him: