Jerry Jeff Walker - Navajo Rug (live 1991)

[@katiehaughton974]

I was named after this song and just listened to it for the first time this year!

[@California6567]

One of the finest, and most ORIGINAL cowboy songs composed by the GREAT Ian Tyson.

[@brdwonder]

Just like many songs Ian wrote.......anyone else could perform them better! Ian may have been a Great songwriter but he was a mediocre performer.

[@bassflyer]

California6567 And don't forget Tom Russell .... he had a part in the writing.... love this tune..

[@gregfrancis5252]

@@brdwonder I FEEL SORRY FOR THAT COMMENT,,,,

[@kd5nrh]

@@brdwonder mediocre might be stretching things a bit. He really should have just stuck to writing.

[@MrPhilfridge]

Not entirely his work, its a co write with Tom Russell

[@chriscooke2974]

RIP: Jerry Jeff (1942-2020)

[@markz5505]

RIP Jerry Jeff, had many a good time listening to your music.....

[@BicBradley]

I remember watching Jerry Jeff at a concert in Lafayette, Louisiana back in the day. It was a pretty good concert until he fell off the stage and a riot was narrowly averted after some people started tossing chairs around. Yeah, some fun times, eh? I saw him bunch more over the years and he was always terrific. But never quite as exciting. 😉 RIP and thanks for the music Jerry Jeff.

[@garywilson5733]

This is a wonderful version by Jerry Jeff & the GONZO Survivors, I can’t get enough of John Inman’s guitar work, that whole band is amazing. Love to see them tour a bunch of smaller venues with Django Walker keeping the “Scamp’s” legacy rolling.

[@kellyfoster2681]

Four years without this amazing man. So happy his music lives on and on.

[@SantaryGreen]

My name is Kati and my dad played this song for me my whole life!!!!

[@JohnnyMack59]

Aye Yai Yai Kati...

[@suenatewa7472]

@@JohnnyMack59 😁❤

[@leo50519]

That’s sweet. I likely would have done the same. I bet he sang it a lot too.

[@suenatewa7472]

@@leo50519 🤩

[@mrfish1991]

I can still remember listening to this on a cassette in my dads old S10 on our way up to our Canadian fishing trip back in the mid 90's.

[@Nutmeg1038]

My daughter is Katie. I always played this for her when she was little and sometimes still do.

[@sandeedoss]

I love this song so much. RIP, JJW.

[@Condorman12]

Love Lloyd Maines on that sliding steel guitar. That's country.

[@TheGoatlady50]

Freddie Krc on drums, John Inmon on lead guitar, Lloyd Maines on steel guitar, Bob Livingston on bass. Great band. How will we make it without Jerry Jeff?

[@brianblithe2271]

Is this an oldie ? if so who sang it first ?

[@That_Guy2424]

@@brianblithe2271Ian Tyson

[@brianblithe2271]

@@That_Guy2424 thanks brotha, i appreciate you

[@mherrera1953]

I love this song. Brings back memories of Austin in the 70s.

[@mikemartin95]

Manuela Herrera please tell me atleast one of those stories

[@onepunchgeorge9251]

I got to sit in with Ray Wiley Hubbard .Next night it was me,a cowgirl, botanical full of Wild Turkey,56 GMC stepside at a JERRY JEFF WALKER show in downtown TULSA.🎶🎸😎

[@gidney100]

The one and only Jerry Jeff... Rest In Peace Brother.....

[@jbirsner]

Great story-song. Worked this up for High Desert Ukulele Club years ago.

[@cjvvallejos]

Have been watching all the JJW I can find and think I figured out why we love him so. He's animated, funny, always making eye contact, little head bobs here and there, engaging stories, I could go on and on. I'm sure all those traits endeared him to people when he played on the streets.

[@Lea99Jones]

You could hear him smiling on recordings.

[@aggiemark06]

Rest in peace Jerry Jeff. Godspeed.

[@thomasdodson4836]

One of my All Time Favorites

[@gurlsingerfan]

A lot of folks seem to see this version in competition with Ian Tyson's version. I don't buy that...this is a tribute to Tyson, to make sure that even more folks would get to hear the song...Jerry Jeff Walker has always admitted his debt to the great western songwriters, and what a way to say "Thanks Ian Tyson" for creating such a witty and poetic bit of western art. :-)

[@cuatro336]

I'm sure Ian Tyson felt that competition everytime he went to the post office to pick up one of those royalty checks lol

[@Caperhere]

I didn’t hear him mention whose song it is.

[@Lea99Jones]

You seem to think it's in competition. It's just another great version.

[@fu135]

I agree with gurl

[@krisking5510]

I miss you so much, I cannot stop my tears

[@gabriellucero9319]

My first purchase of JJW was a cassette, live in New Orleans, it had Mr. Bojango's. My second purchase was a CD, The Navajo Rug. Being from NM, it had a touching meaning. I miss him already...

[@jimstvnetwork]

Sail on friend. You were an American original. Legend. Great sound. Damn this sucks.

[@Sam27947]

I did a Slideshow photos of my friend Katie Hollingsworth as a School graduation present with this music she loved it!

[@michaelhayes2478]

The first time I heard this song was in mcqueeny tx by two guys "wild turkey" was their band's name 1992.

[@jp6456]

God bless JJW!! Amazing song writer, performer, and all around badass smiling cowboy

[@pjimmbojimmbo1990]

He didn't write this one

[@suenatewa7472]

@@pjimmbojimmbo1990 Do you know. I love the way he sings.

[@pjimmbojimmbo1990]

@@suenatewa7472 Tom Russell and Ian Tyson were the Writers. Tyson released the Song in 1986. Walker did his Cover in 91

[@suenatewa7472]

@@pjimmbojimmbo1990 Thank you for taking the time to answer me. Good to know. It is a great song.

[@24ktlady]

~ This is one of my favorite songs of all time. Thak you for posting it. It brings awesome memories.~

[@clintonlaeger8363]

RIP Jerry Jeff, thanks for the songs and memories

[@TheCatman57]

Soo coooool , love Jerry Jeff, Clyde from Houston...if you're ever in Texas go to Lukinbac, Jerry Jeff was married there in the seventies, too cool, Clyde

[@robertcudlipp3832]

John Inman makes this version with his slashing opening riff on that great black Tele, just gives this version some extra bite.....First saw this live version in 2018, "just a few years " after the video...as a 40+ year fan of JJW , great to see these songs live. JJW toured in Australia so long ago that I cannot even recall the year....pretty small band. Guess unless you are the Eagles or the great Jimmy Buffet ( 5 very memorable visits, but no more now I guess) , just too expensive to bring his standard band here. Thanks a million to those responsible for putting this magic video up.

[@walkshe]

I had never heard of this song until the other night. I moved to TX a year ago, and a friend from WY was visiting. We went to Cheatham St. Warehouse to listen to a local band. They did Someday Soon, and Ian's name came up. My friend commented that this (Navajo Rug) is one of his favorite songs, so I had to look it up. I have to agree with him - a great song, whether done by Ian or JJW.

[@jckrwlnd]

Takes me way back to Los Patios in San Antonio with my great friends Jeff & Amber. He performed with Salado Creek flowing right behind the stage and the ambiance of Los Patios was awesome. Best venue ever.

[@boomac62]

Brings back goo memories of riding along through Denton County radio on KHYI and listening to good ol' jerry jeff...it's been years since I left Texas ....sniff...

[@clarencewood6620]

Great radio station with Brett Dillon and his buddy. His name slips my mind. They played this a lot.

[@jeffmostrom89]

I love this song ! Great words !

[@mtchair4me]

Like forty, forty five years ago a colleague asked me if I had heard the song Navajo rug. I shrugged it off until the internet was invented then many more years until I finally found and listened to it. Durn fine tune right up there with the best of true cowboy poetry.. The more I find these jewels the more I feel that the world will once again be filled with beautiful meaningful music. I just keep praying. And am grateful for what has been granted to me. Love your performance. thanks for posting it so we can all enjoy your performance.

[@tony00165]

these guys get a great sound even live....I love jerry's voice....I think that if Gary Cooper had been a country singer he would have sounded similar....thanks for posting this...wonderful music...from England.

[@blueskiesblue]

BRod313 has nicely captured the best of Jerry Jeff Walker ... I wish he could put them ALL on a video ... or a set of videos. I just started ordering CDs, but I love to Watch Jerry Jeff Walker, sing, too. Because, he sings from his soul. Thanks, BRod313 ... This is all about pure JOY! Speaking of JOY, JJW has a Christmas album. Nice gift for newbies at Christmas ... to open up a new world to them. Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@biggootz]

Best version of this I have ever heard.

[@marjoriegilliland1365]

Not even close to Ian Tyson's version the original.

[@biggootz]

@@marjoriegilliland1365 Beats Tyson's hands down. Each to their own.

[@delcole8321]

RIP Jerry Texas will miss you

[@macchriss]

This song is so unique and awsome they just don't make music like this anymore!

[@kellyfoster2681]

Love me some JJW. This song still makes me smile.

[@frankiebutler2894]

He’s always so much fun!!! Love, love!!!

[@clintonlaeger8363]

Brings back so many great memories

[@kevinyoung5801]

Tom Russel is just a super song writter, he does it better than anyone, live...

[@hckyplyr9285]

Don't leave out Ian Tyson. They wrote it together.

[@MrPhilfridge]

Absolutely, Jerry Jeff has been in decline as a performer since the late 70's , and I say that with huge regret , even George Hamilton IV's version of this song is better , and yet at one time I rated JJW as the best performer in the world..

[@louiseanneblais9853]

Love the way you sing this thanks!!

[@MrPalmettopirate]

I love it. This song takes me back!

[@colindominy]

I've liked Jerry Jeff & his style of music & story-telling, for many years now. This song is a great representative example of his wonderful talents - especially as a live performer. To me, he has always seemed like a 'western' .. or a "Texas" version .. of the same, basic 'troubadour', larrakin style embodied in Jimmy Buffett's type of music ... unique talents, both of em ....

[@user-yg7yv9ej8q]

Love this song of Jerry Jeff’s

[@TheWaltm]

I miss this show.

[@mikemcnamara6119]

1st John prine then Jerry Jeff and nanci Griffith this getting old sucks I'm losing all my singers

[@whip79014]

@colindominy I saw Jerry Jeff with Jimmy Buffet in Amarillo, Texas on the same stage one night. We were dancing in the aisles and smoking huge joints and the cops never bothered us. I miss my youth.

[@Ronkarona]

Whenever Tom Russell performs it , the crowd always sings Jerry Jeff’s cover and Tom always says “that s the Jerry Jeff version. I like Jerry best I think. Happy birthday Jerry jeff

[@bobelliott2748]

Ian Tyson's cover was better

[@wyldefyrewillow]

fair the well, Mr Bo jangles, we loved you much!

[@or346]

Well it's two eggs up on whiskey toast Home fries on the side, You wash her down with the roadhouse coffee That burns up your inside, It's just a canyon, Colorado diner, A waitress I did love, We sat in the back 'neath an old stuffed bear, A worn out Navajo rug. Aye, aye, aye, Katie, Shades of red and blue Aye, aye, aye, Katie, Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you? Well, old Jack the boss, he left at six It was, 'Katie, bar the door'. She'd pull down that Navajo rug And we'd spread it across the floor, I saw lightning frame the sacred mountains The wooing of the turtle doves Just Iying next to Katie, On that old Navajo rug. Aye, aye, aye, Katie, Shades of red and blue Aye, aye, aye, Katie, Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you? Well, I saw old Jack about a year ago, Said the place burned to the ground, All he saved was an old bear tooth And Katie she left town, Well, Katie, got a souvenir too, Jack smiled as he spit out a big old plug, Well, you shoulda seen her coming through the smoke She was dragging that Navajo rug. Aye, aye, aye, Katie, Shades of red and blue Aye, aye, aye, Katie, Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you? So every time I cross the sacred mountains And lightning jumps above, It always takes me back in time To my long lost Katie love, You know everything keeps on a moving Everybody's on the go, Hey, you don't find things that last anymore Like a hand-woven Navajo. Aye, aye, aye, Katie, Shades of red and blue Aye, aye, aye, Katie, Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you!

[@MrA259]

Jerry at his best. thanks

[@BLibertyValance]

That's Lloyd Maines on the Steel Guitar. It doesn't get a lot better...even in Texas ;o)

[@cwpcwpcwp3839]

David Lindley was the best and is still the best I have ever heard on the slide.

[@Sam27947]

I have a Friend Named Katie Hollingsworth & She I danced to this song in my Dream when we were Dating before I moved to Wimberley

[@gerardhiggins1]

This song was actually written and recorded by Ian Tyson, a cowboy singer from Canada. Ian actually sang this on the Texas Connection. A good cover and I do agree that JJW was a jewel of cowboy music, as was Ian. Ian Tyson is still alive at 88. God bless you JJW. I just realized that you had passed.

[@seanryan8304]

Tom Russell was cowriter of this song.

[@douglasstudeman5137]

God Bless Ian Tyson He Passed on Dec.29 2022

[@Maverick2]

I have seen Jerry Jeff Walker aka Ronald Clyde Crosby in concert and got his autograph and I sing his song Charlie Dunn

[@tommcneill3649]

RIP Gonzo! You will be sorely missed, old friend...

[@neverendingnewport]

Who in their right mind could "dislike" this? Must be some children that are upset over it not being in 1080p. So confusing!

[@leeraewi]

Better than the original, tbt. Less stiff. I'm from Alberta and my family is rodeo, so don't come at me. I just found this song spinning in my head today, and I always loved it growing up. But in revisiting, the Ian Tyson version is very contrived and stacato. This is much more what the song had become in my mind over the years. The storytelling quality that is inherent to the value of the song.

[@SharonMiitchell]

Love that song

[@thilomorgenstern940]

Super Song for all Time

[@Sam27947]

The night before she graduated from College

[@flashoflifemusic]

Another great Ian Tyson song!

[@muck6852]

Don't think I didn't see you Gary P. Nunn !

[@randallwolf5443]

Thanks Jerry Jeff RIP PARTNER

[@katieandrews8070]

My FAVORITE Katie Song!!

[@junaoneil1202]

Enjoy paradise, my old friend.

[@arthurlindley6937]

Sorry to see you go, JJ.

[@sandfarmer892]

Rip Jerry Jeff. So damn good.

[@sirslice]

I agree Coley, Ian is very talented and his career has certainly taken a bit of a turn since the early days of "Ian and Sylvia" to the western style he adopted back in the 70's. Ian also lives the life with his Canadian prairie ranch in Alberta. I also remember when both he and Sylvia (I'm not sure if they were divorced by then) hosted a weekly musical show on CTV back in the early 70's. It also featured their backup band "The Great Speckled Bird".

[@ŽỌỌŽṢ̌Z]

[@JCabellF]

Great stuff just back from camp Belize 2011

[@Shawn-nf8ux]

Making sourdough biscuits for my neighbors. Solid folks

[@brianblithe2271]

wow. and when am i allowed to move in ? and where do you live at buddy ?

[@mikeymdt]

reminds me of a friend in colorado....

[@gurlsingerfan]

@juiceman1965 I did not, but I can certainly picture, both of those guys are so friendly they could get along with a rattle snake...:-) How I miss the old TNN and Texas Connection, American Music Shop and the great live concert shows where I first came into knowing of such artists as Jerry Jeff, Shawn Colvin, Guy Clark, Tish Hinohosa, and so many others....Is there anyway we can make a business out of reselling these great alt and roots country bands?

[@samswartz2893]

Ian Tyson's version is wonderful...Jerry Jeff's is...Jerry Jeff at his best. RIP Jerry Jeff

[@mitchmatthews6713]

RIP Jerry Jeff.

[@davidgaskin7091]

RIP JJW. What an Original!

[@earlwasthomas]

JJW was never better with this group backing him up!!! John Inmon, Freddie Krc and Bob Livingston. They're doing a tribute later this month.

[@cimmyjarter]

A wonderful pearl - or maybe it's a nugget? - of a tune. It gets regular airplay on Seattle's indie KBCS. Amazing what a simple doo wop progression can become in the hands of a master songwriter (Tyson) and performer (JJW).

[@billpocock2559]

John Inmon on lead guitar ?

[@DRNEGOLICIS]

Wish I could find a slide guitar cover/tutorial for this song.

[@damienalbohn5795]

Jerry Jeff my daughter's song we just changed it to Gracie

[@vagpunch]

tom russell is a legend.

[@jarradrice5455]

Rip Jerry Jeff

[@Caperhere]

Great cover of Navajo Rug/ Ian Tyson.

[@Jubal918]

Lloyd Mains on the steel. Pretty damned good !!

[@marcyhuntress2401]

that's a great song

[@mjy34222]

RIP, you first drove Buffett to Key West.

[@johnwest9201]

RIP...JJW

[@srybishop]

Aye Aye Aye Katie..........

[@tomnparmer]

Tyson was on the show when he sang this.

[@lorndoiron1]

DOES ANYBODY KNOW A JJW SONG WHERE HE MENTIONS "A DERBY DAY" A MEMORY FROM MY YOUTH THAT OCCASSIONALLY DRIVES ME CRAZY

[@GregHalvorson]

Sweeeeeeeeet.

[@jimburks6115]

True Texas Original

[@TheHorsePastor]

RIP The Great Gonzo

[@midnightmisssuki6832]

Lordy. Thats all ill say and no one knows why. I enjoyed this song, but it makes me sad. -Katie

[@juiceman1965]

@gurlsingerfan Do you realize they're best friends and used to live and travel together back in their early 20's?