Jerry Jeff Walker Was All Heart

[@ish474]

You know it's a miracle to have lived his life, it's another miracle to be able to remember and recall with the clarity he has, the events of that life, and it's yet another miracle that through this medium it gets to be shared with the rest of us. Record this man every day and put those tapes in the Library of Congress for people to listen to forever.

[@THEItchybruddah]

You’re doing the important work Otis. THANK you.

[@tkreitler]

I've really enjoyed hearing Jim Rooney tell stories. That barn is pretty cool too.

[@kennedyterence4209]

God, I love listening to this man speak. the knowledge and compassion blows me away. To see him choke up about that Pete Seeger performance hits close to home. I have had the privilege to see hundreds of great shows, lots of them I may not have attended had my sister not been in the box office. If one song moved me, whether the artist, the crowd, or both, it was worth getting out, and making the show. Last year my wife and I saw Marty Stuart and his FS, and they played Tomahawk, I had never heard it, I was 5th row, in front of Kenny, and was just floored by the musicianship! Saw them a couple of weeks ago and they were tight as ever. Music is the great common denominator, a shared thing, and that's what makes it such a mystical thing. More Jim Rooney stories please! Have a great weekend.

[@janeallingham7569]

Absolutely More JIM ROONEY ........

[@martinriepma5009]

I saw Jerry Jeff in early 1974 at The Stables in East Lansing MI. What a show! The music just POURED out of him. That was some true talent!

[@TonyBoyd-b2j]

This man has an absolute beautiful soul. ❤

[@elizabethheyenga9277]

Jerry Jeff Walker holds such a special place in my heart. When his album with "LA Freeway" came out it was the sound track to my besties and me summer of turning 18, such good times. She died young but I always play that song when I want to really feel her (I prefer Guy Clark's version but JJW version cranked up is pretty perfect)

[@artemisXsidecross]

Thank you both, the history you are providing is to keep meaning vital. “Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.” J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye ☮

[@dalehenrygeist]

Fantastic. Thank you.

[@chuckbouscaren3898]

Thanks Otis. I really enjoy Jim's stories and story telling!

[@PaulReed-lj2ym]

You got that right.

[@furn8tur]

Great discussion this morning! Needed it. a water colorist fantastic explanation

[@donmcallister3745]

A Man Must Carry On… a favorite of mine… Great stories about Jerry Jeff Walker… Memories shared… thank you… 🌎🕊️ 🌜🌞🌛

[@Caperhere]

Oh, this man was there through it all. He knew the singers, the players. I don’t suppose he’s written a book? Thank you, Otis and Jim.🤗

[@carlosford1226]

Jim Rooney is a treasure. Record him for posterity. Some of us already know, but in the future we will need him.

[@Theweeze100]

Thanks to your video, I bought his book. What a wonderful story, I felt like I was watching Forrest Gump, who had witnessed so many historic events that it seemed like he had lived too lifetimes in one! Thank you so much, Otis😢😅

[@whiskeycitydiggers]

I wanted it to keep going but that was the perfect place to end the video. Bravo.

[@rantoolio]

Thanks Jim, Otis, Another great Saturday start.

[@mikeheaphy]

Just Wonderful and what a great guy !

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[@markisskajellafetti]

Beautiful man. Jim has sure got a way of tellin stories.

[@clevelandthomsen7042]

What a beautiful dude. WOW. I'll take every story he's got please, and I suspect that'll take a WHILE.

[@unclekrud]

"Perfection is not that interesting ... it's all about personality ... and heart ... And that's what you want." -- Jim Rooney

[@PeterKeaneMusic]

Fantastic

[@steveberkson3873]

I have a good story about Jerry Jeff and Dennis Hopper on the Taos Plaza in the ‘70s ..Woodys Tavern ..alcohol and coke ..fun memory

[@waynead754]

Two stories: 1: We were in Belize and saw Jerry in a restaurant when he had a house there. 2: My wife is a fly fisher. I ordered a CD from Amos and with the check I included her take on a wooly bugger ( a fly fishing fly) for him. We got the CD and a response that it freaked them out when they opened the envelope and saw that ugly bug! I hope Amos caught one fish with it.

[@jaygrenham]

This was excellent !!!

[@PaulReed-lj2ym]

You got that right.

[@architypeone8646]

Great to hear these stories from someone that was there when the American music scene was taking off.

[@timothycarter8049]

I know!!! I love the Barn!!

[@3340steve]

Beautiful interview

[@tedgay8427]

Bloody fantastic. Thanks Otis!

[@julesotis13]

good find brother otis as weve said perfection is a fallacy as well as not interestng this fellar is right up our alley bravo the heart the soul real sjocr

[@scottkidwell3601]

Mornin' Happy Saturday Thank you, Otis 🙏🏻🤍

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[@sunkenindeaf]

8:29 --- I presume that it's the Tønder Festival, which is still running. Pete Seeger's appearance was in 1990. If Mr Rooney chokes up, after all these years, why can't we.

[@ricksaint2000]

Thank you Otis

[@casscwik]

Love his stories, great work

[@leftoverking]

"perfection is not that interesting" yes!

[@krum41]

Inspiring!

[@bartduarte2098]

Love hearing this. Thanks for your work. What's the story on the barn?

[@Bill-cv1xu]

Boom! Morning all.

[@neoman1858]

Austin here. Ol’ Scamp was quite a guy. Saw him often at many venues, hanging at the Texas Chili Parlor too.

[@Ferengiprofiteer]

Hard to believe it's been over 50 years since I was stationed at Bergstrom AFB in Austin. Jerry Jeff, Asleep at the Wheel, Willie, Waylon, all of them. Armadillo World Headquarters. Hippy hollow skinny dipping. Oh, and the girls! It's true! Those girls standing up beat the others laying down. It's a shame they've Californiaed our Austin. Ha! I've still got it all on eight tracks and cassettes.

[@dougthompson9596]

Thanks for this,Otis

[@sonnyboybluesharpfargo8705]

I saw him at the Minnesota Zoo! After a few songs he started ROCKIN , stopped midsong, tore of a back brace,/ he may have called it a corset, said, " I don't need this sumbitch" then kept on ROCKIN!

[@Mile8461]

“Bluegrass Rest Home” I wanna’ go there..😂

[@PaulReed-lj2ym]

Lmao

[@James-p8u]

Nice Barn !

[@J.T.Hatchet]

Boy howdy, a whole lotta truth there! If only more music had the heart instead of polish. Gimme the rough edges.

[@petersheely7246]

👍😎

[@Frog-wq9pk]

Went to gruene dec 18 years ago Jerry was sick as a dog and put on a kill show he was sick and did a fell show

[@vonroretz3307]

Who is ‘Cowboy’ ?

[@andrewlisenby9693]

"Cowboy Jack Clement"

[@ulpana]

@@andrewlisenby9693 As a liner note reader without a photographic memory, thank you. Been scratchin' my noggin' on whether Cowboy was a bar band Jim and other studio session hot shots had going in Noreaster roadhouses.... Tio MItchito

[@andrewlisenby9693]

@@ulpana You're welcome. I first saw that name, Cowboy Jack Clement, in the liner notes of John Prine's "Bruised Orange" album. Years later, I found out more about 'ol Cowboy.