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In reply to the discussion: Jerry Jeff Walker, Texas singer and songwriter, dies at 78 [View all]Paladin
(28,338 posts)Back in my Austin days, a friend came by one Saturday morning and handed me a small, thin piece of wood, about the size of a postage stamp. It looked like pine, lacquered on one side, dull on the other. Turned out it was spruce---my friend had gone to a Jerry Jeff concert the night before, and Jerry Jeff, liquored up and feeling that the crowd wasn't fully appreciative of his performance, took a gorgeous 12-string Martin guitar and busted it into tiny pieces---I had one of those pieces for years; finally misplaced it. I'm in no position to lecture others on proper drinking behavior, but what Jerry Jeff did to that Martin stuck with me for a long time. I think he finally grew out of that destructive stage of his life, and full credit to him for doing so. He was a leader in a significant musical movement, along with Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. Seems like a long time ago.