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Track Listing
1. Drifin' Way of Life
2. Louise - (with Nicolette Larson)
3. Mr. Bojangles
4. Trying to Live Right
5. Lost Sea Shanty
6. Fading Lady
7. No Roots in Ramblin'
8. Morning Song to Sally
9. Dust on My Boots
10. North Cumberland Blues
Album Notes
Additional personnel: Nicolette Larson.
While Vanguard certainly helped introduce Jerry Jeff Walker to the world, the label was not privy to his peak period as a stoned cowboy in mid-1970s Austin. VANGUARD VISIONARIES, instead, focuses on the years when Walker was still messing around with a sort of low-rent folkie singer-songwriter style, and there are still plum tracks to be found, including the hit for which Walker achieved fame, "Mr. Bojangles," and "Driftin' Way of Life," a song that foreshadows Walker's later slack tendencies. For hardcore Jerry Jeff fans looking for his roots, this is a good start, although completists seeking a more thorough collection might want to investigate Vanguard's BEST OF THE VANGUARD YEARS.
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