WALKER, JERRY JEFF
(*1942)
WALKER, JERRY JEFF (b. Oneonta, N.Y., March 14, 1942) Walker is a one-hit songwriter who was associated with the mid-1970s OUTLAW scene in Texas, and has had sporadic success as a performer. Walker came from a musical family: His grandparents played in an upstate New York square-dance band, and his mother and aunt performed in a local tight-harmony trio reminiscent of the Andrews Sisters. He spent most of his high-school years playing basketball, although he quit school when he was sixteen to…