Walker emerged from New York’s Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s and he was a founding member of the band Circus Maximus.
Jerry Jeff Walker, a Texas country singer and songwriter who wrote the pop song « Mr. Bojangles, » has died at age 78. Walker died Friday of cancer, family spokesman John T. Davis told the Associated Press. « He had battled throat cancer for many years, and some other health issues, » Davis said Saturday. Walker emerged from New York’s Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s and he was a founding member of the band Circus Maximus.
