NASHVILLE, TN – AUGUST 16: Jerry Jeff Walker performs at Ryman Auditorium on August 16, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images)
Jerry Jeff Walker at Greek Theatre (Photo by Bei/Shutterstock)
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Jerry Jeff Walker, center, being inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Association’s Hall of Fame in February. Photo by Ted Parker Jr.
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SAN FRANCISCO – NOVEMBER 25: (L-R) Richard Manuel, Dr. John, Neil Diamond, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Rick Danko, Van Morrison, Ronnie Hawkins, Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson and Eric Clapton perform onstage for the rock and roll group "The Band's" "The Last Waltz" concert at Winterland Ballroom which was later turned into a film by Martin Scorsese on November 25, 1976 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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Russell Smith
These 1970s parody songs beat all the "real" music on the charts. They blurred the lines between fake song and true hit.
