Mr. Bojangles, dance : Jerry Jeff Walker, Sammy Davis, Jr., and the song that made Nixon cry /

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Includes bibliographical references and index."Love at first sight" -- Who is Uncle Will Mastin? -- Holiday in Dixieland -- "An honest lawyer" -- "That's my actor!" -- Rufus Jones for president -- "Dancing down the barriers" -- "A quiet game" -- "Are you a registered voter in California?" -- "A time of pocket change" -- "Drifting, poor, and searching" -- "How can I follow this guy?" -- "When your star is up" -- "A blind song-and-dance man" -- "The most dangerous man in America" -- Don't you have enough problems? -- "A call from Chicago" -- "God is on our side" -- "We gotta have laughs" -- "Too many words ... strange words" -- "The folk process" -- "Would you buy a used car from this man?" -- "Get Sammy" -- "A real clown's act" -- "I'll buy the night" -- "As long as you win" -- "Weirdest day so far" -- My own worst nightmare -- "Folkies born in a new age" -- "Like some song you can't unlearn" -- "They're not colorblind" -- "How did that happen?" -- What were they doing? -- "As far uptown as I'm ever going to get" -- "All kinds of prisons" -- The party of the century -- "Foolish in her eyes""Three men's lives, told through the story of one song. Jerry Jeff Walker, the singer and writer behind the classic hit "Mr. Bojangles," never would have expected that his song, inspired by an experience in a New Orleans jail cell, would make Richard Nixon cry, or that it would be covered by Sammy Davis Jr., the entertainment giant and, controversially, a supporter of Nixon. This work, told through the perspective of writer, performer and listener, traces these three men's overlapping journeys through the American consciousness. Chapters discuss the history of Walker's song, Davis Jr.'s rise from rags to riches, Nixon's journey from the son of a grocer to becoming President of the United States, and more."--