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Billy Joe Shaver (August 16, 1939 – October 28, 2020) was an American singer, songwriter and actor. Billy Joe was a prominent figure in the outlaw country genre. [4] He is considered one of the great american songwriters of his generation. He has received praise from Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferon and many others. [5]
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Oct 28, 2020 · From 'Honky Tonk Heroes' to 'Live Forever,' the 10 tunes that define Billy Joe Shaver, who died Wednesday at 81.
Oct 28, 2020 · Billy Joe Shaver, legendary outlaw country songwriter who wrote songs for Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson, died Wednesday from a stroke at age 81.
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Oct 28, 2020 · Billy Joe Shaver, the outlaw-country music pioneer who wrote some of the genre’s greatest songs, died Wednesday in Waco, Texas, after suffering a stroke. He was 81. Connie Nelson, a friend of...
Oct 29, 2020 · Billy Joe Shaver, the Texas singer-songwriter whose trenchant, vivid compositions helped launch country music’s outlaw movement in the 1970s, died on Wednesday in Waco, Texas. He was 81. His...
Oct 28, 2020 · Country music singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, whom Willie Nelson once called "the greatest living songwriter," died Wednesday at the age of 81. His friend Connie Nelson said he died Wednesday...
Oct 30, 2020 · Country music songwriter and performer Billy Joe Shaver died Wednesday in Waco, Texas, after suffering a stroke. He was 81. Shaver's music was recorded by Johnny Cash, who described him as...
Oct 28, 2020 · NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Outlaw country singer songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, who wrote songs like “Honky Tonk Heroes,” “I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train” and “Old Five and Dimers Like Me,” has died He was 81. His friend Connie Nelson said he died Wednesday in Texas following a stroke.
Oct 28, 2020 · Country music singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, whom Willie Nelson once called “the greatest living songwriter,” died Wednesday in his native Texas at the age of 81. Shaver is reported to...
Oct 29, 2020 · Billy Joe Shaver invented outlaw country music. Why is he still traveling around Texas in a van? Shaver wrote with brutal honesty, a surgeon’s precision and the swagger of the greatest saloon...