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Billy Joe Shaver (August 16, 1939 – October 28, 2020) was an American country singer and songwriter. He was a prominent figure in progressive and outlaw country.
Oct 28, 2020 · Billy Joe Shaver was a Texas native who wrote songs for Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings. He died from a stroke in 2020 after a hard-living life of accidents, losses, and self-defense.
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- Jonathan Bernstein,Jon Freeman,Kory Grow
- “Live Forever” In 1993, Shaver took stock of his impact in the song “Live Forever,” which he cowrote with his son Eddy. The tune first appeared on Shaver’s Tramp on Your Street album, which featured Billy Joe and Eddy together.
- “Old Five and Dimers Like Me” With its bouncy internal rhyme scheme meter, the title track to Shaver’s 1973 debut introduced the singer as a Texas country poet on par with that album’s producer, Kris Kristofferson.
- “Ride Me Down Easy” Another great song Billy Joe Shaver penned for Waylon Jennings after they crossed paths in the early Seventies, “Ride Me Down Easy” is an outlaw’s repentance.
- “Black Rose” “The devil made me do it the first time, the second time I did it on my own,” Shaver growls in one of many killer lines in “Black Rose,” recorded for Old Five and Dimers Like Me the same year Jennings cut it for Honky Tonk Heroes.
Oct 28, 2020 · The Texas raconteur, who wrote some of the genre’s greatest songs, died after suffering a stroke. He wrote for Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and others, and lived the outlaw lifestyle that others only sang about. He was charged with shooting a man in 2007, but found not guilty.
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- Patrick Doyle,Joseph Hudak
Billy Joe Shaver was born on Aug. 16, 1939, in Corsicana, Texas, and grew up in Waco. His father, Virgil, abandoned his mother, Victory (Watson) Shaver, before their son was born. Mr. Shaver’s ...
Oct 28, 2020 · FILE - Artist Billy Joe Shaver poses backstage following his concert “Billy Joe Shaver presented by WMOT/Roots Radio” at City Winery Nashville in Nashville, Tenn. on April 1, 2017. Shaver, who penned songs for Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Bobby Bare, has died. His friend Connie Nelson said he died Wednesday in Texas following a stroke.
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Oct 28, 2020 · In 2004, a documentary about Shaver, "A Portrait of Billy Joe," was released. His personal live was the stuff of lore and legend. He wed and divorced the same woman, Brenda Tindell, three times.
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