Billy Joe Shaver is one of those performers with a bio that is impossible to sum up in a few sentences. So i'm just going to try and list a few of the parts he's played in his lifetime; farm hand, Navy serviceman, sawmill operator, alcoholic,, actor, songwriter, preacher, father, and performer. Simply put, Billy Joe Shaver has lived many lives. All those experiences have given Shaver plenty of material for an amazing catalog of songs. Country musicians like, Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, and Waylon Jennings have turned his songs into hits and there is no sign of shaver slowing down anytime soon. As he said in a recent Texas Monthly interview. "Livin’ is hard. It’d be easy to die. I can’t do it to myself, ’cause that’s against everything I stand for. And all these songs—all...
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Their brand of revved-up folk and Americana is less smooth, aged bourbon and a lot more white lightnin' straight from the tap....
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