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In the same interview, he promised: "I'll bop till I drop.

And he said, ‘You got any more of those cowboy songs?’ And that’s what I was doing at that time, and I said, ‘Yeah I got a sack full of ’em.'”. The Texan outlaw country singer and songwriter Billy Joe Shaver has died. Now I can work on getting myself an avatar. Do catch him when he comes around!! This man is an American treasure whose skill as a writer, player and performer is on the same level as Hank, Sr., Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson or Harlan Howard–there are a few others, but Mr. Shaver has nailed it with his music over the course of several decades and keeps bringing us more. I could have used it. His friend Connie Nelson said he died Wednesday in his native Texas following a stroke. Remember, he didn’t have the biker protection like Waylon did. There was about three of us … And I said, ‘Well it’s mine.’ He says, ‘well I’d like to learn that and record it.’ and I said ‘Okay’ and he sat down there with me and learned it and everything. "Shaver's always been a tough guy making trouble on the edges of a Nashville that values slickness," Q magazine wrote at the time. “I was at the Dripping Springs Reunion … And I was singing ‘Willy The Wandering Gypsy and Me’,” Billy Joe Shaver explained to All Twang TV before a recent show at Eddie’s Attic in Atlanta (see below). Glad that it worked out in the end there from what the post said and stuff. He had the reach on him by s couple inches, and was probably so high he wouldn’t feel anything. (He later married another woman, Wanda Lynn Canady, twice, the second time following an annulment.) He is an inspiration.

The Highwaymen, consisting of Jennings, Nelson, Kristofferson and Johnny Cash, recorded his "Live Forever" in 1995. His personal live was the stuff of lore and legend. Jennings, in fact, recorded 10 songs of Shaver's on one album alone, "Honky Tonk Heroes," released the same year as Shaver's debut. Eventually the chance meeting would lead to Waylon recording an entire album of Billy Joe Shaver songs called Honky Tonk Heroes. But there were quite a few bumps in the road to get there. Thanks for the link….got my avatar set up. Billy Joe Shaver Wasn’t Just a Legend. Badass shit that would never happen today. “Billy Joe talked the way a modern cowboy would speak, if he stepped out of the West and lived today,” Waylon Jennings wrote of Shaver, according to Variety. I’d love to just shoot the bull with him sometime. He Was a Hero. “His songs were of a piece, and the only way you could ever understand Billy Joe was to hear his whole body of work,” Waylon said in his biography. I’d run out of fingers and toes before I’d get to Steve Earle. Despite being a promising student, he dropped out of high school and took to hitchhiking and driving a truck. 7:27 pm. He lost part of three fingers in a sawmill accident as a young man.

I’m sure he could handle himself, but Billy wasn’t ever puny and he fought all the time. Billy Joe talked the way a modern cowboy would speak, if he stepped out of the West and lived today.

Yeah it is and I heard the helicopter thing before I think, it’s also funny too imo lol. One of his biggest songwriting successes was "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal," a No. Why Steve Earle’s coffee table?

Fixed him right up. “And Waylon and another fella come out of there. Trigger Shaver's songs continued to be recorded over the decades. Trigger

He had a heart attack on stage. As you can imagine, Waylon was not too happy. March 17, 2016 @ Shaver … He had a command of Texas lingo, his world as down to earth and real as the day is long, and he wore his Lone Star birthright like a badge. His songs were recorded by Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, David Allan Coe, Patty Loveless, Tom T. Hall, Jerry Lee Lewis, among others. Shaver rose to acclaim in 1973 with his debut album, "Old Five and Dimers Like Me," and was often referred to as part of the "outlaw country" movement of the 1970s along with figures like Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, both of whom recorded his songs. Everyone should see him at least once if not multiple times. ", Bob Dylan referenced him in a latter-day lyric, singing "I'm listening to Billy Joe Shaver and I'm reading James Joyce" in the 2009 song "I Feel a Change Comin' On. Acca Dacca Honky Tonk Heroes is one of my favorite cd’s in my collection.

Waylon Jennings … Trig, tell the one about when Billy Don Burns met Merle Haggard. And it all worked out.

I thought that maybe you had to post so many comments or something or be in Trigger’s inner circle lol. He doesn’t need to carry anyone’s guitar strap. I used to wash dishes and stuff … Finally one night, Captain Midnight whose a friend of mine, a disc jockey there, very popular guy, he managed to get me into a session of Waylon’s, and Waylon didn’t like me because he’d run every time he’d see me.

Just like Kristofferson landing a helicopter on Johnny Cash’s front lawn to pitch songs. And he still puts on an enjoyable show. But I told him, ‘Here, tell [Waylon] to stick this where the sun don’t shine, and twist it.'”. 8:38 am. He was also a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

My favorite outlaw Waylon album.

That was how the concept for 'Honky Tonk Heroes' came about. We’re all the better for it. Steve Earle is a great songwriter. That … Required fields are marked *, Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail. ", "I know the power of words," Shaver said in a 2014 Esquire profile. “I took him at his word and I chased him around about six months, and I’m doing little odd jobs, you know. He had to scrap his way out if those blood-bucket honky tonks he played. Shaver had already been in Nashville previously working for Bobby Bare and others, but getting his songs cut by Waylon Jennings was a chance for Shaver’s big break. Shaver made an appearance in Robert Duvall's 1996 film "The Apostle."

Not that it matters, but I believe Billy Joe would’ve stomped Waylon’s ass, if the bikers didn’t intervene (which they would’ve). Duvall sang one of his songs, "Live Forever," in another film, "Crazy Heart." I picture Sam Hunt pitching ‘Come Over’ to Kenny Chesney in a similar fashion, except the location would be a Nashville bathhouse, and the fighting would be catfighting. He knew he made me a promise but he didn’t want to keep it. ", Shaver was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006. Billy Joe Shaver, Bobby Bare, Dripping Springs Reunion, Honky Tonk Heroes, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson. “It’s gotten away from the foundation that it was. It’s a great story that shows how perseverance pays off. History

Young people are always going to experiment, and they’ve kind of gotten way out on a limb I think.”. 9:11 am. It was a long hall and it was almost like a gunfight deal. Shaver died after complications from a stroke in Waco, Texas, according to a … His contribution to REAL country music is significant and seeing him live is a treat. “He’s mad as hell. Jennings wrote of Shaver, "His songs were of a piece, and the only way you could ever understand Billy Joe was to hear his whole body of work. Country music singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, whom Willie Nelson once called "the greatest living songwriter," died Wednesday at the age of 81. His own recording career encompassed 17 studio albums, the last of which was 2014's "Long in the Tooth." In 2004, a documentary about Shaver, "A Portrait of Billy Joe," was released. Shaver had previously had his break as a songwriter when Kris Kristofferson discovered him and recorded his song "Good Christian Soldier" on another landmark album, 1971's "The Silver Tongued Devil and I.". I doubt Waylon had any significant “reach” on Billy Joe, Billy is at least 5’11”. Thank God for Shaver having the guts and determination – and talent – to get his songs to the right ears. March 18, 2016 @ He was acquitted of aggravated assault after claiming self-defense and later said of the incident, "Hit him right between the mother and the f--er.

Biography. Billy Joe Shaver performs at Farm Aid on Randall's Island on Sept. 9, 2007, in New York.

He ain’t fit to carry Billy Joe’s jockstrap.

On a 2007 album, Shaver released a duet he had recorded with Cash before that singer's death, a gospel tune titled "You Can't Beat Jesus Christ.

I'm hoping a lot of them are gonna make it." ", Jennings wrote of Shaver, "His songs were of a piece, and the only way you could ever understand Billy Joe was to hear his whole body of work. The Americana Music Association gave Shaver its inaugural lifetime achievement award for songwriting in 2004. He wed and divorced the same woman, Brenda Tindell, three times. Nonetheless, old five and dimers like Mr. Shaver are getting harder and harder to come by. The full interview and a live performance can be seen below. Born in Corsicana, Texas, he grew up listening to the Grand Ole Opry. "I said 'If you get me out of this, I will go on and do what I am supposed to do.'".



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