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8.I'm Just an Old Chunk Of Coal...Billy Joe Shaver (He was born August 16, 1939 in Corsicana, Texas) is an American country music singer and songwriter.Shaver's 1973 album Old Five and Dimers Like Me is a classic in the outlaw country genre.Navy on his seventeenth birthday.Shaver took a job at a lumber mill to make ends meet.He eventually recovered, and taught himself to play the guitar without those missing fingers.Shaver decided that life was too short to do something he didn't enjoy, so he set out one day to hitchhike to L.He couldn't get a ride west, and ended up accompanying a man who dropped him off just outside of Memphis, Tennessee.His work came to the attention of Waylon Jennings, who filled most of his album Honky Tonk Heroes with Shaver's songs.Other artists, including Elvis Presley and Kris Kristofferson, began to record Shaver's music.Shaver nearly died himself the following year when he had a heart attack on stage during an Independence Day show at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, Texas.Billy Joe Shaver is known for his hit "Live Forever", written with the help of his son before his son's death, performed by The Highwaymen.He also wrote numerous songs for artists such as Patty Loveless and Willie Nelson.For his efforts, the Americana Music Convention awarded him their Lifetime Achievement Award in Songwriting.In November of 2005, Billy Joe Shaver performed on the CMT Outlaws 2005.In 2006, Shaver was inducted in the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame.He recently served as spiritual advisor to Texas independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman.Shaver sings the themes to the Adult Swim Television show, Squidbillies.This was in connection with an incident outside a tavern, Papa Joe's Texas Saloon in Lorena on March 31, 2007, in which Shaver shot a man, Billy Bryant Coker, in the face with a handgun.Witnesses interviewed by police report hearing Shaver saying "where do you want it?""Tell me you are sorry" and "No one tells me to shut up."Father's Day, and my son passed away this New Year's Eve, and uh, I don't know, a lot of y'all knew him.Robert interrupts requesting Todd Snider's appearance) Yeah, bring Todd Snider up here, he's a good friend of ours.See Copyrights for details.THIS TUESDAY: Sept 25th.Billy Joe Shaver is causing a media blitz with the anticipation of his upcoming Compadre release Everybody's Brother.Billy Joe Shaver Performs live at Lonestar 92.Billy Joe Shaver performed four of his greatest hits at Lonestar 92.Click here to watch these Billy Joe Shaver classics!.Click here for more about the show.Enter to win a Fender acoustic guitar autographed by Billy Joe Shaver.Billy Joe Shaver will be appearing at Waterloo Records in Austin, TX on Tuesday, April 3rd at 5pm for the release of his Greatest Hits album.Click here to visit the Waterloo website for more info.Compadre Records has assembled eighteen of Billy Joe Shaver's most popular tunes to create his Greatest Hits collection.The album, which will be available everywhere on April 3, 2007, features two previously unreleased Shaver songs.Try and Try Again
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18.Shaver Back in Studio
Billy Joe Shaver started recording his new record this at the Cash cabin recording studio."Good Ol' USA" to Appear on Friday Night Lights
Billy Joe Shaver's patriotic tune "Good Ol' U.Scroll down to the Videos section below to watch two great Billy Joe Shaver videos, "Live Forever" and "Freedom's Child."Or watch them directly on YouTube's website by clicking here for "Live Forever" and here for "Freedom's Child."Billy Joe Shaver Featured Artist at Willie's Picnic
Billy Joe Shaver performed at Willie's 2006 4th of July Picnic, held at the Historic Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas.Texas musicians as Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis, Pat Green, and the Dixie Chicks singing in a cartoon video of the song."Billy Joe Shaver is one of the greatest songwriters and entertainers to ever come out of Texas.His songwriting has influenced most of today's top writers.So you want to be on the Street Team?Compadre Records, home of legendary music artists Billy Joe Shaver, James McMurtry, and Honeybrowne, among others, is looking for street team members.In exchange for your services, we will give you exclusive apparel, free concert tickets, and new Compadre music before it hits the stores.If you're interested, CLICK HERE.Billy Joe Shaver Featured at 2005 CMT Outlaws Special
Shaver performed with Toby Keith, Merle Haggard, David Allan Coe, and Shelby Lynne on CMT's highly anticipated CMT Outlaws concert special.Haggard and Keith helped Shaver celebrate his 66th birthday by singing a spontaneous duet of "Happy Birthday."Click above for more info.Billy Joe Shaver at Rancho Guajome Adobe in Vista , Cal.Brad Paisley's "Whiskey Lullaby," made his first return to the music video director's chair for "Live Forever."Click here for an audio link to the segment.July 13, 2005
Billy Joe has recently recorded a feature interview for NPRs "Fresh Air."Listen to the moving piece here.June 1, 2005
Dan Rather's piece on the life of Billy Joe Shaver aired on the Wednesday, June 1 edition of 60 Minutes on CBS."These men and women bring art and culture to Texans everyday," Rep.So Shaver hunkered down in a Pedernales, Texas studio to record 14 out of 16 new tracks for the forthcoming album.According to Big Kenny from the duo, "Shaver is a classic poet and a songsmith .The duet marks the first time the double platinum duo has recorded an outside song.Johnny Cash called him "my favorite songwriter."The Washington Post noted that "when the country outlaws were collecting their holy writings, Billy Joe Shaver was carving out Exodus."He will be a featured writer at the 2005 Texas Book Festival in Austin this October promoting his autobiography Honky Tonk Hero (University of Texas Press).He is also a "spiritual advisor" to the Texas gubernatorial campaign of longtime friend Kinky Friedman.Keep the good songs coming.Thanks for being my friend and helping me feel like home.....Shaver,Thanks so much for your friendship and inspiration.The new field of energetic cardiology has revealed that the heart is more than a muscular pump.May you always have the courage to listen and follow your heart as you dance to the music your heart makes!Thank you for the opportunity to chat with you, and your many friends!Wanted to take a moment to invite you all to my profile.Thank Ya kindly for the Add!Went out for breakfast today3 eggs over easywith tobasco, sausage and toasthashbrowns, coffee and ice water,sat by the pie carouselI ate fast and determinedunemployedgot to find some work soon.Billy, the new album is another corker, great to hear a slice of eddy on the last track, RIP eddy.We love you and think about you everyday!Hey yall, thanks for bein a part of my network.You are a my hero Billy Joe Shaver.God Bless you Billy Joe Shaver!!!Hello and thanks for the add!Au revoir les kilos, bonjour les abdos !!!Id + " Text: " + targetLink.Receive Free You Heard It!Read his latest news, see his videos.Rhonda Vincent
Bluegrass queen has new CD.Get FREE UPDATES for Billy Joe Shaver!Hear Music Now: Everybody's BrotherDon't miss Billy Joe Shaver's latest single, "Get Thee Behind Me Satan," and more from his new album.Everybody's BrotherLabel: CompadreReleased: 09.More Billy Joe Shaver Lyrics
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if(links !Uni("Please enter search text."Your info may also be shared with the artist.Get notified before Billy Joe Shaver tickets go on sale!Click the Add to My Alerts button above.By clicking any links above, the iTunes application will launch or you will be prompted to download iTunes if you don't have it.One of the best synopses of Billy Joe Shaver's upbringing is his own song, "I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train."I'm standing here today," he ain't kidding."Shaver did a quick turn in the Navy and worked a series of nowhere jobs (including the one in the sawmill) before trying his luck in Nashville.After several back and forth trips between Texas and Tennessee that gained him no response, he appeared one day in 1968 in Bobby Bare's Nashville office, where he convinced Bare to listen to him play.Shaver recorded one song for Mercury, "Chicken on the Ground," which went nowhere, but soon his songs began to see the light thanks to Kris Kristofferson ("Good Christian Soldier"), Tom T.Hall ("Willie the Wandering Gypsy and Me"), Bare ("Ride Me Down Easy") and, later, the Allman Brothers ("Sweet Mama") and Elvis Presley ("You Asked Me To").Shaver's debut album was Old Five and Dimers Like Me, produced by Kristofferson and released by Monument (Kristofferson's label) in 1973.Shaver switched to MGM a year later, but no album materialized.But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Some Day, Billy Joe Shaver, and Salt of the Earth.His next three albums were all released by Compadre Records, Freedom's Child in 2002, the emotional Billy and the Kid (which saw Shaver singing songs written by his late son, Eddy Shaver) in 2004, and Real Deal in 2005.By continuing past this page, you agree to abide by these terms.Receive Free You Heard It!Chuck Wicks
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Pop the Media Player and listen.Freedom's Child CD cover.Billy Joe Shaver has lived through some hard times, but nothing compares to the past three years.It didn't work out," he jokes.Now after successful heart surgery, Shaver insists he feels better than ever.Songwriting is "a hobby with me and it's also the cheapest psychiatrist there is," he says.I've always been able to write.""Please check the the format of the email addresses you entered.""Please check the the format of the email addresses you entered.""Please enter the call letters of your local NPR member station if you would like to receive information from them."Visit Billy Joe Shaver's official Web to see tour information and a list of his songs that have been recorded by other artists.Read a 2001 profile of Billy Joe Shaver in No Depression magazine."Good Christian Soldier," "Willie the Wandering ...Want More Billy Joe Shaver?Highlights: A smokin version of her hit single Tambourine and a killer verse from Party Like a Rockstar.See all 14 customer reviews...Day Shipping at checkout.See all 14 customer reviews...Visit our audio help page for more information.Waylon Jennings's 1973 album, Honky Tonk Heroes.Shaver's own albums, though, are highly prized among critics and his fellow musicians, and both those camps celebrated the release of only his second album in 11 years, 1996's Tramp on Your Street.American Indian without getting all sentimental.Billy Joe Shaver walking 10 miles to hear Hank Williams sing at the Wonder Bread bakery in Corsicana, Texas.No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet.Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?The easiest way to shoot video reviews.It's well documented that Billy Joe Shaver wrote nine songs (including the title track) from Waylon Jennings' 1973 album Honky Tonk Heroes.Tramp On Your Street was Billy Joe's return to recording in the early 90s and he wisely mixed some of his own classics including I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal and Georgia On A Fast Train, hits for John Anderson and Johnny Cash respectively, with equally resonant new songs, standout tracks being rocking The Hottest Thing In Town and the beautiful ballad Live Forever.Let's hope that his son's death doesn't prematurely end the recording career of the greatest of the original 70s outlaws."Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided to other Amazon.Your vote will be counted and will appear on the product page within 24 hours."I'm working my way backward in time in discovering the rich musical legacy of father and son Billy Joe and Eddie Shaver.Naive, maybe, but this CD is a piece of bedrock American culture that can make us all proud.Was this review helpful to you?Billy Joe proves Nashville can be forgotten
I have 3 Billy Joe Shaver cds.Stars for a Living Legend!Thank the good Lord that Billy Joe Shaver came into my life around 1993!Billy Joe Shaver is one of the greatest songwriters that ever walked the face of this earth.IF you like music period, you will love Shaver!Georgia on a Fast Train.Billy Joe at his absolute finest!It is always a night, I think about for days after.Billy Joe Shaver, with the help of Eddie Shaver, has put together one of truest works of art in Country Music today.Be the first person to add an article about this item at Amapedia.What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing Items Like This?Music You Should Hear: Artists' PicksWant to know what Norah Jones, Sting, and Il Divo are listening to?Is there any other feedback you would like to provide?You have no recently viewed items or searches.After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.Great Seats at Discount Prices for all Billy Joel Concert Tour Dates.We offer classic country music by Billy Joe Shaver on CD. |
