RIP Billy Joe Shaver

[hankster]

Billy Joe Shaver - another Texas legend gone. RIP. Great songwriter.
https://youtu.be/0V0PDOF7fik

[cozmik_cowboy]

Well, crap.

A massive talent.

Peter

[bigredbass]

From TEXAS MONTHLY:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-ballad-of-billy-joe-shaver/

and also the passing of one of his compadres:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/jerry-jeff-walker-death/

JW

[BeenDown139]

billy joe was one of my favorite lyricists.  casting my mind back to when i was having an affair with soon to be wife #2 while still married to wife #1 (i don't recommend this course of action, BTW - it led to decades of heartache and misery), one of his CDs was on my playlist, in particular a song named "Black Rose" -

well the devil made me do it the first time.  Second time i done it on my own...

Whooooo!  I still grin when i hear his name and that song comes to mind.  might just have to fire that one up this morning.  maybe laugh and cry at the same time...

[lbpesq]

One of the original Texas Outlaws that rejuvenated Country music in the early 70’s.  I remember when I first became aware of him when I heard Waylon Jennings’ “Honky Tonk Heroes” album composed of Billy Joe songs.   It was all my friends and I listened to for a couple of months.

May the Four Winds Blow You Safely Home

Bill, tgo

[cozmik_cowboy]

The night Townes Van Zandt died, Billy Joe, his son Eddy, and my friend Mick Scott sat up all night passing a whiskey bottle & a guitar around, singing TVZ songs; they're all 4 gone now - and the world is a much darker place for it.

Peter