Today, Billy Joe Shaver is hailed as a hero of the Outlaw Country movement by those in the know. Johnny Cash once called Shaver his favorite songwriter. Willie Nelson named him the “greatest living ...

Billy Joe Shaver was a metaphorical outlaw. Then he was an actual outlaw. Shaver helped launch country music's "outlaw" faction in 1973, writing 11 of the 12 tracks on Waylon Jennings's "Honky Tonk ...

The 75-year-old, who helped pioneer the "outlaw" sound, is one of the most respected songwriters in country music. Decades after his big break,... Billy Joe Shaver Writes Country Songs — And Lives ...

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Billy Joe Shaver left this world Wednesday, Oct. 28, at a hospital in Waco. According to local sources, the country music legend’s health problems resulted from a stroke. The singer was 81. The crème ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Country music legend Billy Joe Shaver had grown tired of family members taking advantage of him and changed his will in 2008 to entrust his music legacy to his longtime friend, ...

Billy Joe Shaver might just be the greatest country music songwriter you've never heard of. The native Texan started his songwriting career in Nashville, Tenn., in 1968, writing for Bobby Bare. Waylon ...