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Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Joe Shaver was born in Waco, Texas in 1939. His work had a rough-edged quality that didn't fit neatly into Nashville conventions. He recorded with...
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Feliz Navidad
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Tramp on Your Street
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Ain't No God In Mexico
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Old Five and Dimers Like Me
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Sold American
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That's What She Said Last Night
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Feliz Navidad
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Tramp on Your Street
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Ain't No God In Mexico
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Old Five and Dimers Like Me
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Sold American
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That's What She Said Last Night
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Black Rose
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Freedom's Child
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Heart of Texas
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Honky Tonk Heroes
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It Just Aint There for Me No More
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Live Forever
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Marilyn and Joe
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Old Chunk of Coal
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On the Road Again
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People And Their Problems
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Billy Joe Shaver was born in Waco, Texas in 1939. His work had a rough-edged quality that didn't fit neatly into Nashville conventions.
He recorded with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, and his song 'Ain't No God In Mexico' showed up on Jennings' 1975 album. Shaver's own records included 'Tramp on Your Street' and 'Live Forever,' the latter being a ballad that stayed in his setlists for years.
His writing drew from country and blues, but with a plainspoken delivery that felt more like conversation than performance. The songs didn't sound polished, which was part of their appeal. He kept writing and recording into the 2000s, still working with the same kind of straightforward approach he'd always had.
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