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This is a detailed discography for American outlaw country music singer Billy Joe Shaver.His first six albums were credited to him under his full name, but starting with 1993's Tramp On Your Street albums were credited to the band Shaver (composed of Billy Joe and his son Eddy Shaver on guitar).
Billy Joe Shaver (August 16, 1939 – October 28, 2020) was an American singer, songwriter and actor. Billy Joe was a prominent figure in the outlaw country genre. [ 4 ] He is considered one of the great American songwriters of his generation.
"You Ask Me To" is a song written by Billy Joe Shaver and Waylon Jennings.It was originally recorded by Jennings on his 1973 album Honky Tonk Heroes.This record spent fifteen weeks on the Billboard country singles charts, reaching a peak of number eight. [1]
Freedom's Child is an album by the American musician Billy Joe Shaver, released in 2002. [2] [3] Shaver supported the album with a North American tour. [4] It was a hit on Americana radio stations. [5] Kinky Friedman mentions "Freedom's Child" in his novel Ten Little New Yorkers. [6] Robert Duvall appeared in the video for the song. [7]
Billy Joe Shaver, the hard-living, prodigious singer-songwriter who helped define the outlaw country genre of the 1970s, is dead at 81. The musician passed away Wednesday from a stroke at a Waco ...
"Live Forever: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver," due Nov. 11, features Shaver songs recorded by Willie Nelson, George Strait, Miranda Lambert and more.
"I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)" is a song written and originally recorded by Billy Joe Shaver. American country music artist John Anderson released the song in March 1981 as the first single from his album John Anderson 2. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]
Billy Joe Shaver, one of the figureheads of the “outlaw country” movement that came out of Texas and flourished in the 1970s, is the subject of a forthcoming tribute album that sees some of ...