Billy Joe Shaver Dead at 81

Country songwriting sage gets his wings

"...Billy Joe Shaver left this world today at a hospital..."

Oct. 28, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Unabridged Billy Joe Shaver

Country outlaw wanted – alive and kickin’

"...When I rang Billy Joe Shaver two weeks ago about his new album..."

Aug. 5, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Last Week in Live Music: Blackillac, Hong Kong Wigs, Luck Reunion's Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver, and More

"...Reunion's The Songs I Left Behind: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver at the Long Center on November 22,..."

Nov. 23, 2020 Photo Gallery

Billy Joe Shaver Gets His Wings

Country songwriting sage (1939-2020) reunites with beloved son Eddy

"...Billy Joe Shaver left this world Wednesday, Oct. 28, at..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Luv Doc Recommends: Billy Joe Shaver and Adam Carroll

Ruta Maya, Friday, November 14, 2008

"...We are playing a much bigger game here. Like Billy Jeff Clinton used to say, “We are expanding the..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Review: Shaver Catalog Begins Afterlife With New West Reissues

Victory, Electric Shaver, The Earth Rolls On arrive on colored vinyl

"...May 1973, Billy Joe Shaver inscribes into outlaw country's Book of Genesis..."

June 16, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Music of the Mind: Joe Pug

Local transplant trades the hammer for the pen

"...Joe Pug moved to Austin four years ago to be..."

Nov. 19, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Live at Billy Bob's Texas

"...Billy Joe ShaverLive at Billy Bob's Texas (Smith Music Group)..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Eddy Shaver: Tuning Guitars

"...To Eddy Shaver, the best part of playing with his dad is..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Music Feature

Shaver

"...Victory (New West) The first song Billy Joe Shaver sings on Victory is an a capella..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Music Feature

God Loves Ya When You Dance

Texan outlaw Billy Joe Shaver, straight shooter

"...Billy Joe Shaver isn't in the Country Music Hall of..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Christian Life

Billy Joe Shaver's Victory

"...photograph by John Carrico..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Playback: Long in the Tooth

Songwriting 101 from Billy Joe Shaver

"...the ol' denim sleeves and crank out gold like Billy Joe Shaver, the poet laureate of the outlaw ilk..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

What We’re Listening to This Week

A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver, Jenny Parrott, Startographers, and more local sounds worth hearing

"...Live Forever: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver (New West)..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

What We’re Listening to Right Now

DJ Jester & DJ Marz, Willie Nelson on Billy Joe Shaver, Lisa Morales, High Heavens, and ZZ Top

"...USA by DJ MARZ & DJ JESTER Willie Helps Billy Joe Shaver "Live Forever"..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

God Loves Ya When You Swim

Behind the scenes of this week's Billy Joe Shaver cover shoot

"...the Springs on a blistering July afternoon, coupled with Shaver's bad knees, had turned our field trip into a..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Westside Social Club

Another Texas music legends gets a toast

"...At the Candye Kane benefit in May at Antone’s, Billy Joe Shaver arrived onstage like he always does: ready..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

After the Demons

Luciana Pedraza's 'The Portrait of Billy Joe' is more than a story of a 64-year-old songwriter

"...now turned to documentary filmmaking, and The Portait of Billy Joe is her first work. The film recounts the..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Jim Caligiuri

From the Music Desk

On Willie, Billy, Stevie Ray, Blaze, and more highlights from four decades of covering Austin music

"...also a punk rock musician, though. Sitting Down With Billy Joe Shaver..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Michael Hall

Playing Now/Coming Soon

Tim Easton, Jimmy Webb & Greg Trooper hit town with new discs

"...Cool. Hear it live Thursday when he opens for Billy Joe Shaver at Antone’s...."

Sept. 11, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris on the fringe

"...my ears were still ringing. Twenty-four hours earlier, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears put on the show of..."

June 23, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Honky Tonk Hero/A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver

Sheet music/CD

"...by Billy Joe Shaver, assisted by Brad Reagan..."

April 8, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."Corsicana Daily Sun," Billy Joe Shaver..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

Live Shots

"...Billy Joe Shaver Shady Grove, April 12 The intent of..."

April 20, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...covers; a SXSW staging of Gary Clark Jr., Black Joe Lewis, and Brannen Temple posing as businessmen while their..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Billy Joe Shaver

Texas Platters

"...Billy Joe Shaver Freedom's Child (Compadre)..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...guitar through the PA, I looked over and saw Billy Joe Shaver and son Eddy Shaver milling through a..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: Before the Impending Flood

An erratic list of memories and some dates

"...– Billy Joe Shaver, "Honky Tonk Heroes"..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Billy Joe Shaver

Texas Platters go mondo

"...Billy Joe ShaverLong in the Tooth (Lightning Rod)..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Billy Joe Shaver

Record review

"...Billy Joe Shaver..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Music Review by David Lynch

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