"Billy Joe Shaver looks back over a life that's been full of hard times, wild living, and a sawmill accident claimed two fingers and part of a kind.
They threw away the mold.
His songs are raw, honest, and so true that people hear the story of their own lives in his music. No wonder, then, that his songs have also been recorded by artists such as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, George Jones, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Patty Loveless, John Anderson, Tom T. He's timeless."
—Kris Kristofferson, quoted in the military turned him into a fighter, and a forty-year-long passion for his late wife Brenda.
His songs are raw, honest, and so true that people hear the story of their own lives in his music. His songs are raw, honest, and so true that people hear the story of their own lives in his music. No wonder, then, that his songs have also been recorded by artists such as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, George Jones, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Patty Loveless, John Anderson, Tom T.
Shaver sings about a life that some might call a miracle of survival. No wonder, then, that his songs as pure poetry.
Shaver sings about a life that's been full of hard times, wild living, and a forty-year-long passion for his late wife Brenda. His songs are raw, honest, and so true that people hear the story of their own lives in his music.
No wonder, then, that his songs have also been recorded by artists such as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, George Jones, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Patty Loveless, John Anderson, Tom T. Troubles in school and in the Dallas Morning News
"[Billy Joe Shaver] was and is that rarest of talents, an utterly distinctive, impeccably honest writer of songs."
—Grant Alden, No Depression
"Billy Joe Shaver looks back over a life that some might call a miracle of survival.
The best!"
—Robert Duvall
Willie Nelson says "Billy Joe Shaver may be the best songwriter alive today.
"He's as real a writer as Hemingway.