Billy Joe Shaver

Billy Joe Shaver
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About the artist

Billy Joe Shaver (born in Corsicana, TX, on 16 August 1939; died 28 October 2020) was an American Texas country music singer and songwriter. Shaver's 1973 album 'Old Five and Dimers Like Me' is a classic in the outlaw country genre. Shaver was raised by his mother, Victory Watson Shaver, his father Virgil having left the family before Shaver was born. Until he was 12, he spent a great deal of time with his grandmother in Corsicana so that his mother could work in Waco.

Top songs

  1. Live Forever
  2. I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train
  3. Black Rose
  4. Georgia on a Fast Train
  5. I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)
  6. Old Chunk of Coal
  7. Try And Try Again
  8. Freedom's Child
  9. Honky Tonk Heroes
  10. That's What She Said Last Night
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  1. The Devil Made Me Do It the First Time
  2. You Asked Me To
  3. Wacko From Waco
  4. Old Five and Dimers Like Me
  5. Ride Me Down Easy
  6. Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me
  7. White Freightliner Blues
  8. Tramp On Your Street
  9. Hard to Be an Outlaw (feat. Willie Nelson)
  10. Good Ol' U.S.A.
  11. Oklahoma Wind
  12. L.A. Turnaround
  13. Drinkin' Back
  14. Ragged Old Truck
  15. That's Why The Man In Black Sings The Blues
  16. Bottom Dollar
  17. I Changed My Mind
  18. Heart Of Texas
  19. Honey Chile
  20. Low Down Freedom
  21. The Hottest Thing In Town
  22. Hold On To Yours (And I'll Hold On To Mine)
  23. Fit to Kill and Going Out in Style
  24. Hottest Thing In Town
  25. Jesus Christ, What a Man
  26. Played the Game Too Long
  27. Sweet Mama
  28. If I Give My Soul
  29. When The Fallen Angels Fly
  30. When the Word Was Thunderbird
  31. Good News Blues
  32. Old Five And Dimers
  33. Serious Souls
  34. It Just Ain't There For Me No More
  35. When I Get My Wings
  36. There's No Fool Like An Old Fool
  37. Jesus Christ Is Still The King
  38. Hardworkin' Man
  39. Blue Texas Waltz
  40. Jesus Was Our Saviour and Cotton Was Our King
  41. You Just Can't Beat Jesus Christ
  42. (We Are) The Cowboys
  43. Wild Cow Gravy
  44. When Fallen Angels Fly
  45. How Many Hearts Must You Break
  46. Amtrak
  47. Down The Road By The Way
  48. Good Christian Soldier
  49. Sweet Melody
  50. Step On Up
  51. You Ought To Be With Me When I'm Alone
  52. Manual Labor
  53. Saturday Night
  54. If The Trailer's Rockin' Don't Come Knockin'
  55. The Git Go
  56. Corsicana Daily Sun
  57. Magnolia Mother's Love
  58. I Couldn't Be Me Without You
  59. Ramblin' Fever
  60. Day By Day
  61. Hill Country Love Song
  62. Ride, Cowboy, Ride
  63. It Ain't Nothing New Babe
  64. One Moving Part
  65. The Road
  66. Tell Me Virginia
  67. Love You Till the Cows Come Home - Single Version
  68. Last Call for Alcohol
  69. Fame
  70. Whiteman's Watermelon
  71. We
  72. Take A Chance On Romance
  73. Mexico
  74. It Just Aint There for Me No More
  75. If You Don't Love Jesus
  76. Thunderbird
  77. Fun While It Lasted
  78. Street Walkin' Woman
  79. The Devel Made Me Do It the First Time
  80. Necessary Evil
  81. Aunt Jessie's Chicken Ranch
  82. Livin' A Lovin' Lie
  83. Long in the Tooth
  84. Live Forever (W/ Big & Rich)
  85. I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal
  86. Rolling Stone
  87. Good Ol USA
  88. Jesus Was Our Savior and Cotton Was Our King
  89. I'll Love You As Much As I Can
  90. You Can't Beat Jesus Christ

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