Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Joe Shaver (August 16, 1939 – October 28, 2020) was an American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was known for writing and performing his 1973 hit single "You Ask Me To".
Billy Joe Shaver | |
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.jpg) Billy Joe Shaver in 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | August 16, 1939 Corsicana, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | October 28, 2020 (aged 81) Waco, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1973–2020 |
| Labels | Columbia, Monument |
| Associated acts | Lee Clayton, Jessi Colter, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Mickey Newbury, Steve Young, Johnny Cash |
| Website | billyjoeshaver |
Death
Shaver died on October 28, 2020 from a stroke at the age of 81 in Waco, Texas.[1]
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1970 | "Chicken on the Ground" | — | — | N/A |
| 1973 | "I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train" | 88 | — | Old Five and Dimers Like Me |
| "Black Rose" | — | — | ||
| 1974 | "Lately I Been Leanin' T'ward the Blues" | — | — | N/A |
| 1976 | "America You Are My Woman" | — | — | When I Get My Wings |
| 1977 | "You Asked Me To" | 80 | — | Gypsy Boy |
| 1978 | "Billy B Damned" | — | — | |
| 1981 | "Blue Texas Waltz" | — | — | I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday) |
| "Ragged Old Truck" | — | — | ||
| "When the Word Was Thunderbird" | — | — | ||
| 1982 | "Ride Me Down Easy" | — | — | Billy Joe Shaver |
| "Amtrak (And Ain't Coming Back)" | — | — | ||
| "One Moving Part" | — | — | ||
| 1993 | "The Hottest Thing in Town" | — | — | Tramp on Your Street |
| "Live Forever" | — | 96 | ||
| 1994 | "Georgia On a Fast Train" | — | — | |
| 1996 | "Comin' On Strong" | — | — | Highway of Life |
| 2002 | "Freedom's Child" | — | — | Freedom's Child |
| 2007 | "Get Thee Behind Me Satan" | — | — | Everybody's Brother |
| 2011 | "Wacko from Waco" | — | — | Live at Billy Bob's Texas |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Billy Joe Shaver Media
Shaver lost two fingers in a sawmill accident when he was young.
Billy Joe Shaver during a concert in Plano, TX, May 15, 2015.
References
- ↑ Hudak, Joseph; Doyle, Patrick (October 28, 2020). "Billy Joe Shaver, Seminal Outlaw Country Songwriter, Dead at 81". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
Other websites
- Official Website
- Billy Joe Shaver discography at Discogs
- Entry at 45cat.com
- Billy Joe Shaver on IMDb
- Interview on Lone Star Music
- Interview on Fresh Air (RealAudio)
- At Rolling Stone magazine Archived 2009-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
- At Starpulse Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Interview At Twang Nation
- Interview on NPR Morning Edition, 5 August, 2014
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