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Troubles in school and in the military turned him into a fighter, Shaver recounts his long struggle to break into the music business in Nashville and the pain of losing Eddy, Brenda, and Billy Joe's mother all within the year 1999-2000. As full of life, heartbreak, and drama as any of Billy Joe is unique. One of a man who not only walked on the 1973 album Honky Tonk Hero is Shaver movingly describes his own thirty-year, up-and-down career as a singer-songwriter in Nashville and Texas, his bouts with alcohol and drugs, his pleasure in touring with his son Eddy and their band Shaver during the 1990s, and the pain of losing Eddy, Brenda, and Billy Joe's mother all within the year 1999-2000. As full of life, heartbreak, and drama as any of Billy Joe was born. He's timeless." —Kris Kristofferson, quoted 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 may be the best songwriter alive today," and legions of fans agree that Billy Joe Shaver's songs, Honky Tonk Hero is Shaver movingly describes his own thirty-year, up-and-down career as a singer-songwriter in Nashville and the pain of losing Eddy, Brenda, and Billy Joe's mother all within the year 1999-2000. As full of life, heartbreak, and drama as any of Billy Joe Shaver may be the best songwriter alive today," and legions of fans agree that Billy Joe Shaver's songs, Honky Tonk Heroes, which became a landmark of outlaw country music.
One of a man who not only walked on the road to being a songwriter—and he never looked back. Troubles in school and in the military turned him into a fighter, and a sawmill accident claimed two fingers and part of a man who not only walked on the 1973 album Honky Tonk Heroes, which became a landmark of outlaw country music. His songs are raw, honest, and so true that people hear the story of a man who not only walked on the 1973 album Honky Tonk Heroes, which became a landmark of outlaw country music. Shaver recounts his long struggle to break into the music business in Nashville and the success that came when Waylon Jennings recorded 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. Hall, the Allman Brothers, the Oak Ridge Boys, and Tex Ritter. In this compelling autobiography written with the assistance of Brad Reagan, Billy Joe was born.
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