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    Default RIP Billy Joe Shaver

    One of the best songwriters ever. Old Chunk of Coal, Georgia on a Fast Train, a whole Waylon album: "Honky Tonk Heroes", I'm Gonna Live Forever, and so many more. A huge loss. Really sick of 2020.
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    Well, damn...

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    Oh, man. One of the greats. He lived so much heartache, too.

    One of my enduring memories is Billie Joe Shaver turning to me in a parking lot in Austin during SXSW and asking if I knew who was on stage. "Her name's Tift Merritt," I told him. "She's got it. That little girl has got it," he said.

    He had it, too.

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    Last time I saw BJS was a few years ago. He must have been 77 or 78 then. He looked like he was 50 or maybe a 108. Hard to tell exactly.
    His songs made time stand still, too.

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    He married and divorced the same woman 3 times. There's a song in there somewhere.
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    RIP Billy Joe
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    Except for the last track," We Had It All" the ground-breaking "Honky Tonk Heroes" country music album- recorded at the Glaser Brothers Studio- "Hillbilly Central" was entirely songs written by Billy Joe Shaver- with one co-written with Waylon and one other collaborative song. I have three copies- two vinyl and a CD. Most country music now is beyond formulaic and it is isn't country either. RIP Billy Joe Shaver.

    Low down freedom, you've done cost me
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    Your as empty as my pockets
    From the top of where you start down to the bottom of my shoes

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