Monday, September 24, 2007

Legendary singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver

Photo's by: Ron Henry Photography



Shaver is a songwriters' songwriter. He wrote 90 percent of Waylon Jennings' 1973 landmark Honky Tonk Heroes album and churned out a string of classic songs that included “Ride Me Down Easy” and “Restless Wind” (Bobby Bare), “Old Five & Dimers Like Me” (Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson), “(Just Because) You Ask Me To” (Elvis Presley, Waylon Jennings), “I Couldn't Be Me Without You” (Johnny Rodriguez), “Good Christian Soldier” (Kris Kristofferson), and countless others.

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