Billy Joe Shaver

Willie Nelson is all set to bring his annual 4th of July Picnic back to Austin next week. This will mark Willie’s third year in the Lone Star State’s capital city, and the lineup he’s bringing to Austin 360 Amphitheater is one for the record books...

Billy Joe Shaver was born August 16th, in Corsicana, way back in 1939. Shaver joined the U.S. Navy on his seventeenth birthday. After being discharged, he gained employment at a lumber mill. This was where his right hand (his dominant hand) became caught in the machinery, and he lost the better part of two fingers and contracted a serious infection...

For five decades Billy Joe Shaver has been writing and singing songs - and Friday the man who optimizes a true outlaw singer / songwriter returns to Tyler, TX and Cowboy's nightclub. NPR nailed it when they said, to paraphrase, Shaver isn’t a household name, but he is among the most respected songwriters in country music...

Question: How good do you have to be for someone, who is brand new themselves, still trying to get a secure foot hold on his own career, to bring you to a radio station visit with them, and share his spotlight? Answer: Kaitlin Butts good...

This Wednesday (Feb. 24) one of the coolest bands out of Dallas will be heading east to Tyler to play the all new Wednesday Night, LIVE! Music Series at Coach's Sports Bar. Prophets and Outlaws call their bluesy-soulful-country infused sound “Texas Soul,” and show by show, the guys are winning over fans across Texas...

Many of country music's legendary outlaws and rising superstars will be in the capitol city for Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic. And while they are, they'll be taking some time out to pay tribute to Waylon Jennings' legacy, at the home of the longest running music series in American television history, Austin City Limits.

Some singers don’t have to wait long at all to get on TV. In fact, these days it seems many even begin their careers under the national television lights. Others have to wait five decades. The latter is the case for country / outlaw singer / songwriter Billy Joe Shaver. But Shaver’s wait ended last night.

Some singers don't have to wait long at all to get on TV. In fact, these days it seems many even begin their careers under the national television lights. Others have to wait five decades. The latter is the case for country / outlaw singer / songwriter Billy Joe Shaver. But Shaver's wait ends tonight.

Some singers don't have to wait long at all. In fact, today it seems many even begin their careers with national television debuts, others have to wait five decades. The latter is the case for country / outlaw singer / songwriter Billy Joe Shaver.

How much do you really know the beloved Texas Country genre? Do you know the ins and outs of your favorite artists? We've gathered 10 crazy facts about this music scene that you may not know: 1. Billy Joe Shaver shot a man in the face in 2007 outside Papa Joe's Bar in Waco, TX (out of self-defense)...