Today, Billy Joe Shaver is hailed as a hero of the Outlaw Country movement by those in the know. Johnny Cash once called Shaver his favorite songwriter. Willie Nelson named him the “greatest living ...

Billy Joe Shaver might just be the greatest country music songwriter you've never heard of. The native Texan started his songwriting career in Nashville, Tenn., in 1968, writing for Bobby Bare. Waylon ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Country music legend Billy Joe Shaver wrote in his hit song “Live Forever” that he wanted his songs to live forever, and a McLennan County jury on Wednesday put the fate of Shaver ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Outlaw country singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, who wrote songs like "Honky Tonk Heroes," "I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train" and "Old Five and Dimers Like Me," has died. He was ...