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Click on the links below to check out what people are saying.... .... ........ ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... .. .... .. .... .. ........... .. .. .......... .. .. ......Billy Joe Shaver Performs live at Lonestar 92.5...... Billy Joe Shaver performed four of his greatest hits at Lonestar 92.5fm in Dallas. You can watch this raw, groundbreaking performance at the Lone Star Full Throttle Garage website. .. .. .. Click here to ..watch.. these Billy Joe Shaver classics!... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... .. .. ......Compadre signs mainstream country artist Trent Willmon who will release his label debut in early 2008....... A former Columbia Nashville artist, he previously released two albums with popular singles “Beer Man,” and “On Again Tonight.” In addition to hosting CMT’s reality show America’s Top Cowboy and authoringThe Beer Man Cookbook, Willmon is active in a variety of charities including Horses for Healing for which he recently helped raise over $150,000. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ .. ....Billy Joe Shaver on Cartoon Network...... While Shaver was in Atlanta for his sold-out show at Eddie's Attic, he stopped by the studio to record new versions of the ..Squidbillies.. theme song and provide some commentary for the new ..Squidbillies.. DVD. ..Squidbillies.. airs during the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, which targets a grown-up audience. ..Click here for more about the show..... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ .. ....Contest: Win a Signed Fender Guitar!...... Enter to win a Fender acoustic guitar autographed by Billy Joe Shaver. Ten lucky winners will receive autographed copies of Shaver's latest album, ..Greatest Hits... Please ..click here.. to enter... .. .. .. .. .. ......Greatest Hits.. Album Reviews and Features...... ..Washington Post.. feature.. ..Knoxville News Sentinel.. review.. ..Birmingham Weekly.. feature.. ..Sacramento Bee.. review.. .. .. .. .. .. ....Billy Joe Shaver In-Store at Waterloo Records 4/3...... Billy Joe Shaver will be appearing at Waterloo Records in Austin, TX on Tuesday, April 3rd at 5pm for the release of his ..Greatest Hits.. album... ..Click here to visit the Waterloo website for more info..... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ .. ....Billy Joe Shaver's Greatest Hits Available 4/3/07...... Compadre Records has assembled eighteen of Billy Joe Shaver's most popular tunes to create his ..Greatest Hits.. collection. The album, which will be available everywhere on April 3, 2007, features two previously unreleased Shaver songs... .. ..BILLY JOE SHAVER - GREATEST HITS.... (Tracklist).. ..1... Good Ol USA.. ..2... Georgia on a Fast Train.. ..3... Freedom's Child.. ..4... Try and Try Again.. ..5... Old Chunk of Coal.. ..6... Step On Up.. ..7... Honky Tonk Heroes.. ..8... Hottest Thing in Town.. ..9... That's What She Said Last Night.. ..10... When Fallen Angels Fly.. ..11... I Couldn't Be Me Without You.. ..12... Black Rose.. ..13... Light a Candle for Me..*.... ..14... Ride Me Down Easy.. ..15... Melody..*.... ..16... Old Five and Dimers.. ..17... You Asked Me To.. ..18... Live Forever.. ..*..previously unreleased songs .. .. Billy Joe Shaver's ..Greatest Hits.. CD is now available for pre-order at the Compadre E-Store. ..Click here.. to order... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........Billy Joe Shaver bringing down the house at Compadre Records' Grande Fiesta during SXSW 2006...... .. .. ....SXSW 2007...... Don't miss Billy Joe Shaver live during the South By Southwest 2007 Music Festival, Conference, & Trade Show in Austin, TX... *** Friday, March 16 -- 8pm -- Jo's (Hotel San Jose) -- 1300 South Congress.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ .. ....Shaver Back in Studio...... Billy Joe Shaver started recording his new record this at the Cash cabin recording studio. The untitled Christian project is produced by John Carter Cash and will feature several guest artists including Kris Kristofferson. The recording should conclude in late April for a tentative October release... .. .. .. .. .. ...."Good Ol' USA" to Appear on Friday Night Lights...... Billy Joe Shaver's patriotic tune "Good Ol' U.S.A." will appear on ..Friday Night Lights.., NBC's high school football drama, Tuesday, November 14, 2006. “Good Ol' U.S.A.” appeared on Shaver’s album, ..Freedom’s Child..... .. .. .. .. .. ....Check Out the Videos!...... Scroll down to the Videos section below to watch two great Billy Joe Shaver videos, "Live Forever" and "Freedom's Child." Or watch them directly on YouTube's website by clicking ..here.. for "Live Forever" and ..here.. for "Freedom's Child.".. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ .. ....Billy Joe Shaver Featured Artist at Willie's Picnic...... Billy Joe Shaver performed at Willie's 2006 4th of July Picnic, held at the Historic Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas. The day long festival was simulcast by XM Satellite Radio's "X Country" (XM 12). Other performers included Asleep at the Wheel, Johnny Bush, David Allan Coe, Del Castillo, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Ray Price, the Randy Rogers Band, Leon Russell, Django Walker and others... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ............ .. ....Shaver Featured in New "KinkyToon"...... ..CLICK HERE.. to check out the latest KinkyToon. The author, entertainer, and politician, Kinky Friedman, is keeping the drumbeat going in his bid to get on the November ballot with a new musical version of the campaign slogan, "Save Your Vote for Kinky." The latest of three so-called "KinkyToons" on Friedman's campaign website features such well-known Texas musicians as Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis, Pat Green, and the Dixie Chicks singing in a cartoon video of the song... .. .. .. .. .. .."Billy Joe Shaver is one of the greatest songwriters and entertainers to ever come out of Texas. Not only an incredible talent but also one hell of a nice guy. His songwriting has influenced most of today's top writers. I can't imagine how much different country music would sound today if it had not been for Billy Joe Shaver.".. .. - Kevin Fowler.... .. .. .. .. .. ....So you want to be on the Street Team?...... Compadre Records, home of legendary music artists Billy Joe Shaver, James McMurtry, and Honeybrowne, among others, is looking for street team members. We are looking for members that are willing to hang a couple of tour posters, visit record stores, call local radio stations, and tell a couple of friends about any new Compadre music. In exchange for your services, we will give you exclusive apparel, free concert tickets, and new Compadre music before it hits the stores. If you're interested, ..CLICK HERE..... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ .... .. ....Billy Joe Shaver Featured at 2005 CMT Outlaws Special...... Shaver performed with Toby Keith, Merle Haggard, David Allan Coe, and Shelby Lynne on CMT's highly anticipated CMT Outlaws concert special. Shaver performed "Live Forever," "Try and Try Again," "Georgia on a Fast Train,"" Old Five and Dimers," and "Ramblin' Fever" with Merle Haggard. Haggard and Keith helped Shaver celebrate his 66th birthday by singing a spontaneous duet of "Happy Birthday." Click above for more info... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ .. ....Billy Joe Shaver Appears with Big & Rich in "Live Forever" Video...... Platinum country hitmakers Big & Rich joined legendary singer/songwriter Billy Joe Shaver at Rancho Guajome Adobe in Vista , Cal. on Sunday, October 23, 2005 to shoot a video for Shaver's hit single duet, "Live Forever" (which is featured on Shaver's new album ..The Real Deal.. ). Film and television star Rick Schroder, who directed the award-winning video for Brad Paisley's "Whiskey Lullaby," made his first return to the music video director's chair for "Live Forever." The video, which features cameos from actors Earl Brown and John Hawkes from the HBO series ..Deadwood.., will be serviced to music outlets in mid-November... .. .. .. .. .. ....Shaver Records for Cartoon Network...... .. CLICK HERE.. to check out footage of Billy Joe recording the theme song of Cartoon Network's new program ..Squidbillies.., which debuted Oct 23, 2005 on Adult Swim... .. .. .. .. .. ....Billy Joe Shaver on NPR's Studio 360 - Sep 23-25 '05...... ..Click here.. for an audio link to the segment... .. .. .. .. .. ....NPR "Fresh Air" Interview - July 13, 2005...... Billy Joe has recently recorded a feature interview for NPRs "Fresh Air." NPR&..39;s Terry Gross chronicles the legendary singer/songwriter's spiritual faith and courage in overcoming the loss of his mother and wife to cancer, his son's heroin overdose, and Shaver's heart attack onstage at Gruene Hall (Texas' oldest dancehall)... ..Listen to the moving piece here..... .. .. .. .. .. ....60 Minutes Feature - June 1, 2005...... Dan Rather's piece on the life of Billy Joe Shaver aired on the Wednesday, June 1 edition of 60 Minutes on CBS. Rather chronicled the legendary singer/songwriter's spiritual faith and courage in overcoming the loss of his mother and wife to cancer, his son's heroin overdose, and Shaver's heart attack onstage at Gruene Hall (Texas' oldest dancehall)... ..Click here for more info..... .. .. .. .. .. ....Texas State Musician for 2005-2006...... The Texas Commission on the Arts has announced its appointments to the positions of state poet laureate, state musician, state two-dimensional artist, and state three-dimensional artist. These positions, created by SB 1043 of the 77th Legislature, will be filled by one-year appointments. The eight appointees named for 2005-2006 were selected for years of excellence and dedicated commitment to the arts in Texas. "These men and women bring art and culture to Texans everyday," Rep. Harvey Hilderbran, chair of the House of Representatives' Committee on Culture, Recreation and Tourism said. "I am honored to have them live in our great state, and am pleased that we could salute them with these designations.".. .. .. .. ___________________________________.... .. .. ....Information...... .. .. Five years ago, Billy Joe Shaver’s life was marked by tragedy, death and his own failing health. As he prepares to unleash his first new studio album in three years, ..The Real Deal.. (Compadre Records) on September 20, his life has turned around. He’s recently been featured on CBS’s ..60 Minutes II.. with Dan Rather and NPR’s ..Fresh Air.. with Terry Gross. He is scheduled to appear as a featured performer on an upcoming CMT Outlaws special and will perform the national anthem at the August 15 Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen Nextel Cup NASCAR race in Watkins Glen, New York. Indeed it seems like he’s experienced everything a musician can—except that he has never self-produced an album... .. So Shaver hunkered down in a Pedernales, Texas studio to record 14 out of 16 new tracks for the forthcoming album. He explains, "It was great to be able to sing the way I want to sing. I could set up the arrangements how I wanted rather than having to fit someone else’s.".. .. He was also joined by old and new friends including the country superstar duo Big & Rich, who co-produced their duet with Shaver on his inspirational masterpiece "Live Forever." According to Big Kenny from the duo, "Shaver is a classic poet and a songsmith . . . the kind of person you can listen to for hours, with a spirit and soul that grabs your attention." The duet marks the first time the double platinum duo has recorded an outside song... .. Others who joined Shaver included Nancy Griffith (who sang on the song "Valentine"), Kimmie Rhodes ("West Texas Waltz"), Flaco Jimenez ("Feliz Navidad") and Kevin Fowler ("Slim Chance and the Can’t Hardly Playboys"). The album also contains Shaver’s fervent reminder about the power of persistence, "Try and Try Again.".. .. ..The Real Deal.. follows the well-received ..Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver – Live.. (Compadre), which featured such friends as Robert Earl Keen, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Guy Clark, Todd Snider, Cory Morrow, Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis, among others... .. Shaver is truly one of the most respected living figures in American music today. Johnny Cash called him "my favorite songwriter." (His songs have been recorded by Cash as well as Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, The Allman Brothers and Bobby Bare.) The Washington Post noted that "when the country outlaws were collecting their holy writings, Billy Joe Shaver was carving out Exodus.".. .. Shaver has been tapped to join Merle Haggard, Toby Keith, Jerry Lee Lewis, Shelby Lynne and more for CMT's highly anticipated CMT Outlaws concert special, reaching 100 million homes. He will be a featured writer at the 2005 Texas Book Festival in Austin this October promoting his autobiography Honky Tonk Hero (University of Texas Press). He is also a "spiritual advisor" to the Texas gubernatorial campaign of longtime friend Kinky Friedman. Last year he was named Texas State Musician by the Texas Commission on the Arts, and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame... .. .. .. ..
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.. .. ......Videos.......... .. .. .. .. .. ....Trent Willmon "There Is A God"........ .. .. .. .... ........"Get Thee Behind Me Satan" with John Anderson.... .... ........ .. .. .. ...... .. ......"Live Forever" featuring Big & Rich.... .... .. .. ........ .. .. .. ...... .. ...."Freedom's Child"...... .. .. .. .. .. ___________________________________........ .. .... ....Billy Joe Shaver.. Greatest Hits...... This eighteen-song collection features the legendary singer-songwriter's most famous tunes - plus two new ones... .. ....AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE NOW!...... .. ..CLICK HERE TO ORDER.... .. .. .... .. .. ....IN STORES NOW...... ....CLICK HERE FOR E-STORE...... .... ...... Let's Step Outside.... Fourteen of country music’s hottest acts performing songs that celebrate the Great Outdoors... .. .. .. ...... Honeybrowne .. Something to Believe In.... The debut Compadre Records release from one of the fastest-rising acts on the Texas music circuit... .. .. .. ...... Billy Joe Shaver.. The Real Deal.... Shaver’s first studio album in 3 years and his first ever self-produced album. Features guests such as Big & Rich, Nanci Griffith, Kevin Fowler, Lloyd Maines, and Kimmie Rhodes... .. .. .. ...... James McMurtry.. Childish Things.... McMurtry's first studio album in three years features an unedited version of his critically acclaimed political commentary "We Can't Make It Here." Stephen King calls it "The best American protest song since (Dylan's) 'Masters of War'." Americana Music’s 2006 Album of the Year and Song of the Year... .. .. .. ...... Brewed in Texas.. Volume 2.... An intoxicating compilation of rowdy Texas music stars singing their favorite drinking songs. Please listen responsibly... .. .. .. ...... A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver - Live.... Recorded live in Austin at Billy Joe's 65th birthday party, August 2004... .. ..

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News

Billy Joe Shaver is causing a media blitz with the anticipation of his upcoming Compadre release Everybody's Brother. Click on the links below to check out what people are saying....

Billy Joe Shaver Performs live at Lonestar 92.5

Billy Joe Shaver performed four of his greatest hits at Lonestar 92.5fm in Dallas. You can watch this raw, groundbreaking performance at the Lone Star Full Throttle Garage website.

Click here to watch these Billy Joe Shaver classics!.

Compadre signs mainstream country artist Trent Willmon who will release his label debut in early 2008.

A former Columbia Nashville artist, he previously released two albums with popular singles “Beer Man,” and “On Again Tonight.” In addition to hosting CMT’s reality show America’s Top Cowboy and authoringThe Beer Man Cookbook, Willmon is active in a variety of charities including Horses for Healing for which he recently helped raise over $150,000.

Billy Joe Shaver on Cartoon Network
While Shaver was in Atlanta for his sold-out show at Eddie's Attic, he stopped by the studio to record new versions of the Squidbillies theme song and provide some commentary for the new Squidbillies DVD. Squidbillies airs during the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, which targets a grown-up audience. Click here for more about the show.

Contest: Win a Signed Fender Guitar!
Enter to win a Fender acoustic guitar autographed by Billy Joe Shaver. Ten lucky winners will receive autographed copies of Shaver's latest album, Greatest Hits. Please click here to enter.

Greatest Hits Album Reviews and Features
Washington Post feature
Knoxville News Sentinel review
Birmingham Weekly feature
Sacramento Bee review

Billy Joe Shaver In-Store at Waterloo Records 4/3
Billy Joe Shaver will be appearing at Waterloo Records in Austin, TX on Tuesday, April 3rd at 5pm for the release of his Greatest Hits album.
Click here to visit the Waterloo website for more info.

Billy Joe Shaver's Greatest Hits Available 4/3/07
Compadre Records has assembled eighteen of Billy Joe Shaver's most popular tunes to create his Greatest Hits collection. The album, which will be available everywhere on April 3, 2007, features two previously unreleased Shaver songs.

BILLY JOE SHAVER - GREATEST HITS
(Tracklist)
1. Good Ol USA
2. Georgia on a Fast Train
3. Freedom's Child
4. Try and Try Again
5. Old Chunk of Coal
6. Step On Up
7. Honky Tonk Heroes
8. Hottest Thing in Town
9. That's What She Said Last Night
10. When Fallen Angels Fly
11. I Couldn't Be Me Without You
12. Black Rose
13. Light a Candle for Me*
14. Ride Me Down Easy
15. Melody*
16. Old Five and Dimers
17. You Asked Me To
18. Live Forever
*previously unreleased songs

Billy Joe Shaver's Greatest Hits CD is now available for pre-order at the Compadre E-Store. Click here to order.

Billy Joe Shaver bringing down the house at Compadre Records' Grande Fiesta during SXSW 2006

SXSW 2007
Don't miss Billy Joe Shaver live during the South By Southwest 2007 Music Festival, Conference, & Trade Show in Austin, TX.
*** Friday, March 16 -- 8pm -- Jo's (Hotel San Jose) -- 1300 South Congress

Shaver Back in Studio
Billy Joe Shaver started recording his new record this at the Cash cabin recording studio. The untitled Christian project is produced by John Carter Cash and will feature several guest artists including Kris Kristofferson. The recording should conclude in late April for a tentative October release.

"Good Ol' USA" to Appear on Friday Night Lights
Billy Joe Shaver's patriotic tune "Good Ol' U.S.A." will appear on Friday Night Lights, NBC's high school football drama, Tuesday, November 14, 2006. “Good Ol' U.S.A.” appeared on Shaver’s album, Freedom’s Child.

Check Out the Videos!
Scroll down to the Videos section below to watch two great Billy Joe Shaver videos, "Live Forever" and "Freedom's Child." Or watch them directly on YouTube's website by clicking here for "Live Forever" and here for "Freedom's Child."

Billy Joe Shaver Featured Artist at Willie's Picnic
Billy Joe Shaver performed at Willie's 2006 4th of July Picnic, held at the Historic Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas. The day long festival was simulcast by XM Satellite Radio's "X Country" (XM 12). Other performers included Asleep at the Wheel, Johnny Bush, David Allan Coe, Del Castillo, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Ray Price, the Randy Rogers Band, Leon Russell, Django Walker and others.

Shaver Featured in New "KinkyToon"
CLICK HERE to check out the latest KinkyToon. The author, entertainer, and politician, Kinky Friedman, is keeping the drumbeat going in his bid to get on the November ballot with a new musical version of the campaign slogan, "Save Your Vote for Kinky." The latest of three so-called "KinkyToons" on Friedman's campaign website features such well-known Texas musicians as Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis, Pat Green, and the Dixie Chicks singing in a cartoon video of the song.

"Billy Joe Shaver is one of the greatest songwriters and entertainers to ever come out of Texas. Not only an incredible talent but also one hell of a nice guy. His songwriting has influenced most of today's top writers. I can't imagine how much different country music would sound today if it had not been for Billy Joe Shaver."

- Kevin Fowler

So you want to be on the Street Team?
Compadre Records, home of legendary music artists Billy Joe Shaver, James McMurtry, and Honeybrowne, among others, is looking for street team members. We are looking for members that are willing to hang a couple of tour posters, visit record stores, call local radio stations, and tell a couple of friends about any new Compadre music. In exchange for your services, we will give you exclusive apparel, free concert tickets, and new Compadre music before it hits the stores. If you're interested, CLICK HERE.

Billy Joe Shaver Featured at 2005 CMT Outlaws Special
Shaver performed with Toby Keith, Merle Haggard, David Allan Coe, and Shelby Lynne on CMT's highly anticipated CMT Outlaws concert special. Shaver performed "Live Forever," "Try and Try Again," "Georgia on a Fast Train,"" Old Five and Dimers," and "Ramblin' Fever" with Merle Haggard. Haggard and Keith helped Shaver celebrate his 66th birthday by singing a spontaneous duet of "Happy Birthday." Click above for more info.

Billy Joe Shaver Appears with Big & Rich in "Live Forever" Video
Platinum country hitmakers Big & Rich joined legendary singer/songwriter Billy Joe Shaver at Rancho Guajome Adobe in Vista , Cal. on Sunday, October 23, 2005 to shoot a video for Shaver's hit single duet, "Live Forever" (which is featured on Shaver's new album The Real Deal ). Film and television star Rick Schroder, who directed the award-winning video for Brad Paisley's "Whiskey Lullaby," made his first return to the music video director's chair for "Live Forever." The video, which features cameos from actors Earl Brown and John Hawkes from the HBO series Deadwood, will be serviced to music outlets in mid-November.

Shaver Records for Cartoon Network
CLICK HERE to check out footage of Billy Joe recording the theme song of Cartoon Network's new program Squidbillies, which debuted Oct 23, 2005 on Adult Swim.

Billy Joe Shaver on NPR's Studio 360 - Sep 23-25 '05
Click here for an audio link to the segment.

NPR "Fresh Air" Interview - July 13, 2005
Billy Joe has recently recorded a feature interview for NPRs "Fresh Air." NPR&..39;s Terry Gross chronicles the legendary singer/songwriter's spiritual faith and courage in overcoming the loss of his mother and wife to cancer, his son's heroin overdose, and Shaver's heart attack onstage at Gruene Hall (Texas' oldest dancehall).
Listen to the moving piece here.

60 Minutes Feature - June 1, 2005
Dan Rather's piece on the life of Billy Joe Shaver aired on the Wednesday, June 1 edition of 60 Minutes on CBS. Rather chronicled the legendary singer/songwriter's spiritual faith and courage in overcoming the loss of his mother and wife to cancer, his son's heroin overdose, and Shaver's heart attack onstage at Gruene Hall (Texas' oldest dancehall).
Click here for more info.

Texas State Musician for 2005-2006
The Texas Commission on the Arts has announced its appointments to the positions of state poet laureate, state musician, state two-dimensional artist, and state three-dimensional artist. These positions, created by SB 1043 of the 77th Legislature, will be filled by one-year appointments. The eight appointees named for 2005-2006 were selected for years of excellence and dedicated commitment to the arts in Texas. "These men and women bring art and culture to Texans everyday," Rep. Harvey Hilderbran, chair of the House of Representatives' Committee on Culture, Recreation and Tourism said. "I am honored to have them live in our great state, and am pleased that we could salute them with these designations."

___________________________________

Information

Five years ago, Billy Joe Shaver’s life was marked by tragedy, death and his own failing health. As he prepares to unleash his first new studio album in three years, The Real Deal (Compadre Records) on September 20, his life has turned around. He’s recently been featured on CBS’s 60 Minutes II with Dan Rather and NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. He is scheduled to appear as a featured performer on an upcoming CMT Outlaws special and will perform the national anthem at the August 15 Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen Nextel Cup NASCAR race in Watkins Glen, New York. Indeed it seems like he’s experienced everything a musician can—except that he has never self-produced an album.

So Shaver hunkered down in a Pedernales, Texas studio to record 14 out of 16 new tracks for the forthcoming album. He explains, "It was great to be able to sing the way I want to sing. I could set up the arrangements how I wanted rather than having to fit someone else’s."

He was also joined by old and new friends including the country superstar duo Big & Rich, who co-produced their duet with Shaver on his inspirational masterpiece "Live Forever." According to Big Kenny from the duo, "Shaver is a classic poet and a songsmith . . . the kind of person you can listen to for hours, with a spirit and soul that grabs your attention." The duet marks the first time the double platinum duo has recorded an outside song.

Others who joined Shaver included Nancy Griffith (who sang on the song "Valentine"), Kimmie Rhodes ("West Texas Waltz"), Flaco Jimenez ("Feliz Navidad") and Kevin Fowler ("Slim Chance and the Can’t Hardly Playboys"). The album also contains Shaver’s fervent reminder about the power of persistence, "Try and Try Again."

The Real Deal follows the well-received Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver – Live (Compadre), which featured such friends as Robert Earl Keen, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Guy Clark, Todd Snider, Cory Morrow, Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis, among others.

Shaver is truly one of the most respected living figures in American music today. Johnny Cash called him "my favorite songwriter." (His songs have been recorded by Cash as well as Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, The Allman Brothers and Bobby Bare.) The Washington Post noted that "when the country outlaws were collecting their holy writings, Billy Joe Shaver was carving out Exodus."

Shaver has been tapped to join Merle Haggard, Toby Keith, Jerry Lee Lewis, Shelby Lynne and more for CMT's highly anticipated CMT Outlaws concert special, reaching 100 million homes. He will be a featured writer at the 2005 Texas Book Festival in Austin this October promoting his autobiography Honky Tonk Hero (University of Texas Press). He is also a "spiritual advisor" to the Texas gubernatorial campaign of longtime friend Kinky Friedman. Last year he was named Texas State Musician by the Texas Commission on the Arts, and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame.

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Trent Willmon "There Is A God"

"Get Thee Behind Me Satan" with John Anderson

"Live Forever" featuring Big & Rich

"Freedom's Child"

___________________________________

Billy Joe Shaver
Greatest Hits
This eighteen-song collection features the legendary singer-songwriter's most famous tunes - plus two new ones.

AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE NOW!

CLICK HERE TO ORDER

IN STORES NOW
CLICK HERE FOR E-STORE

Let's Step Outside
Fourteen of country music’s hottest acts performing songs that celebrate the Great Outdoors.

Honeybrowne
Something to Believe In
The debut Compadre Records release from one of the fastest-rising acts on the Texas music circuit.

Billy Joe Shaver
The Real Deal
Shaver’s first studio album in 3 years and his first ever self-produced album. Features guests such as Big & Rich, Nanci Griffith, Kevin Fowler, Lloyd Maines, and Kimmie Rhodes.

James McMurtry
Childish Things
McMurtry's first studio album in three years features an unedited version of his critically acclaimed political commentary "We Can't Make It Here." Stephen King calls it "The best American protest song since (Dylan's) 'Masters of War'." Americana Music’s 2006 Album of the Year and Song of the Year.