Country music singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, whom Willie Nelson once called "the greatest living songwriter," died Wednesday at the age of 81. His friend Connie Nelson said he died Wednesday in ...

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 ...

Robert Duvall — yes, the late Academy Award-winning actor and filmmaker — was once instrumental in helping Billy Joe Shaver beat an aggravated assault charge. As the story goes, Shaver, got into ...

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 ...

Outlaw country pioneer Billy Joe Shaver once declared himself the "Wacko from Waco" after he shot a man in the face in self-defense in a bar near that city. But Corsicana claims him, too. The city, ...

Just like the songs I leave behind me / I’m gonna live forever now, outlaw country musician Billy Joe Shaver boldly declared in his 1993 hit “Live Forever.” Penned by Shaver and his late son, Eddy, ...

Singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver said Wednesday the stress of assault and weapons charges hanging over his head worsened his heart condition, put him in the hospital recently and, perhaps worst of ...

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Singer Billy Joe Shaver has been found not guilty of aggravated assault in the 2007 shooting of Billy Coker at Papa Joe's Saloon near Lorena. The 54th State District Court jury in Waco returned the ...

Billy Joe Shaver, who had solo hits and was known for writing songs like “Honky Tonk Heroes,” has died at the age of 81. According to SiriusXM, Shaver died of a massive stroke. Born in Corsicana, ...