There's but one true outlaw, Kristofferson seemed to say in "The Fighter," and his name is Billy Joe Shaver. And while Willie and ... is comprised entirely of songs by Shaver. One of the finest songs ...

In the 1970s and 1980s, country music was shifting rapidly ... like Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" to deeper cuts from Billy Joe Shaver and Jerry Jeff Walker.

Billy Joe Shaver Dead at 81: Stars React to the Loss of a Legend Billy Joe Shaver Dead at 81: Stars React to the Loss of a Legend Billy Joe Shaver died on Wednesday (Oct. 28) of a stroke.

Billy Joe Shaver, an icon of outlaw country music, has died at the age of 81. The singer-songwriter, who penned such classic tunes as “Live Forever,” “Honky Tonk Heroes,” “You Asked Me ...