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BILLY JOE SHAVER RECOVERING AFTER MINOR HEART SURGERY
07/13/2010
from Austin 360 on austin360 com After canceling his three scheduled July shows due to chest pain mdash including an appearance at Willie Nelson rsquo s Fourth of July Picnic last week and an … 
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BILLY JOE SHAVER BRINGS THE TEXAS OUT CALIFORNIA WAY
the9513.com   06/22/2010
By the time Billy Joe Shaver arrived at the Palms Playhouse last Wednesday night he d already had what must have seemed like a very long day Just that morning he d been in a Texas courtroom … 
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COUNTRY MUSIC OUTLAW BILLY JOE SHAVER USES MUSIC AS HIS THERAPY
Kansas City Star   06/15/2010
Life as country music outlaw comes with certain expectations Billy Joe Shaver lived up to his by going on trial at age 70 on an aggravated-assault charge stemming from a 2007 shooting in a bar … 
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BILLY JOE SHAVER ENTERS PLEA IN FIREARMS CASE
www.KWTX.com   06/15/2010
Central Texas singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver who two months ago was on trial for a shooting that could have sent him to prison was fined 1 000 Wednesday after pleading no contest to a reduced … 
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MEDIA LIFE: OUTLAW COUNTRY’S BILLY JOE SHAVER POISED TO TELL A STORY OR THREE AT
auburnjournal.com   05/27/2010

Pushing the music aside, which is Billy Joe Shaver’s main meal-ticket - and the reason audiences continue to soak up the 70-year-old Texan’s outlaw country sounds.

HEART SURGERY KEEPS BILLY JOE SHAVER FROM WACO COURT DATE
wacotrib.com   05/14/2010
Billy Joe Shaver said he dodged Billy Coker’s intimidating blade by bringing a gun to a knife fight, but he wasn’t able to escape a surgeon’s scalpel this week.
BILLY JOE SHAVER BEATS THE RAP AND RETURNS TO HOUSTON
culturemap.com   04/10/2010
Country songwriting legend Billy Joe Shaver walked out of the McLennan County Courthouse a free man Friday night. And then headed to Houston for his first post-acquittal gig at the Firehouse Saloon.
JURY PICKED FOR SONGWRITER'S ASSAULT TRIAL
Austin American-Statesman   04/07/2010
Lawyers in acclaimed country music singer and songwriter Billy Joe Shaver's aggravated assault trial selected a jury Tuesday at the end of a daylong session in which prospective jurors were asked … 
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GRAMMY-NOMINATED MUSIC LEGEND SAYS HE'S READY FOR CRIMINAL TRIAL
kwtx.com   04/05/2010
Grammy-nominated Central Texas singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver says he's ready for his criminal trial, more than three years after being charged with aggravated assault
NOTEWORTHY: BILLY JOE SHAVER
Connect Savannah   12/01/2009
Some of these old Texas singer songwriters make it for the long haul some don t Billy Joe Shaver came up through the ranks at the same time as the late great Townes Van Zandt in fact they used … 
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