The "Real Deal" is just that, the Real Deal.
As usual Billy Joe has captured all the love and pain in these songs and this CD reflects that 100%.
The listener can readily feel all the raw emotions within this man's soul communicated to us through his music.
Billy Joe Shaver is one of the last living legends like Kris and Willie, that like so many who have gone before him, will not be fully appreciated until he gone to be with his wife, mother and son.
Don't wait to buy his music when it becomes a collector's edition, buy it now and let your soul travel in his shoes down his life's journey of love and pain.
May GOD Bless you and your music Billy Joe Shaver.
Your friend and fan forever,
Dave
I love this CD!!! Shaver gets better and better the more that I listen to him. This is a must own for any fan of real Country music.
This guy is where it is at. He has been there done that and it shows. Saw him at 3rd Floor Cantina this year and had a blast. If you haven't seen Billy Joe you have messed up. Live Forever, I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal, I Been to Georgia On a Fast Train. This Corsicana born Texan is legend and being friends with cats like Duane Allman and Dickey Betts ain't too shabby either.
I've seen Billy Joe 3 times,
the first, the first time he played after his by-pass in Gruene. While I had grown up hearing the songs he wrote and feeling as if his "older"lyrics were a comfort to me, a part of my life, and who I was, I had no idea he was the simple,humble man that showed up that night and signed our CD with a smile. I also had no idea what turmoil he has been through this time around.(Eddie and his wife) I saw him again in Conroe Texas at the crawfish fest where he was not the headliner that he should have been. I was at first angry that he did not receive the "head liner" place in the line up. It was only after my husband(who admires Billy Joe beyond belief) was standing in the small crowd with tears running down his face that I understood that Billy Joe did not have to be the star for that night and the people who were there to see HIS show, well, we were the those who would be touched by his performance, the ones who showed up at the un-cool time of the day,we were the blessed and I have been a prophet of sorts when I tell others that seeing Billy Joe is like going to church. It is a religious experience for those who open their minds and their hearts. One day I hope all of the people I have influenced to hear music will one day understand,he has been there,lived it and lived through it to continue to tell us the true story. Thank You.
i bought this assuming it would have the jason boland song on it and it did not. i guess i sould have looked closer
i bought this assuming it would have the jason boland song on it and it did not. i guess i sould have looked closer
Diamondback Texas is the best band ever because the lead singer is my uncle.
Billy Joe Shaver is one of the best damn songwrtiers to ever come from Texas. If only these second generation wannabe's would listen to a couple of his CD's maybe the texas music scene wouldn't be so much crap. Billy Joe is the poet of the plains!
Billy Joe is a Music God. Please check out another great band that is reinventing Texas Music. Back Porch Mary. Fans young and old will be refreshed by the sounds these guys are putting out. Back Porch Mary is breaking down barriers like never before.
