This is as basic as it gets,Billy Joe,Eddy and thier guitars.Eddys playing is phoenominal as always and Billy Joes lyrics seem to really strike deep when presented in the all acoustic format.This album is one of my favorites from him and well recomended.
This is as basic as it gets,Billy Joe,Eddy and thier guitars.Eddys playing is phoenominal as always and Billy Joes lyrics seem to really strike deep when presented in the all acoustic format.This album is one of my favorites from him and weel recomended.
I havent even seen this yet and don't think i have to to give it five stars.
I sit contemplating what to say, sorta speechless, yet my heart is filled with admiration and joy that I can say without a doubt Billy Joe Shaver is the best living songwriter today....Big words...Just do yourself a favor and pick up his latest Fredom's Child or his self titled Shaver and sit back and just listen to the melodys and the words..I dare anyone to find another songwriter with such eloquence to words of life, love, and death..Better yet find him live, the first time I saw him him was a couple a months after his son Eddy passed away (Eddy was Billy Joe's guitar player) there was not an empty crying eye in the room...Billy Joe live is as good as it gets, his heart his soul is transformed into making his shows dynamic in every sense..I hope the mainstream some day gets together and backs him...to quote Billy Joe "Just like this old rockin chair, I sit but I'm gettin nowhere"
This cd is by far one of the best cds ive ever listen to in any type of music i've love this cd from the first time i heard it and still play it lots today.
He is a fine, fine songwriter. I saw him at Blaine's Pub in San Angelo recently, which isn't the best venue to be HEARD (loud and rowdy crowd by the time the headliner comes on around 11p)but despite your typical inconsiderate falling-down-drunk- Blaine's Pub-late-night crowd, I was taken away by this well seasoned artist. And I do mean artist in every sense of the word.
I had been hearing a bunch about this new band, The Ghost of Electricity, and saw them at Momo's this week (1/27). What an interesting sound these guys have! Banjo, mandolin, cello, upright bass, percussion, and the usual guitars and drum kit combined for a sound that I have not heard around Austin lately. Some spanish influences were evident, both in the lyrics and the feels of the songs. These guys seem to be onto something that has been missing from from the Austin music scene lately.....music that is innovative AND true.
-MA
"Shaver" "The Earth Rolls On"
An attempt to do "rock". Not what a long time fan expects from Billy Joe Shaver.
