Billy Joe Shaver is one of the most influential songwriters in the modern history of country music. His songs have been cut by everyone from Elvis Presley to Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash, and Waylon Jennings' landmark 1973 album 'Honky Tonk Heroes' consists almost entirely of tracks he wrote...
Celebrated singer-songwriter Wade Bowen's 15th annual celebrity golf tournament and concert set a new record this year. The 2013 Wade Bowen Classic raised nearly a quarter of a million dollars to benefit in the rebuilding of the shattered community of West, Texas after the fertilizer company explosion that devastated the town on April 17...
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When you've got a concert event titled "Rebels and Renegades: the Outlaws Are IN," you'd expect such iconic artists as Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver and Kris Kristofferson to take the stage.
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People seem to quibble quite a bit about what constitutes country music, but no matter your definition, it was represented in Nashville Tuesday night (April 16).
Willie Nelson will celebrate the re-opening of his Texas Hill Country 9-hole golf course to the public on June 30, by hosting the 1st Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament at the Pedernales Cut N Putt Golf Club in Briarcliff, Texas. The tournament will benefit four central Texas charities: Pedernales Fire Department, Helping Hands Ministries of Spicewood, the Children's Music Foundation of Austin, and
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Jamey Johnson and Billy Joe Shaver have signed on to perform at this year's Farm Aid benefit concert, which will take place at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park in Kansas City, Mo. on August 13.
The acclaimed singer-songwriters join an already star-studded line-up, including Dave Mathews, Jason Mraz, Jakob Dylan, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Robert Francis, Will Dailey & the R
Singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver is recovering from minor heart surgery, including undergoing a stent procedure on Monday (July 12). The Austin American-Statesman reports that Billy Joe canceled three scheduled July shows due to chest pain, including an appearance at Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic last week...
At 70 years old, legendary singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver has earned a good bit of the 'outlaw' tag placed on him. Even as recently as a couple of months ago, he was acquitted on an aggravated assault charge stemming from a 2007 shooting incident in the parking lot of a Lorena, Texas bar...