BillyJoeShaver

Not guilty. That was the verdict handed down Friday (April 9) in the trial of singer/songwriter Billy Joe Shaver. After just a two hour deliberation, the jury acquitted him of any wrongdoing in the case of a shooting outside a Texas bar in 2007...

In a show of support for their friend, both Willie Nelson and actor Robert Duvall attended the Waco, Texas trial of singer/songwriter Billy Joe Shaver on Thursday (March 8). Billy Joe is charged with aggravated assault, accused of shooting Billy Bryant Coker outside Papa Joe's Texas Saloon in Lorena, Texas in 2007...

Texas country music legend Billy Joe Shaver says he's ready to take the stand in his trial on aggravated assault charges stemming from a shooting incident three years ago. According to KWTX in Waco, Texas, Billy Joe will soon get that wish, as jury selection began today (April 6) in the 54th District Court...

Billy Joe Shaver: Sawmill Worker Singer-songwriter Shaver -- who penned John Anderson's 'I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal' and has had songs covered by the likes of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley -- was involved in a sawmill accident in 1960 that severed most of two fingers on his picking hand and severely injured the others...