SHAVER, BILLY JOE
(*1939)
SHAVER, BILLY JOE (b. Corsicana, Tex., August 16, 1939) The outlaw's OUTLAW, Shaver is best known for writing all of the songs for WAYLON JENNINGS's first great LP, 1973's Honky-Tonk Heroes . His ballads celebrating hard-as-nails characters, along with his impeccable Texas heritage, have made Shaver one of the unsung heroes of roots-country music. Shaver's career has been checkered at best. His parents split up before he was born, so he was raised by his grandmother. He left school after the…