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Honky Tonk Hero, Shaver, Billy Joe, Signed 1st Addition
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780292706132
- Book Title
- Honky Tonk Hero
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Composers & Musicians
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 17 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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Willie Nelson says "Billy Joe Shaver may be the best songwriter alive today," and legions of fans agree that Billy Joe is the real deal. Many describe his songs as pure poetry. Shaver sings about a life that's been full of hard times, wild living, and a forty-year-long passion for his late wife Brenda. His songs are raw, honest, and so true that people hear the story of their own lives in his music. No wonder, then, that his songs have also been recorded by artists such as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, George Jones, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Patty Loveless, John Anderson, Tom T. Hall, the Allman Brothers, the Oak Ridge Boys, and Tex Ritter. In this compelling autobiography written with the assistance of Brad Reagan, Billy Joe Shaver looks back over a life that some might call a miracle of survival. His father abandoned the family before Billy Joe was born. Troubles in school and in the military turned him into a fighter, and a sawmill accident claimed two fingers and part of a third on his right hand. Yet his innate musical talent and the encouragement of an English teacher set him on the road to being a songwriter--and he never looked back. Shaver recounts his long struggle to break into the music business in Nashville and the success that came when Waylon Jennings recorded his songs on the 1973 album Honky Tonk Heroes, which became a landmark of outlaw country music. Shaver movingly describes his own thirty-year, up-and-down career as a singer-songwriter in Nashville and Texas, his bouts with alcohol and drugs, his pleasure in touring with his son Eddy and their band Shaver during the 1990s, and the pain of losing Eddy, Brenda, and Billy Joe's mother all within the year 1999-2000. As full of life, heartbreak, and drama as any of Billy Joe Shaver's songs, Honky Tonk Hero is the story of a man who not only walked on the wild side and lived to tell about it, but also got it all down in songs that many people consider to be some of the finest country music ever written.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292706138
ISBN-13
9780292706132
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43116046
Product Key Features
Book Title
Honky Tonk Hero
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Composers & Musicians
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Additional Product Features
As Told to
Reagan, Brad
Lc Classification Number
Ml420.S534a3 2005
Reviews
"He's as real a writer as Hemingway. He's timeless." Kris Kristofferson, quoted in the Dallas Morning News
Table of Content
Introduction Chapter One: Jesus Was Our Savior and Cotton Was Our King Chapter Two: Ain't No God in Mexico Chapter Three: Fit to Kill and Going Out in Style Chapter Four: Honky Tonk Heroes Chapter Five: Black Rose: The Devil Made Me Do It the First Time (The Second Time I Done It on My Own) Chapter Six: Old Chunk of Coal Chapter Seven: The First and Last Time Chapter Eight: Star in My Heart Chapter Nine: Try and Try Again Appendix: Complete Lyrics to the Recorded Songs of Billy Joe Shaver Discography
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2004-019569
Dewey Decimal
782.421642/092 B
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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