tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post2092528769702826235..comments2023-12-27T04:11:52.386-08:00Comments on Doc 40: COUNTRY MUSIC SOAP OPERAUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-15551331076696784422010-04-11T11:48:57.682-07:002010-04-11T11:48:57.682-07:00Hell. I rember that Jimmy rabbitt, the D.J., turne...Hell. I rember that Jimmy rabbitt, the D.J., turned me onto Billy Joe Shaver, back in the early '70's. When Waylon Jenning's new album, "Honky Tonk Heroes" came out, I got it & recall seeing Billy Joe's face laughing. Who WAS this guy? I found out, when I noticed that Billy Joe wrote 9 of the 10 songs on that landmark L.P. And, I found out today, again, who he is. HeTimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09572040880471629009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-32465938041130961612010-04-11T05:19:02.635-07:002010-04-11T05:19:02.635-07:00Shaver is a great guy who somehow managed to stay ...Shaver is a great guy who somehow managed to stay just outside the big brass ring over the years, in spite of being a talent in the class of Cash, etc. His son Eddy took over Pete Anderson's chair as lead guitar for Dwight Yoakam, which only hints at how dynamic a musician he was before he od'd, at about the same time Shaver's wife and mother died. A really tough couple of years forhcbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06033241135488804071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-62828919781054595812010-04-11T02:46:51.480-07:002010-04-11T02:46:51.480-07:00i should have just stayed awake.http://www.youtube...i should have just stayed awake.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP67H4qfe5wstunoreply@blogger.com