Five years ago today, one of the most important and underappreciated songwriters of the Outlaw Country movement died.

WACO, Texas -- Billy Joe Shaver, an outlaw country music firebrand known for a string of hits and a career that spanned decades, has died after suffering a stroke, according to Rolling Stone. Shaver's ...

When you see musicians on 60 Minutes, by and large, they tend to be of the variety described as legendary–you know, Miles Davis, Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, Bono, Madonna. Believe it or not, when Texas ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Country music legend Billy Joe Shaver had grown tired of family members taking advantage of him and changed his will in 2008 to entrust his music legacy to his longtime friend, ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - UPDATE: A McLennan County jury has declared that Fred Fletcher, an Austin music producer and longtime friend of Billy Joe Shaver, is entitled to the estate of Country music singer ...

In 1973, Jerry Jeff Walker introduced the cosmic cowboy sound of Austin, Texas, to the wider world with his breakthrough album “Viva Terlingua!” and its songs “Desperados Waiting for a Train,” ...