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

WACO, Texas (KWTX) – The estate of the late and legendary Billy Joe Shaver now belongs to the local nonprofit Friends for Life. Shaver, born in Corsicana and known for spending most of his life in ...

Today, Billy Joe Shaver is hailed as a hero of the Outlaw Country movement by those in the know. Johnny Cash once called Shaver his favorite songwriter. Willie Nelson named him the “greatest living ...

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, ...