Remembering Country Songwriter Billy Joe Shaver
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English - October 30, 2020 20:30 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MB - ★★★★ - 32.7K ratingsBooks Arts TV & Film comedy news movies politics interview entrepreneurship culture business health interviews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We remember the songwriter that Johnny Cash described as his favorite writer: Billy Joe Shaver. His songs have been performed by Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley. Shaver first became known as the songwriter for the country music outlaws of the '70s. He died this week at the age of 81. We'll listen back to two of his interviews with Terry Gross.
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