Shaver Discography of CDs

Shaver discography Billy Joe Artist's first album after a six-year recording absence, 1993's TRAMP ON YOUR STREET is a rollicking return to form that finds the revered country singer/songwriter playing to his strengths, thanks in large part to the formidable guitar work of his son, Eddy. Artist revisits his own classics, such as the raucous "Georgia on a Fast Train" and the redemptive "Old...

Shaver songs The title says it all. After several years of acoustic-based country, Billy Joe Artist and his son Eddy have decided to up the ampage and deliver Electric Artist. Theoretically, this is a good concept, but too much of the record sounds forced, as if blues-rock licks were grafted onto outlaw honky tonk backing tracks. Such grandstanding tends to obscure the songs, but...

Shaver CD discography Artist is Billy Joe Artist and his son Eddy, presenting the songs of Billy Joe Artist in a stripped-down, acoustic context, in sharp contrast to the rowdy barroom raunch of VICTORY's predecessor, UNSHAVEN. Artist's peers as a songwriter and singer include Guy Clark, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. His voice has a lot of Hank Williams, Sr. and some of Woody Guthrie,...

Shaver albums Billy Joe Artist's first album after a six-year recording absence, 1993's TRAMP ON YOUR STREET is a rollicking return to form that finds the revered country singer/songwriter playing to his strengths, thanks in large part to the formidable guitar work of his son, Eddy. Artist revisits his own classics, such as the raucous "Georgia on a Fast Train" and the redemptive "Old...

Shaver music CDs The title says it all. After several years of acoustic-based country, Billy Joe Artist and his son Eddy have decided to up the ampage and deliver Electric Artist. Theoretically, this is a good concept, but too much of the record sounds forced, as if blues-rock licks were grafted onto outlaw honky tonk backing tracks. Such grandstanding tends to obscure the songs, but...

Shaver discography HIGHWAY OF LIFE contains an extra track, "Muther Trucker," which can be accessed by inserting the CD and pressing and holding rewind (may not work on all players). Principally recorded at Arlyn Studio, Austin, Texas on May 3-10, 1996. Includes liner notes by Randall Jamail. This first disc on the prominent Texas label Justice Records is a thoughtful, more sensitive acoustic version of Billy ...

Shaver songs Track Listing of songs: Love Is So Sweet;

Shaver CD discography In the photos that accompany The Earth Rolls On, veteran country-rocker Billy Joe Artist looks as if he's lived through some hard times, and indeed he has: His son Eddy, a key member of his band Artist and the lead guitarist on this album, died suddenly on December 31, 2000. The year before, Bill Joe's lifelong love, Brenda, died after a lengthy illness. Artist had divorced her twice over the years -- and married her three times. Experiences like these are reflected throughout this album, which is perhaps the most powerful of Artist's career. "Hearts a Bustin'" is about Brenda, and so is the moving title cut ("The earth rolls on/Even though you're gone/The earth rolls on, and on, and...