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Shaver (Billy Joe Shaver): Live at Smith’s Old Bar

 

Genre: Country

 

Not only is this one of hottest, most rock and rolling honky-tonk live recordings ever made (thanks to ill-fated son Eddy Shaver’s bluesy guitar), it’s the best place to experience the genius of Billy Joe Shaver’s songwriting, familiar to most through recordings of bigger stars like Waylon Jennings. Moviegoers might want to know that, if there’s a real Bad Blake (the character played by Jeff Bridges in the film Crazy Heart), it’s Billy Joe—in fact, his songs are on the film’s soundtrack.

Dates: 1995

 

Playlist:
1. Hottest Thing in Town, The

2. Good News Blues

3. Georgia on a Fast Train

4. Honky Tonk Heroes

5. Honey Bee

6. Ride Me Down Easy

7. Love You 'Til the Cows Come Home

8. Live Forever

9. Black Rose

10. Old Chunk of Coal

11. Sweet Mama

12. You Asked Me To