A true country outlaw who spent his youth hanging with Willie and Waylon, Billie Joe Shaver is a classic American singer and songwriter. And at 73, the guy still has it. During a two-hour show at the Beachland Ballroom, he regaled the crowd with off-color stories about his troubled past as he pulled from his extensive catalogue of ballads, country rockers, and honky tonk anthems.
This article appears in Sep 5-11, 2012.
