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Billy Joe Shaver, country's original 'outlaw' writer, puts hard-lived life into songs - cleveland.com
Legends dropping like flies. Billy Joe Shaver died this morning of a stroke. He was my favorite. I met him many times and we opened for him… | Instagram
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