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| Honky Tonk Hero | 
 enlarge | Author: Billy Joe Shaver
Creator: Brad Reagan
Brand: FutureDial Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 389095
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 207
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9
MPN: 170-0781
Model: 17-0781
ISBN: 0292706138
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.421642092
EAN: 9780292706132
ASIN: 0292706138
Publication Date: March 1, 2005
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 great bio straight to the point June 18, 2008
Billy Joe Shaver rocks. The bio is very informative and personal. Wish it was a bit longer. However it does include lyrics to all the songs. Great read!
Old Chunk of Coal April 30, 2007
People must read this book! I must say I did not know much about Billy Joe before reading this but it is clear that this man can teach everyone the true lessons of life. Billy Joe is someone who has truly lived a life and shares it with people in his poems about it:
"When you get down to it country music is essentially the blues, and my whole life the blues have never left me. I've lost parts of 3 fingers, broke my back, suffered a heart attack and a quadruple bypass, had a steel plate put in my neck and 136 stitches in my head, fought drugs and booze, spent the money I had, and burried my wife, son, and mother in the span of 1 year.
"But I'm not here to complain or ask for pity. Life is hard for everybody, just in different ways. I'm not proud of my misfortune--I'm proud of my survival. For years my family kept a kept a bundle of life insurance on me because they were sure I would be the first to go. But as I write this, at 64 years of age, I'm still here and they are all gone." (p.viii)
The actual story is short, but it is very weighty at the same time. You will ponder and grin at every word while he tells his life's story. And after that you will listen to every word of his poems (lyrics) as a glimpse into this mans soul.
There is no need to complain about the brevity of Billy Joe's life story (75 pages). As I said It is very heavy and will surely put you into a different place in time, through the eyes of a man who has lived through it all and is alive still to tell about it; into the soul of a life that only a handful know and countless dream about.
Straight forward and honest, just like the man November 3, 2006
I have been a fan of Billy Joe's for over thirty years and enjoyed getting to know the background of a unique songwriter and fellow Texan. Although short, this was an entertaining read. A bonus for songwriters like myself, is the section with the lyrics for all of Billy Joe's best known songs. A neat side note- I got my book autographed after a recent concert in Tyler, Texas. Long live Billy Joe Shaver and Texas Music.
IT WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE July 11, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book was like Billy Joe's music; honest and to the point. It was great reading about his relationships with Waylon and other country stars. The lyrics to all his songs was a wonderful bonus. I only wished there was more.
 Not much to the book April 15, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
The book description says 207 pages, but only the first 72 pages are the actual book. The rest of the pages are just lyrics. As one reviewer said "you can read this in one sitting". True, but for $12.97 I guess you can't really complain.
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