Billy Joe Shaver discography

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Billy Joe Shaver discography
Studio albums17
Live albums8
Compilation albums9
Music videos6
Singles20

This is a detailed discography for American outlaw country music singer Billy Joe Shaver. His first six albums were credited to him under his full name, but starting with 1993's Tramp On Your Street albums were credited to the band Shaver (composed of Billy Joe and his son Eddy Shaver on guitar). Following Eddy's death in 2000 and the release of The Earth Rolls On in 2001, albums were once again credited only to Billy Joe Shaver. In all, this discography comprises 17 studio albums, 8 live albums and 9 compilation albums, with 20 singles released. Billy Joe has appeared on a variety of record labels over the years.

Studio Albums[edit]

1970s, 1980s and 1990s[edit]

Title Album details Peak positions Notes
US Country
Old Five And Dimers Like Me –
When I Get My Wings –
Gypsy Boy
  • Release date: 1977[1]
  • Label: Capricorn Records
 –
I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal... But I'm Gonna Be A Diamond Someday –
Billy Joe Shaver
  • Release date: July 1982[3]
  • Label: Columbia Records
 –
Salt Of The Earth
  • Release date: 1987[3]
  • Label: Columbia Records
 –
Tramp On Your Street –
  • First album credited just to the band "Shaver."
Highway Of Life
  • Release date: July 1996[3]
  • Label: Justice Records
 –
Victory –
Electric Shaver
  • Release date: May 1999[6]
  • Label: New West Records
 –
Honky Tonk Heroes
  • Release date: 1999[7]
  • Label: Pedernales Records/FreeFalls Entertainment
 –
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s and 2010s[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Notes
US Country US US Heat US Indie US Christ
The Earth Rolls On
  • Release date: April 2001[9]
  • Label: New West Records
 — — — — —
  • Last studio album credited to the band "Shaver."
Freedom's Child — — — — —
  • First album credited solely to Billy Joe Shaver since 1987's Salt Of The Earth.
Billy And The Kid
  • Release date: August 2004
  • Label: Compadre Records
 — — — — —
  • Contains mostly songs composed by Billy Joe's son Eddy that were completed by Billy Joe after Eddy's death.[11]
The Real Deal
  • Release date: September 2005[12]
  • Label: Compadre Records
 — — — — —
  • Contains a re-recorded version of "Live Forever" featuring Big & Rich, for which a music video was also shot.[13]
Everybody's Brother
  • Release date: September 2007[14]
  • Label: Compadre Records
 — — — — 50
Long In The Tooth
  • Release date: August 2014[15]
  • Label: Lightning Rod Records
 19 157 4 23 —
  • Final studio album released during Billy Joe's lifetime.
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live Albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak positions Notes
US Country
Unshaven: Shaver Live At Smith's Olde Bar
  • Release date: June 1995[16]
  • Label: Praxis Entertainment/Zoo Entertainment/BMG Music
 –
Live From Down Under
  • Release date: 2002[17]
  • Label: Sphincter Records
 –
  • A live album featuring both Billy Joe Shaver and Kinky Friedman performing in Australia. Initially released in 2002 and reissued in 2003 as a two disc set.[17] An "abbreviated" single disc version was released in October 2021 by Omnivore Recordings as Live Down Under.[18]
Try And Try Again: Live
  • Release date: 2003[19]
  • Label: Compadre Records
 –
  • Recorded live at the KUT-FM Studios in Austin, TX during summer 2003. Titled as Try And Try Again on the cover, Live: Try And Try Again on the spine, and Try And Try Again: Live on the disc itself.[20]
A Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver: Live
  • Release date: May 2005[21]
  • Label: Compadre Records
 –
  • Contains live performances of Billy Joe Shaver's songs by Billy Joe himself as well as various other artists paying tribute to him for his 65th birthday in August 2004.[21]
Live From Austin, TX
  • Release date: June 2006[22]
  • Label: New West Records
 –
  • Originally recorded and broadcast in 1984 as a part of Austin City Limits. Initially released in a DVD-only iteration in 2006, reissued in a CD/DVD combo pack in 2012.[23]
Storyteller: Live At The Bluebird 1992 –
  • Live acoustic performance featuring Billy Joe and Eddy Shaver that was recorded in January 1992.[24]
Live At Billy Bob's, TX
  • Release date: July 2012[25]
  • Label: Smith Music Group
 –
  • Recorded live at Billy Bob's Texas in September 2011. Contains studio renditions of "Wacko From Waco" and "The Git Go" at the end of the album.[25]
Hurry Up And Wait (Live, Charleston, West Virginia '95)
  • Release date: November 2020[26]
  • Label: Fried Bananas
 –
  • Archival live album recorded by the band "Shaver."[27]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation Albums[edit]

Title Album details Peak positions Notes
US Country
Honky Tonk Heroes –
  • Contains the entirety of the albums When I Get My Wings and Gypsy Boy on one disc, with three non-album singles included at the end.[29]
Restless Wind: The Legendary Billy Joe Shaver 1973–1987 –
  • Contains songs culled from Billy Joe's first six studio albums.
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: January 2007[31]
  • Label: Compadre Records
 –
  • Composed of songs recorded by Billy Joe during his tenure at Compadre Records, which includes many live and studio re-recordings of his most famous songs.[31]
The Complete Columbia Recordings
  • Release date: January 2013[32]
  • Label: Real Gone Music/Columbia Records
 –
  • Contains the entirety of the albums I'm An Old Chunk Of Coal, Billy Joe Shaver and Salt Of The Earth, as well as a non-album single from the Billy Joe Shaver sessions.[32]
When I Get My Wings/Gypsy Boy –
  • Contains the entirety of the albums When I Get My Wings and Gypsy Boy with three tracks from the album I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal at the end.[33]
Shaver's Jewels: The Best Of Shaver
  • Release date: November 2013[34]
  • Label: New West Records
 –
  • Composed of tracks from the five studio albums recorded by the band "Shaver" between 1993 and 2000.[35]
The Essential Billy Joe Shaver
  • Release date: October 2015[36]
  • Label: Columbia/Legacy[37]
 –
The Collection
  • Release date: June 2019[38]
  • Label: Floating World Records
 –
  • Contains the entirety of Billy Joe's albums Old Five And Dimers Like Me, I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal, Billy Joe Shaver and Salt Of The Earth on two discs.[39]
When I Get My Wings/Gypsy Boy
  • Release date: April 2021[40]
  • Label: Classics France
 –
  • Contains the entirety of the albums When I Get My Wings and Gypsy Boy with no extra tracks.
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles[edit]

Year Title Peak chart
positions 		Album
US Country CAN Country
1970 "Chicken on the Ground" — — —
1973 "I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train" 88 — Old Five and Dimers Like Me
"Black Rose" — —
1974 "Lately I Been Leanin' T'ward the Blues" — — —
1976 "America You Are My Woman" — — When I Get My Wings
1977 "You Asked Me To" 80 — Gypsy Boy
1978 "Billy B Damned" — —
1981 "Blue Texas Waltz" — — I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal
(But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)
"Ragged Old Truck" — —
"When the Word Was Thunderbird" — —
1982 "Ride Me Down Easy" — — Billy Joe Shaver
"Amtrak (And Ain't Coming Back)" — —
"One Moving Part" — —
1993 "The Hottest Thing in Town" — — Tramp on Your Street
"Live Forever" — 96
1994 "Georgia on a Fast Train" — —
1996 "Comin' On Strong" — — Highway of Life
2002 "Freedom's Child" — — Freedom's Child
2007 "Get Thee Behind Me Satan" — — Everybody's Brother
2011 "Wacko from Waco" — — Live at Billy Bob's Texas
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos[edit]

Year Video Director
1993 "The Hottest Thing in Town" Steve Mims
"Live Forever"[41] Steve Boyle
1994 "Georgia On a Fast Train"[42] Chris Rogers
1996 "Comin' On Strong"
2002 "Freedom's Child"
2005 "Live Forever"[43] Rick Schroder
2007 "Get Thee Behind Me Satan"[44] The Brads

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