Perhaps the single most underrated country song of all time! BJS simply kicks the crap out of it period. (All pics taken from Google Images...right on)
thanks for posting this! i saw billy joe live in the late 90's and during the break i shook hands with him and asked if he would play this song. he looked me straight in the eye and said, "naw, my drummer don't know it." god bless billy joe shaver.
I'd really like to thank all those who have taken time to comment, most of which very much in the positive. I put this vid together when recovering from a surgery and thus, had the time. Gonna have to try and put another one together I suppose! Just so damn good to know how many Shaver fans are out there. He won't be with us forever, so need to appreciate him even more now!
Thank you Norm Macdonald for showing me Billy Joe Shaver. Don't know how he flew under my radar, but I'm sure glad I found him. Better late than never.
Billy Joe Shaver is the King of Texas Country & a brother outlaw at the cross. God Bless him and all y'all for spreadin' the word. He's a man Ive always admired, even when we were gettin' wasted over on the west end here in NashVegas back in the 70's. The last time I saw him was a couple years back with my other bro, Earl Clark at the Fiddle & Steel here in Printers Alley. He let go of the two young beauties hanging on him and gave me that smile & a Billy Joe bear hug.
He was an outlaw before Willie and Waylon ever heard the name, I was listening to him and my friend's were like, who's that, I cried the day he died, it really hit me hard,RIP my brother
Billy Joe has been one of the favourites in my music collection, going to be missed but not forgotten, music from the legends of country and rock are fading out. RIP BJS
Billy Joe gave a tape to see if I wanted to record anything on it. This song was on it. Of course I wanted to record them all but didn't have the money. I'm grateful I got to meet and talk with this legend on numerous occasions. And just as grateful I got to watch Eddy play up close and personal. RIP Eddy.
ole Billy Joe sure tells like it is he is the real deal these new (so called )country stars need to get educated on what real country music is not that crap they play now!!!!!
RIP, Mr Shaver. Had me a ragged old truck, well sorta. '72 Chev c 10 step side. 350 q jet three speed Bought in '85. Neighbor called it "Old Faithful'. Donated in '12 or so. Paving project,,,,60 series tires were rotted but it still ran. Good cause for the donation (Breast Cancer Survivors, in my late Mother In Law 's name). I miss it and her all the time oh, story, turning 40 and not happy. Take the truck to my old school with my 10 speed, Wheelies across 3 basketball courts onto the grass, like i did as a kid. Wanted to see if the SF Guitar Center was open,,,,stoplight derby with a Mustang from then. Chev jumped ! Glad it did. Got me out of trouble when some gal lost her ear ring backing and gave me a hug when i found it. Boy friend was running sound. Johnny Winter ",,,i can tell he's a quick tempered jealous man". He left. called her,,,,she said i should leave. I did, passed him and his Harley on HWY 1. Good Night ;)
My true cowboy Hero!!!! I got to hang with him one night at FloaBama he told me the best thing you can do is give the world a song! Long Live BJS! MyDaMnWoRd 😎 🔫
NOW,IT DON'T GET NO MORE COUNTRIER THAN BILLY JOE SHAVER! Thanks For Posting! I Agree With Everyone This Is What Kind Of Country Music Should Be On Radio Because This Is"Real Country".
I'm not embarrassed to say that my favorite comedian #normmacdonald introduced me to your beautiful music Mr. Shaver. I have all the faith you both are in the lords kingdom. RIP fellas.. This isn't the world yall wanted to live in and I suppose it was time to move on. GODSPEED
Kinda funny Billy Joe said he wanted Waylon to sing his songs because Waylon was a better singer.Nothin against Waylon but i would much rather hear Billy Joe.Theres an honesty he has that just can't be beat
To hear this in person is a experiance that you will nevor forget.......I am a real friend and fan of Billy Joe Shaver,, From Dixie in Miss where the Rebels Are '''''''''''''Honeybaby and George
billy joe is one of the last links to the ole country you listen to with your daddy drivin down the ol road an your daddy was sippin on a cold one, damn i wish i could go back , but the only bad part back then i couldnt have a cold one LOL !
Thank you for making this, FrontRowSeatNow. Although it made my tears roll down it also made me so glad to be a Texan and to have gotten to see him so many times. I love his music and downhome lyrics, and the man himself. 2020 has been such a difficult year. We have lost so many amazing musicians and it just breaks my heart. But his music will live on forever.
He tells the story about this song and how he wrote it at the time he was living south of Nashville in a little community called College Grove he was my next door neighbor I'm significantly younger than him(40) but I remember him very well ..Billy Joe Shaver was an incredible person salt of the earth he's a legend.. one of the greatest country music singer-songwriters of all time he will be greatly missed every time I listen to ragged old truck it brings a smile to my face... As well as the rest of his music... Rest in peace Brother Billy
Thanks for the excellent post- ever since XM America was killed off by stupid sirius, I can't get great songs like this anymore! Please keep them coming, and keep the GREAT country music alive!! GySgt Dan Jones Ubaydi Iraq
that's so very cool, my friend...thanks for the post. i'm jealous being stuck here in massachusetts and not able to see billy joe live. take care and thanks again
RIP Billy Joe Shaver. Thanks for the music that you left behind.
Your music is a friend of mine. Go home, brother in Christ. Rest in glory.
🙏🏽
Very well said Brother !!
Amen
thanks for posting this!
i saw billy joe live in the late 90's and during the break i shook hands with him and asked if he would play this song.
he looked me straight in the eye and said, "naw, my drummer don't know it."
god bless billy joe shaver.
Back when country songs were actually about something other than dirt roads, trucks, cheap beer and bonfires.
+scockery Probably because he wrote it.
in case you couldn't read truck is in the title
in case you couldn't read truck is in the title
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Mamataco Paco Technically this song isn't really about a truck.
Rest in peace, outlaw.
Your voice may be silenced but the memories live on. Thanks for the memories. R.I.P.
Happy trails Billy Joe.
Sure would like to seen him again. We were in the Navy together in the late 50's
Marshall Swanson dude that's awesome!!!!
Marshall Swanson me to
You can find where hes playing at, I think California mostly but I'm sure he travels around
Mostly plays in Waco Tx. Ive seen him in Dallas a handful of times.
r.i.p.
This here, folks, is real country music.
Billy Joe Shaver ranks right up there with the immortal Ernest Tub and Hank Williams.
thats the truth!!!!!!!!
And if Hank lived to be in his 50s he would've been singing Billy Joe's songs
I'd really like to thank all those who have taken time to comment, most of which very much in the positive. I put this vid together when recovering from a surgery and thus, had the time. Gonna have to try and put another one together I suppose! Just so damn good to know how many Shaver fans are out there. He won't be with us forever, so need to appreciate him even more now!
Thank you Norm Macdonald for showing me Billy Joe Shaver. Don't know how he flew under my radar, but I'm sure glad I found him. Better late than never.
The best and king of outlaw country music, rest in peace Billy Joe❤
The perfect country music song.
Better than any new country song to come out in more than a decade
RIP Billy Joe Shaver, love ya Billy, keeping ya in my prayers
Pure damn good music no matter what genre.
Billy Joe Shaver is the King of Texas Country & a brother outlaw at the cross. God Bless him and all y'all for spreadin' the word. He's a man Ive always admired, even when we were gettin' wasted over on the west end here in NashVegas back in the 70's. The last time I saw him was a couple years back with my other bro, Earl Clark at the Fiddle & Steel here in Printers Alley. He let go of the two young beauties hanging on him and gave me that smile & a Billy Joe bear hug.
I think this just may be my favorite country song of all time!
It is old school country bar music and there ain't nothin better
Thomas Floyd true
He was an outlaw before Willie and Waylon ever heard the name, I was listening to him and my friend's were like, who's that, I cried the day he died, it really hit me hard,RIP my brother
Billy Joe has been one of the favourites in my music collection, going to be missed but not forgotten, music from the legends of country and rock are fading out. RIP BJS
Im going to crank this ragged old truck when my brother comes here from out west ...then we in to town playing this song
The man WAS Outlaw. R.I.P. BJS Aug 16, 1939 - Oct 28, 2020 Your music will indeed, Live Forever.
Love him and always will! Keepin ol Billy in my prayers, hearing of his passing almost broke me
Amen 🙏
LOVE THIS! RIP Billy Joe!
There won't ever be another quite like Billy Joe. And, that is just damn heart breaking. When the best gets made, there is always only one.
Billy Joe gave a tape to see if I wanted to record anything on it. This song was on it. Of course I wanted to record them all but didn't have the money. I'm grateful I got to meet and talk with this legend on numerous occasions. And just as grateful I got to watch Eddy play up close and personal. RIP Eddy.
ole Billy Joe sure tells like it is he is the real deal these new (so called )country stars need to get educated on what real country music is not that crap they play now!!!!!
RIP, Mr Shaver.
Had me a ragged old truck, well sorta.
'72 Chev c 10 step side. 350 q jet three speed
Bought in '85. Neighbor called it "Old Faithful'.
Donated in '12 or so. Paving project,,,,60 series tires were rotted but it still
ran. Good cause for the donation (Breast Cancer Survivors, in my late Mother In Law 's name).
I miss it and her all the time
oh, story, turning 40 and not happy.
Take the truck to my old school with my 10 speed, Wheelies across 3 basketball courts onto the grass, like i did as a kid.
Wanted to see if the SF Guitar Center was open,,,,stoplight derby with a Mustang from then. Chev jumped ! Glad it did.
Got me out of trouble when some gal lost her ear ring backing and gave me a hug when i found it. Boy friend was running sound.
Johnny Winter ",,,i can tell he's a quick tempered jealous man".
He left. called her,,,,she said i should leave. I did, passed him and his Harley on HWY 1. Good Night ;)
Real country. Reminds me of some of the lesser known hits from good ole DAC
Hell yes-Billy Jo Shaver is the $hit
megamanmtv TheBestThereIs
megamanmtv no Y Are Shit!!!!
i meet billy in nashville a few times great guy, i will miss him
BJS - RIP Old Friend.
You'll never be forgotten...
A fantastic song. Billy Joe hits it out of the ballpark more often than most but this one is just perfect.
Love this song!
My true cowboy Hero!!!! I got to hang with him one night at FloaBama he told me the best thing you can do is give the world a song! Long Live BJS!
MyDaMnWoRd 😎 🔫
My grandfather listened to his music. I remember hearing this when I was very young.
One of the best singer-songwriters ever. If not the best! Great song.
I saw Billy Joe at Eddies Attic the other night, he was awesome. His opening act, Ken Will Morton, was incredible too. Great show!
NOW,IT DON'T GET NO MORE COUNTRIER THAN BILLY JOE SHAVER! Thanks For Posting! I Agree With Everyone This Is What Kind Of Country Music Should Be On Radio Because This Is"Real Country".
Not only the most underrated country song, but the most underrated country singer.
Who else still drinking cold beer on a Friday listen to shaver,had more then a beer or two with him.he never forgot where he come from.
Rip billie joe love this song
i know how billy feels,, he says it best!
Go easy friend, rip billy joe
That motorcycle pic is hilarious
I'm not embarrassed to say that my favorite comedian #normmacdonald introduced me to your beautiful music Mr. Shaver. I have all the faith you both are in the lords kingdom. RIP fellas.. This isn't the world yall wanted to live in and I suppose it was time to move on. GODSPEED
One of those songs I have no problem drinking a beer or🍻
im still partial to the Johnny Paycheck version, maybe cause i heard it first - but i love Billy Joe, he's one of country's greatest writers.
Gotta love these ol songs
Kinda funny Billy Joe said he wanted Waylon to sing his songs because Waylon was a better singer.Nothin against Waylon but i would much rather hear Billy Joe.Theres an honesty he has that just can't be beat
damn this is the real deal country music here & Billy Joe Shaver is just the plain real deal no doubt
🙏🏽Billy Joe❤️
So raw, runner up to all time drinking song second only to David Allen Coe; you never even called me by my name.
RIP
A TRUE GENUIS POETRY POETRY
Tell it Billy Joe
Tina Sanchez He Ii TheBest. Best !!!!!!
To hear this in person is a experiance that you will nevor forget.......I am a real friend and fan of Billy Joe Shaver,, From Dixie in Miss where the Rebels Are '''''''''''''Honeybaby and George
Ron? You were a dick to my mama.
Back when America still had balls!
billy joe is one of the last links to the ole country you listen to with your daddy drivin down the ol road an your daddy was sippin on a cold one, damn i wish i could go back , but the only bad part back then i couldnt have a cold one LOL !
Thank you for making this, FrontRowSeatNow. Although it made my tears roll down it also made me so glad to be a Texan and to have gotten to see him so many times. I love his music and downhome lyrics, and the man himself. 2020 has been such a difficult year. We have lost so many amazing musicians and it just breaks my heart. But his music will live on forever.
I have been in love with Billy Joe shaver since
He tells the story about this song and how he wrote it at the time he was living south of Nashville in a little community called College Grove he was my next door neighbor I'm significantly younger than him(40) but I remember him very well ..Billy Joe Shaver was an incredible person salt of the earth he's a legend.. one of the greatest country music singer-songwriters of all time he will be greatly missed every time I listen to ragged old truck it brings a smile to my face... As well as the rest of his music... Rest in peace Brother Billy
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he's the man
Now that's a real country song. I don't like much of the new country music.
justforever96 ii
Rest easy Billy
He is great
Thanks for the excellent post- ever since XM America was killed off by stupid sirius, I can't get great songs like this anymore! Please keep them coming, and keep the GREAT country music alive!!
GySgt Dan Jones
Ubaydi Iraq
Now this is county and western music!!!
This is my life in a single song...just me and my ragged old truck. I’m thinkin bout crankin’er up and haulin’ my ass on in to town.
Absolutely! I'm up here in Mass. and planning a trip to Texas to see the legend....can't wait. Glad you enjoyed.
Old trucks beat the shit out of new trucks any day.
That's why I drive a 98 chevy CK...
saw him at antones and shook his hand out front....i'm on cloud nine,,,thank you
One of his best!!
that's so very cool, my friend...thanks for the post. i'm jealous being stuck here in massachusetts and not able to see billy joe live.
take care and thanks again
RIP Norm!
This song plays through my head everytime I wake up from a bender
Thanks that made me miss my 1953 Willy's pickum up truck. :)
This man is.an allways has been.The Real Deal !!!
verdammt guter Musiker :) schade das es solche Sänger kaum in Deutschland gibt...
BJS is the real deal, no commercial country crap here!
Country music is the original "Emo", but they actually had real problems to write about lol
my poor excuse of a life in a nutshell
one of the greatest songs ever
Thanks Billy Joe you know my feelings better than any one (Ragged old Truck)
The welcome mat is ragged too. I dare you!
Had'nt heard this one before, it's awesome. Thanks for posting and respect from England.
"I'm listening to Billy Joe Shaver and I', readin' James Joyce...Some people tell me I got the blood of the lad in my voice."-Bob Dylan
Thank You!
He finally turned into that diamond! :)
All right then, Billy Joe.
42 hard living catches up
Shear music to my heart
F•¢√ I can't get this off repeat 🤠
A CLASSIC--Good Job all the way around--wm
thanks kosbok i havent heard this in ages i love this song thanks so much for the video
GOTTA LOVE YA BILLY JOE SHAVER...JUST GOTTA LOVE YA!
tHANKS . . . I think...
Yeehaw!
Tom T Hall :"would you believe Billy Joe Shaver and me?..."
Amen Brother.