Eddy Shaver

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Wikipedia John Edwin "Eddy" Shaver (June 20, 1962 - December 31, 2000) was an American country-rock guitarist, arranger and songwriter. The son of country artist, Billy Joe Shaver, Eddy learned to play guitar at an early age, tutored by Allman Brothers Band guitarist, Dickey Betts, who gave Eddy his first guitar. As a young man, he accompanied his father as well as country music greats Willie Nelson, Guy Clark, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Dwight Yoakam. Later, Eddy performed with his father in the duo Shaver. Together, they recorded several critically acclaimed albums. Eddy made plans to record his first solo album in 2001, but those plans were quashed when he died on December 31, 2000 of a heroin overdose, at the age of 38. Folk singer Todd Snider wrote the song "Waco Moon" upon hearing about Shaver's death. Above Source: Wikipedia - Eddy Shaver AllMusic - Artist Biography by Erik Hage Eddy Shaver, who died of an overdose on December 31, 2000, at the age of 38, was a rare guitar talent. (He was planning to begin recording his first solo album on January 2, 2001.) Under the moniker Shaver, he and his father, outlaw singer/songwriter legend Billy Joe Shaver, cut a series of albums during the '90s that found usually level-headed (even jaded) critics tossing around the word masterpiece. Shaver has also played on records by Guy Clark, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson, and toured with Dwight Yoakam. Mostly, however, he is remembered for his groundbreaking wor

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Baptism Of Fire

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Blues Story #13 - Le Blues Rock Vol. 2

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Blues Story - Vol. 13

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Blues Story CD13

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Blues Story #13

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Blues Story №13: Le Blues Rock Vol. 2

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Blues Story (Disk 13 - Le Blues Rock Vol 2)

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Blues Story 13 - Le Blues Rock Vol.2

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