Billy Joe Shaver - Victory

Artist:

Shaver, Billy Joe

UPC:

607396600328

See Also:

Presley, Elvis Coe, David Allan

Description:

Personnel includes: Billy Joe Shaver (vocals, guitar); Eddie Shaver (guitar, dobro).
Personnel: Billy Joe Shaver (vocals, guitar); Eddy Shaver (guitar, dobro).
Audio Mixers: Donnell Cameron; Cameron Strang.
Recording information: Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, CA (02/20/1998-02/26/1998).
Shaver is Billy Joe Shaver and his son Eddy, presenting the songs of Billy Joe Shaver in a stripped-down, acoustic context, in sharp contrast to the rowdy barroom raunch of VICTORY`s predecessor, UNSHAVEN. Shaver`s peers as a songwriter and singer include Guy Clark, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. His voice has a lot of Hank Williams, Sr. and some of Woody Guthrie, and his tunes hark back to the origins of country music, with traces of rural blues.
VICTORY includes Shaver classics, essayed with a stirring combination of weariness and wisdom ("Old Five and Dimers," "When Fallen Angels Fly"), as well as classics-to-be. The newer songs ("Son of Calvary," "You Can`t Beat Jesus Christ") are filled with Christian imagery, but he doesn`t preach--these are songs of a man struggling to reconcile his faith with the wild life he`s led. VICTORY is a fine listen, both comforting and harrowing.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Son of Calvary
2. You Can`t Beat Jesus Christ
3. Cowboy Who Started the Fight, The
4. Live Forever
5. I`m in Love
6. If I Give My Soul
7. When the Fallen Angels Fly
8. Christian Soldier
9. My Mother`s Name Is Victory
10. Old Five and Dimers Like Me
11. Presents from the Past
12. Bow and the Arrow, The

Album Information

Release Date:

07/14/1998

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Country Rock

Label:

New West

Producer:

Donnell Cameron; Eddy Shaver; Cameron Strang

Catalog Number:

6003

Original Release Year:

1998

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

37 : 9

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