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Yes, it seems like every few weeks or so, tribute albums to legendary country musicians are released.

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On November 11th, Live Forever: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver, featuring Willie Nelson, Ryan Bingham, Rodney Crowell, Miranda Lambert, Steve Earle, Allison Russell,

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The song that most people were most looking forward to, "Willy The Wandering Gypsy" by Billy Joe Shaver, has already been released.

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The career of Billy Joe Shaver actually hinged on this song.

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 Billy Joe Shaver was playing "Willy The Wandering Gypsy" backstage before Willie Nelson's epic Dripping Springs Reunion in 1972, 

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Yes, it seems like every few weeks or so, tribute albums to legendary country musicians are released. often known as the Hillbilly Woodstock, when Waylon Jennings caught a whiff of it.

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 Billy Joe Shaver was then asked by Jennings to Nashville to assist in writing songs for his upcoming album.

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When Shaver landed in Nashville, Waylon spent the following six months evading ol' Shaver

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