Billy Joe Shaver has been played on NTS in shows including Country Hayride, featured first on 31 July 2016. Songs played include You Asked Me To, You Asked Me To and Live Forever.

Billy Joe Shaver (born in Corsicana, TX, on 16 August 1939; died 28 October 2020) was an American Texas country music singer and songwriter. Shaver's 1973 album 'Old Five and Dimers Like Me' is a classic in the outlaw country genre.

Shaver was raised by his mother, Victory Watson Shaver, his father Virgil having left the family before Shaver was born. Until he was 12, he spent a great deal of time with…