Made for Cinemax , airing October 20th in the US.
Season 1. Episode 5.
The story : Billy Joe Shaver , one of the greatest country music songwriters alive today.
The fact that he's still alive is pretty unbelievable considering the life he led.
As a young boy from Corsicana , Texas Billy loved poetry and that inspired him to begin writing.
He also had many county music idols which helped fuel his love for music.
Billy's songs were written all based on his real life experiences but as a child he needed more experiences to write about.
Now just 15 , he hitchhiked his way out of Texas to Mexico.
There he spent some time in jail. When he was released he made his way back to Texas.
On his 17th birthday he enrolled in the US Navy.
Sometime later he started a job working at a lumber mill where he lost 2 fingers and a finger tip in an accident.
Now a guitarist who lost his fingers , he continued on writing and playing.
Wanting to get out to California he couldn't get a ride so he changed sides of the highway he was on and found himself hitchhiking to Nashville.
Working as a song writer there he sold many songs.
Next , in 1972 , Billy made his way to the annual music festival Willie Nelson put on every year.
While jamming his songs Waylon Jennings appeared.
Billy ended up selling many songs to Waylon , so many that Waylon put out a whole album of Billys' songs.
Soon he was back in Texas again playing his music for anyone who would listen.
When he got into a bar fight and shot a man allegedly in self defense he went into hiding.
After a lawyer advised him to turn himself in , Billy found himself on trial for the shooting.
With much support from many greats he had met over the years , a jury was convinced of his innocence and he was set free.
He went on to write 'Wacko from Waco'
Still after all he went through , losing a wife and his only son , as well as his body going through the wringer , Billy continues on.
Stars (voices by) Mike Judge , "Roguie" Ray LaMontagne , Freddy Fletcher , Don "Poobah" Mealer , Billy Joe Shaver , Kinky Friedman , Bobby Bare , Billy Gibbons , Connie Nelson , Dick DeGuerin
Directed by Mike Judge
Rated TVMA
DOCUMENTARY/ANIMATION/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/COMEDY/SERIES
"Ma'am , I'm from Texas. I ain't no chicken shit."
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