Billy Joe Shaver "You Ought to be with Me When I'm Alone"

[nobskinoff]

a musicians musician for sure, Billy joe... thanks for the song!

[waterboy0864]

going, to do my service, in Norvigian army,and sitting on a train,one song ringing in my head,,:aint no reasin you treat me this way;i had my jim.b.and only heard that song, once with willie;god bless that soul of real country,,we live forever,,:))

[karennorwegian]

Not to worry, there's always going to be a lot of real country music going on in Texas.

[mollieluna]

Hey, there were 'real women' singers back in the day. Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Kitty Wells. It's not 'feminization', it's the face that people like Taylor Swift has no idea what the heck she's singing about. And Willie Nelson hasn't written for her (like he wrote Patsy's 'Crazy'.)

[freetickeys]

He's just a friggin' livin' legend, that's all. If you wanna see guys like him and John Prine...your and their time is running out. But your tickets. Make your pilgrimage.

[longjonwhite]

When asked what real country music was, Harlan Howard replied, "Country music isn't nothing but three chords and the truth."

Gibson made him a J-200 that only had 3 frets on it in the cowboy position!

Johnny Isaacs

[ksr9t]

A big Amen RJiminez Like Waylon used to sing Billy Joe Shaver Willie and me

[96Zeb]

True country

[Zyworski]

Good music is full of technical excellence, or it just tells a good story. I can't believe that I am hearing such good music coming out of 3 chords. I have never heard of Billy Joe Shaver before, but I can instantly tell that he is something special.

[r00s7a]

1 person has no sack

[WMA31780]

it's okay that i want to cry, right?  just one tear-- that's not gonna make me queer izzit? (i'm not sayin queer is bad it just rhymed)

[toniapat]

He is the best.

[SUPERBWON]

True as it gets! Nashville shit on all the greats. All the old "real country singers" are dying off and no one will ever hear what wonderful music they have to offer..FUCK NASHVILLE..Thats why Opryland USA closed down. Nashville screwed all the Bluegrass artists then the true country artists,now they are stuck with only a few that can sing. Replaced steel guitars with lead guitars. Real country music died when Nashville fucked over Johnny Cash,Paycheck,Jennings,Coe,Nel­son,Dolly Parton etc....

[justfukoff88]

@SUPERBWON Fuckin A brother.

[curbshoppin]

Billy and Willie and just a few others are left of the real country outlaw singer songwriters...love real music....

[ccr11020]

aint real country it is real life. Don't put a genre on goodness

[grenarc]

very nice..iam brazilian and i have a punk rock band..but country is my influence too...Shaver rocks..ooops coutrys haha

[MrRandysongs55]

Live Forever Billy Joe... Jesus Bless ya for all you have given to whats left of Country Music.. thanks for this video CorporateCountrySucks because it does SUCK just like the Leaches that they are..

[hiho59ish]

Billy Joe.......LEGEND............

[ojaioan]

Best tune ever strummed by 3 fingers on a 6! GOOD AND SPEEDY HEALIN' TO YA BILLY JOE...WooooooHoo!

[dmreeoogdaq]

Shaver is an absolute master poet/lyricist and should damn well be in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Only a few like Haggard and Willie rival him as songwriters.

[Houston8888]

Does anyone know what the guitar in the video is?  Model name and/or number?

[CookieNinja021]

Wait this ain't Billie Joe Armstrong....... Sorry wrong video

[jpcountrymusic1]

Real country music!!

[goestoeleven2001]

Great song and incredible man behind it. To somewhat echo someone else's comments on here, there's not many songwriters who can write real country music without artifice or trying to appeal to the masses.

[scumgod13]

Hell Yea! This is REAL Country.

[dled11]

This is the real deal ...The Redneck Minute loves Billy Joe Shaver

[KarenEng]

Now, that is country! Classic is always the best! Beautiful song and singing! ;)

[hardy319]

his music and lyrics are like ac/dc, it makes me want to sit,listen and drink some cold ones.

[canyondogh]

After being a long time fan . . I got to see him live for the first time at the HSBG Festival in SF last October. The Real Deal.

Tore the place up . . gyratin' all over the place like a spring chicken . . Glad to see young people exposed to this guy and his music.

[MrXSpeaks]

90% of the time I say I hate country. When I hear something like this I love country.

[szyroki]

Nobody plays like that anymore. It's the most genuine and true country I've ever heard.

[RJiminez51]

this IS country. real men or should i say real cowboys do not listen to taylor swift. its the feminesation of country music thats

[tnscruber]

Billy Joe just played in Chattanooga and it was really more of a meet &greet jam session....fan...tastic

[stina20a]

Something so sad about this. I have a few tears in my eyes. Just discovering him today.

[beaverwithachainsaw]

Is there ANY body left out there, like Billy Joe?

[peternincumpoop]

"I'm wringing my hands by an unringing phone..." FTW

[SouthsideGar42]

Outstanding!

[deevadog]

music that aint sang anymore. especially loved the part bout the currs-GOD BLESS

[Adumbassname1]

True Country...along with Coe, Hank 3, Dale Watson

[7deathsatonce]

With everything Trashville Tennessee calls country music I'd rather not call it country music. Even Dale Watson has a name for what he plays so as ta not be called country. Too many people want pop or rap or some stupid shit in the music they listen to. Faggots and dumbasses like country these days.

[114Pilot]

A true Texas Treasure, no doubt about it!

[jws54]

how can he put his soul into music like that?

you can't measure that talent with anything earthly.

he can pull your heart out.

[crazytom9]

that sucked! i thought it was the squidbillies theme song. SQUIDS RULE!

[foBRIDEAU]

me too! that song kicks ass. i dont think theres a longer version of it tho. he wrote it just for that show i think

[tuktukskagal]

This is a beautiful song.

Faved it.Thanx.

[88Rocker]

I always did like him, ever since the song "Hottest Thang In Town" he is a song writers, song writer. Danny O'Donnell

[sevinstorey]

the difference between Mr. Shavers and Willie Nelson(one is a hero and the other is a legend)is ,..one let his hair grow out,and didn't care,and the other always tryed to fit into mainstream by fitting in,so the moral of the story is "be yourself",.....

[QYSORrambleON]

GREAT!!! SHAVER IS THE BEST!!!

[HoCuSXPoCuSXMCR]

does anyone know the name of one of his songs that was on Squidbillies theme

[sgrocker99]

Warrior Man I think

[tunkansila]

Hang in there Billy Joe. Your friend Berith from Sweden

[14BillyYankee88]

he dose the opening themes for Squidbillies

[eastsackevster]

7 pages of google and still cant find the lyrics!!

anyone have them???

[ssi1991]

try yahoo...

[NossedEvo]

GREAT POSTS!

Thanks.

[jws54]

this is so real, it hurts

[bulbheadmyass]

I love Billy Joe Shaver, This is a great song. Thx for posting it.

[Wisegeorge]

Billy Joe is just and old chunk of coal but here in Austin we've considered him a diamond for years and years already. I saw him sing "No fool like an old fool" at Waterloo records last year. The man has a gift and he's making the most of it. You go Bill Joe, you're my role model as I approach my mid fifties.

[hwycine]

I wish mainstream country radio could get back to good music like this. Thanks for the poetics you paint Billy Joe!

[silycaon]

nice song :)

[RetroConnection]

WoW... so much GREAT clips here on corporatecountrysuck.

Thanks and greetings from Germany