By all accounts, Billy Joe Shaver should never have made it in country music. A poor Texas kid from a broken family, he lost three fingers in a sawmill accident before ever writing a song. Despite his physical challenge, Shaver landed in Nashville as a singer/songwriter with hard luck songs about real life. A chance meeting with Waylon Jennings in the back of a peanut trailer led to the breakthrough 'Outlaw' album Honky Tonk Heroes, featuring Waylon singing songs written by Billy Joe. A decade later, Shaver made a name for himself after shooting a man at a roadside tavern for allegedly talking to his soon-to-be ex-wife. The gun play led to a celebrity trial and a shocking verdict. And, of course, Billy Joe wrote a song about it.

Rétrospective des aventures extravagantes du grand compositeur country Billy Joe Shaver, y compris son célèbre combat dans un bar.

סדרת אנימציה שמביאה את סיפורם של מיטב זמרי הקאנטרי בעזרת קטעי ארכיון אותנטיים ובשילוב ראיונות עם מכריהם. סיפור חייו של כותב שירי הקאנטרי בילי ג'ו שייבר.