John Shaver
John Edwin (Eddy) Shaver died Sunday, Dec. 31, 2000. Services will be
at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 4, 2001, at Heritage Memorial Funeral Home
Chapel. Interment at Waco Memorial Park.
Eddy was a world class guitar player and singer/song writer. He played lead guitar for Dwight Yokum for two years and went on to produce and play on many rock and roll and blues albums. Eddy was the main ingredient and music arranger of Shaver the Father and Son Duo. Eddy played guitar on his first session with Willie Nelson and was associated with all the great artists of our time, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Dwight Yokum, Booker T., Dickie Betts (Ramblin Man) and David Allan Coe to name a few. Eddy played lead guitar for Guy Clark when he was 15 years old.
Eddy will be greatly missed by his close friends and fellow players, Freddy Fletcher and Dahr Jamail. Eddy is a Christian and brother of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Eddy will as he wrote in his song Live Forever.