Highway Of Life

Highway Of Life
Justice Records (JR 2301-2)
Produced by Randall Jamail
Released August 6, 1996
12 tracks, 42 minutes 27 seconds

Much like its prototype, The Red Headed Stranger, this album tells the story of a life and the highway it has traveled. The songs are vignettes, windows for passers by to catch a glimpse of a world that is both beautiful and painful. Those that understand need no explanation. Those that do not are the lucky ones.

There are no exit ramps one the highway of life. There is only the beginning and the end, with life providing the landscape. This is Billy's highway, and these songs are simply mile markers along the way.

While I was sitting in the control room listening to Billy sing his songs, I felt privileged to share the space and time with such a great poet. Without knowing who they were, I felt a kinship to those people that recorded the pioneer cowboy poets. Billy Joe Shaver is our modern day Jimmie Rodgers and his music is Texas Soul.

--Randall Jamail
Producer

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Track	Song	Writers	Time
1	Yesterday Tomorrow Was Today	Billy Joe Shaver	4:52
2	West Texas Waltz	Billy Joe Shaver	3:41
3	Highway Of Life	Billy Joe Shaver	3:29
4	Tomorrow's Goodbye	Billy Joe Shaver	2:49
5	Blue Blue Blues	Billy Joe Shaver	6:17
6	Comin' On Strong	Billy Joe Shaver	3:06
7	You're As Young As The Woman You Feel	Billy Joe Shaver	2:13
8	Goodbye Yesterday	Billy Joe Shaver	3:13
9	Moonshine And Indian Blood	Billy Joe Shaver, Eddy Shaver, and Tony Colton	3:14
10	Look For Me When You See Me Coming	Billy Joe Shaver	2:48
11	The First And Last Time	Billy Joe Shaver	2:54
**	Muther Trucker	Billy Joe Shaver and David Waddell	3:42

Musicians:

Billy Joe Shaver: Vocals, (Acoustic Guitar on The First And Last Time)

Eddy Shaver: Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Baritone Guitar, Dobro, and Slide Guitars, (Resonator on Yesterday Tomorrow Was Today and Highway of Life

Brantley Kearns: Fiddle and Mandolin

Steve Bailey: Upright Bass, Electric Bass, and various other bases

David Crocket: Drums

Notes:

I'd like to thank David, Brantley, Steve, Peter, Larry, Jerry, Cory, Freddy and Randall for helping us make this music. Thanks also to Evelyn Shriver, my old friend Tony Rodriquez, and all the folks of Coupland, Texas. Special Thanks to Joe and Lee for havin' a kid
--Billy Joe

Thanks to my Mom and Grandmother. Thanks to Jane, Suzanne, Chris, Jerry Holmes, and my wife, Decqua. Thanks especially to Randall for letting me play the way I wanted to play.
--Eddy

Technical Information:

Executive Producer: Merlin Production Co.
Engineered by Peter Denenberg and Larry Greenhill
Recorded at Arlyn Studio, Austin, TX, on May 3-10, 1996, except The First And Last Time, which was recorded in an empty kitchen before Billy Joe moved back to Texas
Mixed by Peter Denenberg, Randall Jamail, and Larry Greenhill at Pedernales Studios, Spicewood, TX
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studio, Hollywood, CA
Guitar Tech: Jerry Holmes
Drum Tech: Cory L. Moore
Photography by Thunder Image Group
Art Direction and Design by Cynthia S. Kinney
Production Coordinator: Jane Minarovic
Post Production Coordination: Scott A. Tirapelli

This record is dedicated to Brenda Joyce Tindell Shaver Shaver.

Thanks for the songs.

In memory of Sandy McKnight

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