Sources:

• Dale Adamson, "Billy Joe Shaver says he doesn't talk much - except when he's writing a song. And that's when it counts." (Houston Chronicle, June 30, 1974).

• Nelson Allen, "Billy Joe Shaver: Jesus Christ What A Man!" (Corpus Christi Sun, January 26, 1978.

• Plott Brice, review of Gypsy Boy (Columbus Ledger, January 1, 1978).

• Bob Darden, "Shaver touches up act for tour." (Waco Tribune-Herald, August 6, 1982).

• Cathy Darnell, Billy Joe Shaver Is A Good Ol' Gypsy Boy." (Tennessean Showcase, December 4, 1977).

• Alan Guettel, "Nashville honky-tonk hero rides into town." (Toronto Star, November 8, 1979).

• Jack Hurst, "Billy Jo shaver: man of free spirit." (Maryville-Alcoa Times, October 30, 1987).

• various press bios and press releases

• Jimmy Guterman interviews with Billy Joe Shaver, April 1993 to February 1994

• Jimmy Guterman interviews with Bobby Bare, February and March 1994.

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