By Guy Chapman – Navarro County Gazette
Big news for Corsicana country music fans as Miranda Lambert posted on her Instagram Stories last Friday about her collaboration on an upcoming new album dedicated to outlaw country music legend, Billy Joe Shaver.
Titled Live Forever: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver, Lambert is one of several artists contributing music to the album, including:
- Willie Nelson
- Ryan Bingham
- Rodney Crowell
- Nathaniel Rateliff
- Allison Russell
- Amanda Shires
- George Strait
- Margo Price
- Edie Brickell
- Nikki Lane
- Steve Earle
The title track of the album, a team-up between Nelson and singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, is out now. Shaver recorded “Live Forever” as part of his 1993 studio album, Tramp on Your Street.
Shaver passed away in Oct. 2020 at the age of 81. Live Forever: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver, is set to release on Nov, 11 of this year.
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