Billy Joe Shaver Releases Record, Possibly Involved in Shooting

Billy Joe Shaver has been busy the last few days. He releases a new record today. And he is charged with aggravated assault stemming from a shooting outside a Texas bar, according to Austin360.com.

As reported today on the site for the Austin American-Statesman, the shooting occurred Saturday night outside Papa Joe’s Texas Saloon in Lorena, Texas—89 miles north of Austin.

A man, whose name has not been released, is listed in stable condition in a Texas hospital after being shot in the cheek. Joe Turner, a lawyer for Shaver, said the Texas singer-songwriter acted in self-defense, that the man followed him into the parking lot of the bar with a knife.

His record company, however, said in a statement yesterday that no charges had been filed, and that Shaver is currently expected to honor all concert appearances.

In other, more favorable Shaver news, his Greatest Hits CD is released today on Compadre Records.

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