photo: Taylor Hill
Shaver and longtime friend Willie Nelson perform during Farm Aid 2009 in St. Louis. Nelson was a character witness for Shaver during his trial following a 2007 shooting incident.
Nelson says his longtime friend is not somebody you want to mess with.
He brings up the incident at Papa Joe’s Saloon in which Shaver, one night in 2007, shot Billy Bryant Coker in a parking lot. Coker survived, and Shaver said he was defending himself. Nelson went to Texas to serve as a character witness during the three-day trial. Shaver was acquitted of aggravated assault.
And Billy Joe told the guy he shot, ˜I want my bullet back,” Nelson says, laughing. “The guy still had the bullet in his head.”
Read the Washington’s Post’s entire article about Billy Joe Shaver here.
photo: Michael Stravoto