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- Date Released: September 20, 2005
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Label: Music World Productions
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If any album will bring Texas legend Billy Joe Shaver the widespread acclaim and commercial success he has deserved for 30 years, The Real Deal is it. Recorded for Compadre Records, it features 14 new songs and a redo of his and his late son Eddy's classic "Live Forever" with Nashville hotshots Big & Rich. The tune's been duded up some and doesn't have the stark power the original does, but as an anthem it works like a charm. In fact, the words still shine through the mix here because at age 66, Shaver's become one hell of a singer. There are other duets here as well. Nanci Griffith makes an appearance on "Valentine," a spare, acoustically driven ballad. Kimmie Rhodes -- another Austin songwriter who deserves far more than she's received -- duets with him on his "West Texas Waltz." The new version is elegant, deep, and soulful. And Kevin Fowler shows up on the honky tonk strutter "Slim Chance and the Can't Hardly Playboys" with the fine lyric "They've got a new song out on Polish Records/It'll be a Polish hit real soon." Country gospel makes its appearance on "Jesus Christ Is Still the King." "You Ought to Be with Me When I'm Alone" is one of Shaver's great broken love songs. The shuffling title track lays out the truth of Shaver's own story, and it's as down-home, dirt-filled, and dusty as the West Texas landscape. The Real Deal boasts nothing it can't deliver, and it is the album Billy Joe Shaver's been waiting to make all his life. It is full of heart, blood, grit, and poetry.
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| 01. |  |
Live Forever
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4:20 |
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| 02. | |
There's No Fool Like An Old Fool |
3:14 |
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| 03. | |
Livin' A Lovin' Lie |
3:50 |
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| 04. | |
It Just Ain't There For Me No More |
3:25 |
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| 05. | |
Jesus Christ Is Still The King |
2:40 |
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| 06. | |
Slim Chance And The Can't Hardly Playboys
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4:52 |
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| 07. | |
I Changed My Mind |
1:43 |
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| 08. | |
Sweet Melody |
3:05 |
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| 09. | |
Valentine
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3:14 |
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| 10. | |
You Ought To Be With Me When I'm Alone |
3:44 |
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| 11. | |
Down The Road By The Way |
3:09 |
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| 12. | |
West Texas Waltz
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4:03 |
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| 13. | |
The Real Deal |
3:26 |
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| 14. | |
If The Trailer's Rockin' Don't Come Knockin' |
3:07 |
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| 15. | |
Try And Try Again |
3:38 |
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| 16. | |
Aunt Jessie's Chicken Ranch |
7:55 |
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| 17. | |
Feliz Navidad |
2:41 |
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17 Total Tracks, 62:06 Total Length
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Credits
- Nanci Griffith - Vocals // Kinky Friedman - Liner Notes // Billy Joe Shaver - Producer // Billy Joe Shaver - Producer // Mickey Raphael - Harp // Kimmie Rhodes - Vocals (Background) // Kimmie Rhodes - Vocals (Background) // Brian Barnett - Drums // Richard Bowden - Mandolin // Jim DeMain - Mastering // Flaco Jiménez - Accordion // Flaco Jiménez - Accordion // Flaco Jiménez - Accordion // John Gardner - Percussion // Lloyd Maines - Dobro // Lloyd Maines - Pedal Steel // Lloyd Maines - Lap Steel Guitar // Mark Patterson - Drums // David M. Robinson - Mixing Assistant // Chris Stone - Mixing // Paul Worley - Guitar (Electric) // Jonathan Yudkin - Fiddle // Jonathan Yudkin - Violectra // Joe Gracey - Guitar (Acoustic) // Joe Gracey - Guitar (Electric) // Joe Gracey - Producer // Joe Gracey - Engineer // Michael Rojas - Keyboards // Max Baca - Bass (Vocal) // Max Baca - Guitar (Bass) // Max Baca - Vocals (Background) // Max Baca - Producer // Max Baca - Bajo Sexto // Max Baca - Audio Production // Max Baca - Vocal Harmony // Cynthia S. Kinney - Photography // Richard McLaurin - Engineer // Paige Conners - Production Coordination // Gabe Rhodes - Guitar // Gabe Rhodes - Engineer // Gabe Rhodes - Organ (Pump) // Gabe Rhodes - Associate Producer // Big Kenny - Vocals // John Evans - Audio Production // Ethan Pilzer - Bass // Ethan Pilzer - Guitar (Bass) // Warren Hood - Fiddle // Raul "Nunie" Rubio - Vocals (Background) // Raul "Nunie" Rubio - Vocal Harmony // Adam Shoenfeld - Guitar (Electric) // Big & Rich - Audio Production // Lowell Reynolds - Assistant Engineer // David Carroll - Bass // David Carroll - Vocals (Background) // David Carroll - Guitar (Bass) // John Rich - Vocals // John Rich - Producer // John Ilewelyn Evans - Guitar (Electric) // John Ilewelyn Evans - Producer // John Ilewelyn Evans - Engineer // John Ilewelyn Evans - Mixing // John Ilewelyn Evans - Vocal Harmony // Jerry Hollingsworth - Guitar // Jerry Hollingsworth - Guitar (Rhythm) // Rachel Kice - Paintings // Roger Rabbit - Guitar (Electric) // Sean Raiford - Drums // Sean Raiford - Drums
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