Billy Joe Shaver - Tramp on Your Street

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Billy Joe Shaver - Tramp on Your Street
EAC Secure Rip | Flac, Tracks+CUE, LOG+Scans 295 MB | MP3 320 Kbps+Cover 102 MB
Alt-Outlaw Country | Release Date: August 10, 1993
Label Praxis/Zoo/BMG 11063-2 | Time 48:22

* CD Review Magazine picked this as album of the month and Country album of the year *
** Stereophile Magazine Records To Die For **

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Billy Joe Shaver's first recording in six years is a stunner. Partnering with his guitar-slinging son, Eddy, Tramp on Your Street is a rollicking yet intimate ride through the world Billy Joe-style. There are smoking country rockers that are brazen, raw, and in-your-face, such as the sizzling remake of "Been to Georgia on a Fast Train" (which is now the definitive version), "The Hottest Thing in Town," "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal," and the blues-rock of "I Want Some More/TennTex Tear Down." There is the restless Bob Wills swing of "Good Old U.S.A." and the shuffling Texas stroll of "If I Give My Soul." And of course, in the title track, "When Fallen Angels Fly," and the Louvin Brothers-inspired "I'm Gonna Live Forever," there are the searing, completely naked lyrics of repentance, deliverance, and doubt that have been a part of Shaver's music form the beginning. Without them, the center would be missing. The big question for most is: Can Billy Joe rock at his age? The answer is that with Eddy beside him turning it up, he can not only rock, he can roll too. This is a partnership based on respect, tough love, and iconoclastic musical ideals. It's deep in the roots of the sill and even deeper in the Shavers' blood. Tramp on Your Street is a monumental return to recording for Billy Joe Shaver and a triumph of Eddy's musical direction and six-string skill.
All Music Review by Thom Jurek

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Stereophile Magazine
Wes Phillips's 2002 Records To Die For :
SHAVER: Tramp on Your Street
Rock The House RTH-11063 (LP), Praxis/Zoo/BMG 11063-2 (CD). 1995. R.S. Field, prod., eng.; Scott Baggett, eng. AAA/AAD? TTs: 42:17/48:22
Electrified (literally) by the presence of his son, Eddy, formerly of the Dwight Yoakam band, Billy Joe Shaver's songs never sounded tougher or more riveting than on this album. As always, the songs speak of hard living and salvation, but Eddy's slashing Stratocaster is what sparks the fiery interpretations that make Tramp so different from Billy Joe's earlier work. We fans knew the man was tough—he lost two fingers to his sawmill day job and just kept on going. And we knew he could write—singers have been fighting to perform his songs for over a decade. But nobody knew he could rock like this!
The highlight of the album is the title song, which tells of the 10-year-old Shaver's epiphany at a Hank Williams concert: "His body was worn, but his spirit was free / And he sang every song, lookin' straight out at me." The CD sound is superb—warm, detailed, and liquid—and the LP, released by Classic on their Rock The House label, is of demonstration quality. (XIX-3)
David Sokol's 2003 Records To Die For :
SHAVER: Tramp on Your Street
Zoo/Praxis 72445-11063-2 (CD). 1993. R.S. Field, prod., mix; Scott Baggett, mix. AAD? TT: 48:22
My all-time favorite alt-country album has become even more poignant in the past few years with the deaths of two of its principals, Waylon Jennings and Eddy Shaver. Eddy's dad, gray-haired honky-tonk hero Billy Joe, continues to soldier on, and he's never resonated more soundly than on this uplifting, spiritually rich collection. With his crack band, this native of Corsicana, Texas rocks one minute, and in the next, he'll swing or make you cry. No wonder his songs have been covered by everyone from Jennings and John Anderson to Patty Loveless, who reworked Tramp highlight "When the Fallen Angels Fly" and made it the title song of her best album, back in 1994. And when Billy Joe sings "Live Forever," the irony is heartbreaking.

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Tracks
1 Heart of Texas (feat. Waylon Jennings) - Shaver 3:45
2 Oklahoma Wind (feat. Waylon Jennings) - Shaver 4:33
3 Georgia on a Fast Train - Shaver 3:13
4 Live Forever (feat. Brother Phelps) - Shaver, Shaver 2:49
5 If I Give My Soul (feat. Brother Phelps) - Shaver 4:17
6 Tramp on Your Street - Shaver 5:16
7 K.A.N.D., Corsicana, Texas 0:49
8 Good Ol' U.S.A. - Shaver 2:44
9 The Hottest Thing in Town - Shaver 3:37
10 When the Fallen Angels Fly - Shaver 4:03
11 Take a Chance on Romance - Shaver 3:19
12 I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Going to Be a Diamond Someday) - Shaver 2:33
13 I Want Some More/Tenntex Tear Down - Shaver 7:16

Terry Anderson Vocals (bckgr)
Scott Baggett Bass, Guitar (Bass), Organ (Hammond), Engineer, Associate Producer, Mixing
Brother Phelps Performer
Keith Christopher Bass, Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Rhythm)
R.S. Field Producer, Mixing
Jim Hoke Clarinet, Harmonica, Arranger, Horn Arrangements, Lap Steel Guitar
Honky Tonk Heroes Group
Waylon Jennings Vocals, Performer
Al Kooper Piano, Organ (Hammond), Wurlitzer
Bill Miller Chant, Native American Flute
Greg Morrow Percussion, Drums
Doug Phelps Vocals, Performer
Ricky Lee Phelps Vocals
Benny Quinn Mastering
Billy Joe Shaver Guitar, Vocals, Liner Notes
Eddy Shaver Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
Shaver Group
Danny Thorpe Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals (bckgr)