VOL № CW036 — February 2024
COMING SOON: Old Five and Dimers Like Me by Billy Joe Shaver will be the February 2024 Country Record of the Month. You're on the interest list and will be notified when it becomes available. Sign up to be notified by email when this album launches.
There are a lot of important records in this world, but what you hold in your hands is nothing less than the blueprint for outlaw country music. Old Five and Dimers Like Me is also the semi-secret classic that marked the debut of a true Texas legend. In 1960s and ‘70s Nashville, there was the commercial boom brought on by the “Countrypolitan” sound, those lush strings and angel choirs. And then there was the opposition party. It arrived in a pick-up truck and denim, and Billy Joe Shaver occupied the corner office.
LP 1 / Side A
| 1 Black Rose |
| 2 Old Five and Dimers Like Me |
| 3 L.A. Turnaround |
| 4 Jesus Christ‚ What a Man |
| 5 Played the Game Too Long |
LP 1 / Side B
| 1 I Been to Georgia On a Fast Train |
| 2 Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me |
| 3 Low Down Freedom |
| 4 Jesus Was Our Saviour and Cotton Was Our King |
| 5 Serious Souls |
| 6 Bottom Dollar |
