Old Five & Dimers Like Me

Billy Joe Shaver | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 19, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Koch Records
• ASIN: B000001SMQ
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,040 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #12 in Music > Indie Music > Country > Traditional Country

Track Listings

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

6. I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train

7. Willy The Wandering Gypsy and Me

8. Low Down Freedom

9. Jesus Was Our Savior And Cotton Was Our King

10. Serious Souls

11. Bottom Dollar

12. Ride Cowboy Ride

13. Good Christian Soldier

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Old Five and Dimers Like Me is archetypal outlaw country. Released in 1973, it's a showcase for Billy Joe Shaver's significant songwriting skills (the title track and a couple others became standards in Lone Star circles). As a vocalist, Shaver is a gruff droner a la Five and Dimers producer Kris Kristofferson. In other words, he doesn't range far, but he hits the mark most of the time. Fans of the genre will appreciate this timepiece. --Steven Stolder

Product Description

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Genre: Country & Western
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 19-NOV-1996

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Honkey-Tonk, July 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Old Five & Dimers Like Me (Audio CD)

This CD was produced with Kris Kristofferson in the early 70's. It has some of the wistful folk music overtones of that era. This is not a CD for the Garth Brooks fans out there...Billy Joe's music is deeper, with a sharp edge to it. It lacks the fire of the much more recent "Tramp on your Street" but if you like REAL C & W - like it's still heard in the little honkey-tonks and bars and down at the Eagle's Lodge on Saturday night, buy this one!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Old Five and Dimers Like Me, June 23, 2003

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B. J. Drwenski (Great Falls, Montana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Old Five & Dimers Like Me (Audio CD)

I bought this CD as a whim after I heard Willy Nelson say Billy Joe Shavers describes it best when he said,"movement is the closest thing to being free." Being the lover of a well tuned phrase it perked a curiousity to hear more of him.From the minute I first played it I new I would love it all....there really are no words adequate to describe how pleasing and easy to listen to his style is.You can sing along from the get go and makes an excellent companion on long car trips.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the real mccoy., March 25, 2007

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fluffy, the human being. (forest lake, mn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Old Five & Dimers Like Me (Audio CD)

okay folks, round up all your toby keith, vince gill, and garth brooks cds, take 'em down to the goodwill and leave them there. then get yourself some real country genius. billy joe shaver is about as good a place as any to start your new, more rewarding life.