Live, loud, and essential!
This is THE live album that captures the searing guitar work of Eddy and the soaring lyrics of Billy Joe Shaver. This is on my list of "desert island" discs and a MUST for Shaver fans. Billy Joe Shaver is one of the greatest songwriters alive today and his songs shine in this setting. You can almost taste the beer and feel the amps scream! Eddy was one of the best guitar players around, hands down and this is full testament to his power. This show was filmed for a planned concert release but the project was unfortunately later shelved. A shame we'll never get to see it but at least the magic can be heard again and again...

It's a little bit Country, and a whole lot Southern Rock
If you're into that, then you will be happy. I saw Billy Joe Shaver at Twangfest '02 and thought he was fantastic. This was due to his incredible talent, and the fact he was not backed by Lynard Skynard. I did not realize that's what I would be getting on this disc (not that there's anything wrong with Skynard). My error.

Billy Joe and Eddy Shaver AND...
Accurate praise has been posted here already about this shining moment of Shaver-family renaissance. To add, however: a live band can only be as good as its rhythm section, and this disc has the insanely great Keith Christopher playing bass and singing. And I *think* that's Craig Wright on drums (correct me someone if I am wrong)-- the same drummer from the Steve Earle "Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator" tour and record. This lineup of Shaver is a great band in its perfect incarnation!

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Live Texas Roadhouse Honky Tonk At It's Absolute Finest
Shaver's fantastic "Unshaven" definitely tops the pile of my desert island discs. This cd jumped out of the speakers and grabbed me when I first heard it almost 9 years ago. From the first cut, the listener is transported to a dark & smokey honky tonk where Texas's greatest singer-songwriter and his incendiary band hit the stage and don't let up until the last notes fade.
For over 20 years, Billy Joe Shaver had been lauded by both the critics and his contemporaries yet criminally ignored for by the music buying public. However in the mid 1990's, Shaver jumpstarted his career with a fierce new sound, a new band that featured his guitar-prodigy son, the late, great, Eddy and an outstanding new album "Tramp On Your Street". "Unshaven" was released hot on the heels of this amazing and featured many of his best loved songs, including "Georgia On A Fast Train", "Hottest Thing In Town", "Honky Tonk Heroes" and "Live Forever".
As a veteran of many Shaver's live shows, I can attest this as fine of a snapshot of their live show that you'll ever find. For me their live shows often approached the level of a religious experience. Man...I miss those days and that music!

Country? Rock? Great? Yes. Yes. Yes.
Great CD for music lovers...it crosses musical boundaries and is excellent from start to finish. I don't know much about Billy Joe Shaver (saw him on TV and bought the CD), but the music is really good.