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Swapping yarns: Nashville's outlaw songwriter Billy Joe Shaver wasn't in town for more'n five minutes 'fore he got to swappin's yarns with Concord Tavern regulars like Harry Light (left)
Swapping yarns: Nashville's outlaw songwriter Billy Joe Shaver wasn't in town for more'n five minutes 'fore he got to swappin's yarns with Concord Tavern regulars like Harry Light (left)

Swapping yarns: Nashville's outlaw songwriter Billy Joe Shaver wasn't in town for more'n five minutes 'fore he got to swappin's yarns with Concord Tavern regulars like Harry Light (left)

Date11/7/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Swapping yarns: Nashville's outlaw songwriter Billy Joe Shaver wasn't in town for more'n five minutes 'fore he got to swappin's yarns with Concord Tavern regulars like Harry Light (left).
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0100990F
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