Ep 5: Billy Joe Shaver - ”He Brought a Gun to a Knife Fight”

When acclaimed songwriter Billy Joe Shaver shot a man outside a Waco bar, he hired Dick DeGuerin who vowed to fight to prove Shaver was defending his own life. Dick used strong words, a deft strategy and a bit of courtroom theater to persuade the jury to rule in Billy Joe's favor. The tumultuous proceedings inspired Billy Joe to write his autobiographical song "The Wacko from Waco".

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