From his trial on that shooting: When the prosecutor asked him why he didn’t leave the bar when the situation between him and Billy was getting worse, Billy Joe, in his deep drawl, replied, “Ma’am, I’m from Texas. If I were chickens—t, I would have left, but I’m not.”
No no no! Joe Diffie and Billy Joe in the same year is unacceptable.
Everything I know about the man:
He once shot a dude in a bar, The cousin of his ex wife. Talked his way out of it in court.
From his trial on that shooting: When the prosecutor asked him why he didn’t leave the bar when the situation between him and Billy was getting worse, Billy Joe, in his deep drawl, replied, “Ma’am, I’m from Texas. If I were chickens—t, I would have left, but I’m not.”