Sanger D Shafer

Personal

Vocation

Notable

American country songwriter and musician who wrote numerous hits for stars such as George Jones, Lefty Frizzell and George Strait. In 1967 he wrote two songs for Jones, "Between My House and Home" and "I'm a New Man in Town.” In the 1970s he wrote "The Baptism of Jesse Taylor" for Johnny Russell and "Tell Me Lying Eyes Are Wrong" for Jones. He had a longstanding friendship with Frizzell. They wrote the song "That's the Way Love Goes,” a hit for Johnny Rodriguez and also Merle Haggard in 1983; they also wrote "I Never Go Around Mirrors." After Frizzell's death Shafer wrote the tribute song "Lefty's Gone." Three divorces helped him with his song writing when Shafer wrote "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" (1985; with Darlene Shafer) and "All My Ex's Live in Texas" (1987; with his fourth wife Lyndia J.). Both of these were No. 1 hits for Strait. "All My Ex's Live in Texas" was nominated for a Grammy Award, for Best Country Song. In the mid-1980s Shafer released two albums, I Never Go Around Mirrors and So Good for So Long, containing his greatest hits. In 1989 he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He died on 12 January 2019, aged 84. Link to Wikipedia biography