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((Short description|American singer-songwriter (1934–2019)))

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'''Sanger D. Shafer''' (October 24, 1934 – January 12, 2019),<ref>((cite web |last1=Freeman |first1=Jon |title='All my Ex's Live in Texas' Songwriter Whitey Shafer Dead at 84 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/whitey-shafer-dead-obituary-george-strait-all-my-exs-778378/ |website=Rolling Stone |accessdate=April 20, 2019))</ref><ref name=NSF-SDShafer>[http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/fame/shafer.html Sanger D. "Whitey" Shafer] - at [[Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame|Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame & Nashville Songwriters Foundation]] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819193752/http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/fame/shafer.html |date=August 19, 2007 ))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.kxxv.com/story/39781370/all-my-exs-live-in-texas-songwriter-dies-at-84 |title='All my Ex's live in Texas' songwriter dies at 84|publisher=Central Texas News Now 25 ABC |accessdate=2019-01-13))</ref> better known as '''Whitey Shafer''', was an American [[country music|country]] songwriter and musician. He wrote numerous hits for stars such as [[George Jones]], [[Lefty Frizzell]], and [[George Strait]]. He was also a recording artist. His highest single "You Are a Liar", under the name Whitey Shafer, reached No. 48 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' country chart, in 1981.<ref name="whitburn">((cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=375|isbn=0-89820-177-2))</ref>

==Life==
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Born and raised in [[Whitney, Texas]],<ref name=NSF-SDShafer /> Shafer's musical career began in his hometown of Whitney where he played in a school band. In the following years he toured the U.S., performing with, among others, the then-unknown [[Willie Nelson]]. In 1967 Shafer moved to [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], where he signed with the Blue Crest Music Publishing Company. There he wrote two songs for [[George Jones]], "Between My House and Town" and "I'm a New Man in Town", along with many other tunes for lesser-known acts. Shafer signed contracts with [[Musicor Records|Musicor]] and [[RCA Records|RCA]] as a singer, but he was never as successful as he was as a songwriter.

In the early 1970s Shafer signed an exclusive contract with [[Acuff-Rose Music]]. In the following years he wrote many songs which went on to become successful on the U.S. country charts, including several No.&nbsp;1's. His songs included "The Baptism of Jesse Taylor" for [[Johnny Russell (singer)|Johnny Russell]], "Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong" for George Jones, and a series of hits for [[Moe Bandy]]. He had a longstanding friendship with [[Lefty Frizzell]], whom he had met at his record label. He and Frizzell wrote the song "[[That's the Way Love Goes (Johnny Rodriguez song)|That's the Way Love Goes]]" together, a hit for [[Johnny Rodriguez]] and also [[Merle Haggard]] in 1983; they also wrote "I Never Go Around Mirrors" (which Frizzell recorded in 1973 and turned into a top 25 country hit a year later) and "Bandy the Rodeo Clown" for [[Moe Bandy]], which became a major hit shortly after Frizzell's 1975 death. After Frizzell's death Shafer wrote the tribute song "Lefty's Gone" recorded by [[George Strait]] for his [[Something Special (George Strait album)|Something Special]] album.

Three divorces helped him with his song writing in the 1980s when Shafer wrote "[[Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (song)|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.).<ref name=EdwardsJ-AP-1990-03-04>Edwards, Joe. - "His Marriages Failed, But His Song is a Success". - [[Associated Press]]. - (c/o ''[[The Roanoke Times]]''). - March 4, 1990.</ref> Both of these were No.&nbsp;1 hits for [[George Strait]], and both were nominated for [[Country Music Association|CMA]]'s Song of the Year.<ref>[http://www.cmaawards.com/2007/database/ArtistDetail.aspx?artistId=852 Artist Detail: Sanger D. Shafer]((dead link|date=May 2010)) - [[Country Music Association]]</ref> "All My Ex's Live in Texas" was also nominated for a [[Grammy Award]], for [[Grammy Award for Best Country Song|Best Country Song]] (lost to: Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz for "Forever and Ever, Amen").

In the middle of the 1980s Shafer released two albums, ''I Never Go Around Mirrors'' and ''So Good for So Long'', containing his greatest hits. In 1989, [[Keith Whitley]] chose the Shafer penned, "[[I Wonder Do You Think of Me (song)|I Wonder Do You Think of Me]]", as the title track and the first single released after Whitley's death and went to No.&nbsp;1. Also in 1989, Shafer was inducted into the [[Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame]].

In the 1990s and 2000s, Shafer continued to write for musicians such as [[John Michael Montgomery]], [[Lee Ann Womack]], and [[Kenny Chesney]]. In 2004, Shafer's recording of "All My Ex's Live In Texas" appeared on the soundtrack to the video game ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''.<ref>((cite web|url=((AllMusic|class=album|id=r721163|pure_url=yes))|title=Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Box Set) - Original Game Soundtrack|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|website=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=2008-05-28))</ref>

==Death==
Shafer died after a long illness on January 12, 2019, at the age of 84.<ref name= rollingstone>((cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/whitey-shafer-dead-obituary-george-strait-all-my-exs-778378/ |title= Whitey Shafer, ‘All My Ex’s Live in Texas’ Songwriter, Dead at 84 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|accessdate=January 19, 2019))</ref> He was survived by his wife of 19 years, Tracy Shafer.<ref>((Cite web |last=Holthouse |first=Jerry |date=2019-01-17 |title=Legendary Songwriter “Whitey” Shafer Passes |url=https://www.nashville.com/legendary-songwriter-whitey-shafer-passes/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Nashville.com |language=en-US))</ref>

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