<P> Sanger D. "Whitey" Shafer (born October 24, 1934) is an American country songwriter and musician . He wrote numerous hits for stars such as George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, and George Strait . </P> <P> Born and raised in Whitney, Texas, 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, where he signed with the Blue Crest Music Publishing Company . There he wrote two songs for George Jones, "Between My House and Home" and "I'm a New Man in Town", along with many other tunes for lesser - known acts . Shafer signed contracts with Musicor and RCA as a singer, but he was never as successful as he was as a songwriter . </P> <P> 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. 1's . His songs included "The Baptism of Jesse Taylor" for Johnny Russell, "Tell Me 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" 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 album . </P> <P> Three divorces helped him with his song writing in the 1980s 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 George Strait, and both were nominated for CMA's Song of the Year . "All My Ex's Live in Texas" was also nominated for a Grammy Award, for Best Country Song (lost to: Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz for "Forever and Ever, Amen"). </P>

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