A SIMPLE SONGWRITER
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Track:*Talking Thunderbird Blues
Townes Van Zandt was one of that rare breed of singer/songwriter/poet/performer who transcends genre, style and time. His songs have an honesty about them that's impossible to fake. With his eye for the telling detail and a poet's way with words he wove tiny vignettes of everyday people living everyday lives.As often as not his characters have been beaten down by forces they cannot see or comprehend. Just folks gettin' crushed by life.But Townes Van Zandt was so much more. As an interpreter of other's songs, he could get to the essence of a song with an easy engaging manner, enhancing the the song in new, unexpected ways.
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