Steve Earle has a new album coming out May 12 called Townes. The whole album is Earle covering songs written by the late great songwriter, Townes Van Zandt. Earle is a major Townes Van Zandt fan. He once said, "Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that."Here's a preview. Earle singing "To Live Is To Fly."
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Late Texas singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt was both a friend to Steve Earle also a massive influence on his artistic development. Fourteen years ago Earle said, "Van Zandt is the best songwriter...
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MP3: Steve Earle - "To Live Is to Fly" (Townes Van Zandt cover) from Townes, out May 12 on New West. Here's a live version of Townes singing it himself: Steve Earle: iTunes, Amazon, Insound, wiki Townes Van Zandt: iTunes,...
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As an (occasionally) over-zealous music blogger I feel like there are certain words and phrases that come up in my writing with a great deal of frequency. No, I’ve never used “incendiary” to describe someone’s guitar playing, but I am certainly guilty of using musical descriptors taken from a very shallow, repetitive pool of options. The most glaring offense is most likely saying something
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