I just recently came across this fantastic 1985 recording of Townes Van Zandt on a Tennessee NPR station and I nearly flipped when I heard him start playing Dylan's "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" right in the middle of his "Colorado Girl."It's stunning - a perfect recording and just an absolutely flawless performance. And it's extra huge to my ears, because this is the first prime Dylan song I've
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Friday January 5th, 2007- Townes Van Zandt TributeWe will celebrate the life and songs of arguably the best songwriter in the world, certainly one that affected countless modern performers as his songs have been covered by many, including Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Cowboy Junkies, Richard Buckner, Merle Haggard, Emily Lou Harris, Lyle Lovett and countless others.Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944...
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I just saw, "be here to love me" the Townes Van Zandt documentary. If I have ever been more depressed by a film in my life, I can't think of it.
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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 comp...
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|\|I like the MOG for so many reasons. Not the least of which is reading a post that starts like "This":http://mog.com/i12bentwhen I read that first paragraph: "Unlike my main obsessions - Van Morrison and Nick Drake and various American folkies and songwriters, such as Townes Van Zandt ....Well, I had to post this track.
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The idea behind Origins of a Song is to take a fictitious look at a scenario that may or may not have led to the birth of a select few of the most memorable of songs. This time, we'll take a crack at the brilliant Townes Van Zandt's classic folktale, Pancho & Lefty.On a rickety porch attached to an old wooden house in the midst of a dusty Mexican desert town, a trio of old men adorned in cowboy...
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Hi again and again and again.To those of you into Townes Van Zandt.......check out the danish band Rhonda Harris and their latest album consisting of Townes Van Zandt covers. This is an amazing album. It's called "Tell The World We Tried" and it sounds so so so good.I think you can get this album and the rest of the Rhonda Harris catalogue at emusic.Rhonda Harris at myspace:http://www.myspace.c...
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Watched the Townes Van Zandt documentary "Be Here To Love Me" tonight.The story is nothing new, always the same in fact: the genius, the drinking, the drugs, the demise. But the movie is a beautiful tribute to one of the greatest songwriters of the late 20th century.It's amazing, listening to his songs: they are so good, they seem effortless. Musical storytelling is a true gift, that much is cl...
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| 2 I'll Be Here in the Morning |
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| 3 Snake Mountain Blues |
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| 4 She Came and She Touched Me |
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| 5 Our Mother the Mountain |
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