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John Townes Van Zandt [1] (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997) was an American singer-songwriter. [2] . He wrote numerous songs, such as "Pancho and Lefty", "For the Sake of the Song", "If I Needed You", "Snake Mountain Blues", "Our Mother the Mountain", "Waitin' Round to Die", and "To Live Is to Fly".
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. Earle later clarified his comment, but there is an element...
Mar 8, 2024 · For the first time ever, Townes Van Zandt's Grammy-nominated posthumous 1999 release A Far Cry From Dead will see a vinyl release. Van Zandt recorded the vocal and guitar takes for the album from the late 80s through the early 90s at Texhoma Music Group Studio, the late singers' next door neighbors' home studio in Nashville, and Jack Clements ...
Dec 8, 2023 · From "Pancho & Lefty" to "If I Needed You" to "Sad Cinderella," here are our picks for the 15 greatest Townes Van Zandt songs of all time.
Jan 3, 1997 · Townes Van Zandt, an influential songwriter whose dark and tragic country and folk ballads mirrored his own life, died on Wednesday at his home in Smyrna, Tex. He was 52. The cause was...
Jul 18, 2013 · Townes Van Zandt, the elegant Texas troubadour who authored some of the finest songs ever written over the course of his 52 troubled years, was always quick to make it known that he was...
Full album stream of The Best of Townes Van Zandt by Townes Van ZandtListen/Purchase: https://townesvanzandt.ffm.to/thebestoftownesvanzandt.OYD00:00 For the ...
Jan 1, 1997 · Townes Van Zandt. Among the most widely admired and influential Texas songwriters, an alt-country godfather with a dry, witty, allusive writing style. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1960s - 1990s. Born. March 7, 1944 in Fort Worth, TX. Died.
Mar 16, 2024 · Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas endures as one of several Townes Van Zandt records to have received renewed interest and reached new audiences in recent years. It’s by no means...
Jan 1, 2023 · VIDEO: Townes Van Zandt Solo Sessions Jan. 17, 1995. There was a sense of fragility in Van Zandt’s strumming. The stark, minor key melodies and mid-tempo rhythms set up a story that often conveyed loss or despair. It was a downward spiral way before a Nine Inch Nails album by the name.
