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	2blowhards.com: Townes Van Zandt
		Townes' music seemed to be born in these regions, and to never leave it.
		Townes seems to have been recognized as an artist to be cherished from early on.
		Townes wrote beautiful songs about family and love, but he never lived those things out, he was off in a corner creating them while his family was wishing that they had a father or a husband.
	www.2blowhards.com /archives/002530.html (6424 words)

	Townes Van Zandt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was the third-great-grandson of Isaac Van Zandt, a prominent leader of the Republic of Texas.
		Van Zandt was master of the small, intimate show, where he would weave song and story into an unforgettable evening.
		Van Zandt is remembered as a great songwriter who left a legacy of great songs and inspired musicians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Townes_Van_Zandt (634 words)

	Townes Van Zandt: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Townes Van Zandt (March 7, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Isaac van zandt (july 10 1813 - october 11 1847) van zandt was a national then state leader in texas....
		Townes will be remembered as a great songwriter who left a legacy of great songs and inspired musicians.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/to/townes_van_zandt.htm (978 words)

	ArtandCulture Artist: Townes Van Zandt (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Van Zandt's lyrics mirror his life as gambler, rambler, wanderer, outlaw, drinker, cowboy, and desperado.
		Van Zandt finally achieved widespread recognition in 1983, when Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard recorded "Poncho and Lefty." A whole generation of songwriters rushed to explore this overlooked vein of gold, which had lain hidden in the musical coulees of Texas.
		Van Zandt was only 52, but the hard life had taken its toll.
	www.artandculture.com /cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?id=1403 (714 words)

	Ink 19 :: Townes Van Zandt (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Van Zandt crafted a lifetime of work from the perspective of a man always looking up from the bottom.
		Van Zandt's handling of the doomed couple shows a level of understanding with the plight of those who seemingly can never catch a break, one almost wonders how close Townes came to being destitute himself.
		Van Zandt has been rightly heralded as a poet's poet, and a performer without equal.
	www.ink19.com /issues/january2003/musicReviews/musicV/townesVanZandt.html (219 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Music: Townes Without Pity
		Jeanene charges that Eggers underpaid Van Zandt while he was alive and that she hasn't seen a royalty statement or check from Eggers since 1991.
		For Jeanene, one of the most painful points of the debate is her being referred to by the other parties as "the ex-wife." True enough, the Van Zandts did divorce in 1994, a point JT makes in his pursuit to divide his father's songwriting royalties with his step-siblings and not Jeanene.
		All three admit the most troubling aspect of defining Van Zandt's legacy is that most of their plans run concurrently, allowing for a flood of releases in danger of being lost in a shuffle.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2002-06-14/music_feature.html (3782 words)

	CMT.com : Townes Van Zandt : Biography
		Van Zandt was a Texan by birth and a traveler by nature.
		Van Zandt moved to Houston and got his first paying gigs on the folk music circuit there in the mid-'60s.
		By this time, Van Zandt's voice had dropped to a lower register, but the weathered, somewhat road-weary edge to it was as pure and expressive as ever.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/vanzandt_townes/bio.jhtml (754 words)

	StarExponent.com - The Culpeper Star Exponent \| Documentary Gives Insight into the Late Townes Van Zandt (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Townes van Zandt's work is known by music fans, even if his face seems less than familiar.
		Instead she assembled a film that hints that the life he described in song was the life that he led, and that his life, always headed toward an obvious end, was a confounding, often contradictory maze of twists and turns.
		A sister tells of the young Van Zandt purposely falling out of a fourth-story window to "see what it felt like." It was a stunt that spurred his parents to check him into a mental hospital, where shock therapy left him permanently marked.
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	Townes Van Zandt
		Van Zandt didn't even write a whole lot of famous songs, with really only two major hits to his credit -- "Pancho and Lefty," the duet by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, and "If I Needed You," recorded by Don Williams and Emmylou Harris.
		This previously unreleased music, these songs Van Zandt was sure were "somewhere," is, perhaps, the very dawn of country-rock, the missing link that reunited musical styles which came from the same tree to begin with.
		Van Zandt returned to the beginning and through these songs demonstrated where things should have gone to begin with.
	www.takecountryback.com /reviews/townes.htm (646 words)

	Townes Van Zandt
		(Dualtone Vintage) Townes Van Zandt was long regarded as one of the most widely respected, admired, and among the greatest folk and country artists of his generation, years before his tragic and untimely death in 1997.
		Townes Van Zandt live, however, was an entirely different matter, and those live performances, as well as his influential writing, have made him a Texas legend.
		Townes is best known for his shows at small, intimate clubs, in front of small audiences.
	takecountryback.com /reviews/tvzrev0502.htm (590 words)

	Townes Van Zandt: Absolutely Nothing: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: )
		If to live is to fly, as Townes Van Zandt would warble, then he himself, to quote from his devout admirer Willie Nelson, was an angel flying too close to the ground.
		When it comes to women in Townes Van Zandt's songs, they are of one variety only: succubi posing as barflies, pulling him down deeper into the burning hellfires with each drink of bourbon.
		The wicked witch tale, "The Hole", is harrowing, despite its obvious imagery; Van Zandt's voice is a haunting amalgam of Hank Williams' "Luke the Drifter" persona preaching the allegorical estrangements of Franz Kafka.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/v/vanzandt_townes/absolutely-nothing.shtml (467 words)

	CanEHdian.com: Townes Van Zandt
		Van Zandt spent a couple years in a military academy and a bit more time in college in Colorado before dropping out to become a folksinger.
		Despite his warm, dusty-sweet voice, as a singer Van Zandt never had anything resembling a hit in his nearly 30-year recording career; he had a hard enough time simply keeping his records in print.
		The Townes Van Zandt Anthology 1968-1979 is a 2 disc package with 40 digitally remastered tracks which represent the genius of this songwriter.
	www.canehdian.com /non/artists/v/van_zandt,_townes/anthology.html (601 words)

	Townes Van Zandt - Frequently Asked Questions
		Townes is a songwriter and singer who usually performs original material, while occasionally performing traditional folk and blues classics, especially those of a major early influence, Lightnin' Hopkins.
		Townes' paternal grandparents were: William Liscomb Van Zandt was born Feb. 3, 1875 in Tarrant County TX.
		Townes' 1977 songbook, "For the Sake of the Song" [edited by Joseph F. Lomax, published 1977 by Wings Press, usually available], is perhaps the best source to date, as it has a brief biography by Lola Scobey, an introduction by John M. Lomax, and words and music to 14 songs.
	ippc2.orst.edu /coopl/tvzfaq.html (5564 words)

	Townes Van Zandt Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory
		Townes had wanted to be cremated, and for his ashes to be spread over Fort Worth and over Van Zandt County (which is East of Dallas).
		While there's no question Van Zandt's songs were the stars glimmering that evening, it was a treat to hear some of the players offer their own songs they associated with Townes, such as Ely's.
		Van Zandt, however, is not an artist who could flourish amid the corporate mentality of a major label, and he still affiliates himself with local set-ups whenever he's inspired to record.
	elvispelvis.com /townesvanzandt.htm (2416 words)

	Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (2004)
		The life and times of songwriter Townes Van Zandt told through clips, interviews and his music.
		Townes was an amazing songwriter who said his songs were "mostly sad and the rest are hopeless".
		The movie isn't clear about many details in Townes life, its really just a portrait of the man as a person you might meet on the street, it doesn't really give you any sense of what he did (other than write songs) or when he did it.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0423853 (597 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Music: Townes Van Zandt Reviewed
		Out of the recent deluge of reissues and new releases of the music of the late, great Townes Van Zandt, the real nugget of the bunch is a live recording from November of 1969.
		Van Zandt performs songs that at the time were relatively new to the world, tunes like "Tecumseh Valley" and "Lungs," which have become among his best-known, along with a curious cover of "The Ballad of Ira Hayes," a song popularized by Johnny Cash.
		Van Zandt is joined by a galaxy of artists including Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Doug Sahm, Emmylou Harris, Freddy Fender, James McMurtry, Kathy Mattea, Rubin Ramos, and Kimmie Rhodes on some of his greatest tunes.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2002-06-14/music_feature2.html (466 words)

	VH1.com : Townes Van Zandt : Townes Van Zandt
		Townes Van Zandt was a country-folk guitarist and singer/songwriter who never had a hit of his own but whose reputation was made via covers of his songs by such well-known artists as Emmylou Harris and due to support from roots rockers such as Steve
		He was born John Townes Van Zandt, on March 7, 1944, in Fort Worth, Texas, into a wealthy family whose ancestors had founded the city in the mid-19th century.
		In the late '70s, while living in Austin, Texas, Van Zandt received his widest exposure, via country-siren Harris' cover of "Pancho and Lefty." In 1983 Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson had a major country hit with their version.
	www.vh1.com /artists/news/621744/03072000/vanzandt_townes.jhtml (625 words)

	Browse by Artist: VAN ZANDT, TOWNES
		Much of Van Zandt`s material was not released in Europe until the late 70s, though his recording career actually began with For The Sake Of the Song, released in the US in 1968.
		Townes van Zandt died on New Years Day 1997, the anniversary of the death of Hank Williams.
		The songs of Townes Van Zandt are destined to be for folk artists what the works of Gershwin are to saloon singers...the quintessence of troubadour music, thanks to the somber grace of the late Lone Star legend's language and the engaging simplicity of his melodies.
	www.forcedexposure.com /artists/van.zandt.townes.html (1199 words)

	Travels with Townes Van Zandt
		I first met Townes around this time and by the time of his third album, we were traveling from town to town.
		Townes never got the luxury of standing ovations when he came out with a new song.
		Townes would then tell a true story about his uncle, who had fallen off a harvester on his farm and had his arm ripped off by the machine.
	www.furious.com /perfect/townes2.html (2470 words)

	Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt Movie Review - Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt ...
		Van Zandt died in 1997 of heart failure at the age of 52, after years of drinking and drugs.
		To that end, wistful interviews with Van Zandt's widow, first ex-wife, children, fellow musicians, and friends (Kris Kristofferson, Steve Earle, Kinky Friedman) are sewn together with shots that seem to embody both the lonely essence of his lyrics and the fine, tranquil guitar picking that guides his tales.
		Clips, for instance, of Van Zandt talking about nothing in particular then performing on Ralph Emery's old TNN talk show, "Nashville Now," are used in an almost spectral manner.
	www.boston.com /movies/display?display=movie&id=7513 (713 words)

	Townes van Zandt \| MetaFilter
		Townes van Zandt was a singer/songwriter, often included in the folk or country genres, whose biggest accomplishment was when Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard took his song Poncho and Lefty to the top of the charts.
		I got introduced to van Zandt through the serendipitous acquisition of this disk -- highly recommended and, I think, the best overview of his work.
		Townes was a couple different kinds of genius, but sadly, he turned self-destruction into an art form, as well.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/48367 (1984 words)

	WFMU's Beware of the Blog: Townes Van Zandt Documentary
		Despite Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Emmylou Harris achieving #1 hit success with his songwriting, Townes Van Zandt never ascended to the upper eschelon of celebrity bestowed upon so many of his peers, no matter how lauded he was.
		The reason was clear: Van Zandt never settled into the familiar promotional avenues that so many others who did achieve success traveled, and instead chose an endless loop of travelling, playing his songs, and racking up more experiences to put into them.
		Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, who was set to record Van Zandt at Easley Studios in Memphis after a label deal was struck with DGC, recounts the tragedy of the aborted 1997 session which happened right before the man's demise, despite his insistency to crank out one more record.
	blog.wfmu.org /freeform/2005/12/townes_van_zand.html (557 words)

	Townes Van Zandt
		Townes music embodied all of those things, to a proportion that I had never encountered before.
		Of course his condition was not always what one hoped it would be (he fought a protracted battle with alcohol), but he was always gracious, and quick with both his jokes and his words of experience.
		Unlike Hank, Van Zandt's acclaim was limited to a relatively small circle of fans and friends.
	www.thewalkabouts.com /zandt.htm (850 words)

	FAME Review: Townes Van Zandt - The Highway Kind (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The impact that Van Zandt has had on the folk music and Texas songwriting community is immense.
		Van Zandt's humor peeks through briefly in No Deal, a song about admonitions from doctors and car salesmen to clean-up his viceful lifestyle.
		The Highway Kind, while probably not Van Zandt's best album, is a fitting tribute, recorded in the environment in which Van Zandt was said to shine most strongly: on the road.
	www.acousticmusic.com /fame/p00514.htm (447 words)

	about the music: Townes Van Zandt
		Steve used to carry Zandtâs guitar case, just to be in his presence.
		From there Townes wrote and recorded prolifically, but it was Bob Dylans defiant anthem of the new generation, The Times They Are A-Changin that inspired Townes to take his job as a songwriter more seriously.
		Eric Anderson says âTownes was arguably the most important southern song-poet since Hank He had a lot of sympathy for the human condition.
	aboutthemusic.blogspot.com /2005/02/townes-van-zandt.html (476 words)

	Townes Van Zandt - Pandora Internet Radio
		The next five years were the most prolific of Van Zandt's career, as Poppy released the albums Our Mother the Mountain, Townes Van Zandt, Delta Momma Blues, High, Low and in Between, and The Late Great Townes Van Zandt.
		In 1987, Van Zandt was back in business with his eighth studio album, At My Window, which came out on his new label, Sugar Hill.
		A year and a half after the release of No Deeper Blue, Van Zandt died unexpectedly on January 1, 1997; he was 52 years old.
	www.pandora.com /music/artist/17ec811549161c4a (1096 words)

	Townes Van Zandt mp3s, Townes Van Zandt music downloads, Townes Van Zandt songs from eMusic.com
		(Van Zandt often returned to Colorado in subsequent years, spending entire summers, he said, alone in the mountains on horseback.) Van Zandt moved to Houston and got his first paying gigs on the folk music circuit there in the mid-'60s.
		The sessions became Van Zandt's debut album, For the Sake of the Song, released in 1968 by Poppy Records.
		In 1990, Van Zandt toured with the Cowboy Junkies, and he wrote a song for them, "Cowboy Junkies Lament," which appeared on the group's Black Eyed Man album (along with a song the Junkies wrote for him, "Townes Blues").
	www.emusic.com /artist/Townes-Van-Zandt-MP3-Download/11561753.html (997 words)

	Country Standard Time: Townes Van Zandt, June 1999
		The new album consists of original vocal and guitar tracks laid down by Townes, and the musical accompaniment of a full band supervised by Paul, and Jeanene Van Zandt, Townes' wife and the record's executive producer.
		Zandt, who died in 1997 at 52, hailed from a family of Texas blue-bloods, and wrote more than 150 stark narratives like "Rex's Blues" and "If I Needed You." In the process, he inspired artists ranging from Guy Clark to The Cowboy Junkies to Merle Haggard to Mudhoney.
		Where some of Van Zandt's last studio albums have been marred by a creaky voice even more world-weary than the songs the artist is singing deserve, "A Far Cry From Dead" boasts some surprisingly sterling vocals.
	www.countrystandardtime.com /townesvanzandtFEATURE.html (929 words)

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