Townes Van Zandt (official thread)

[CellarGhosts]

Let's show some appreciation.

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[AP_Punk]

always meant to check out his stuff. maybe i should now - finally!

[FeynmanWannabe]

Huge fan. Huuuuuuuuuuge.

[CellarGhosts]

always meant to check out his stuff. maybe i should now - finally!
Haha, do it!

Huge fan. Huuuuuuuuuuge.
:-)

[AP_Punk]

Haha, do it!


:-)

alll right! where should i start?

[CellarGhosts]

alll right! where should i start?
I'd say The Late Great Townes Van Zandt would be a good choice.

[IWasaCamera]

Thought Marco had made a thread. Anyway, good stuff.

[FeynmanWannabe]

Thought Marco had made a thread. Anyway, good stuff.
Thought I would have, too. ha

[CellarGhosts]

Oof, sorry if there's already a thread.

[mike sheets]

silver ships of andilar - amazing.

i can't stop listening to that song.

also, there's a really awesome video of townes playing with steve earle on his song "darling commit me"

i can't find it right now, but in the case that i recover the motivation, i will post it

[CellarGhosts]

Steve Earle is awesome too.

[mike sheets]

his first 3 albums, awesome.

after that, not so much.

he's supposed to be releasing a townes van zandt tribute album at some point soon

[CellarGhosts]

No way, he got much better as his career progressed, save for the last few albums which were just decent.

[IWasaCamera]

I'm with Chris. Aside from his debut, Earle's peak was between Train a Comin' and Transcendental Blues.

[CellarGhosts]

Definitely. Train a Comin' might be my favorite album of his. I do love Copperhead Road though, even though there's some filler. But songs like the title track and "Johnny Come Lately" are classic.

[IWasaCamera]

Favorite is probably El Corazon for me. Emmylou again. :-)

[CellarGhosts]

Haha. She's got a great track record, that's for sure. El Corazon is a good one too.

[mike sheets]

guitar town, exit 0, copperhead road and train a comin were all good albums.

i just don't enjoy his later work.

[CellarGhosts]

Fair enough. The early albums aren't bad at all.

[StreetSpirit76]

The only problem I have with Townes is that a few of his albums are ridiculously over-produced, particularly For The Sake Of The Song. He sounds so much better in a live setting with just his guitar and vocals.

That being said, he's one of my favorite songwriters. I love this scene (and song) from Heartworn Highways:

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[IWasaCamera]

Everything from Our Mother The Mountain to The Late Great is stellar.

[StreetSpirit76]

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[mmmmmpoetry]

Dude is real good. I need to check him out more. Waitin' around to die has always been one of my favourites.