It never gets old to revisit the music of Townes Van Zandt. Recently Baltimore singer/songwriter Caleb Stine and I dug deep into Van Zandt's catalog and complied the ten essential tracks that define his music.
Townes Van Zandt is one of the most criminally overlooked songwriters of the last fifty years. His life in a snapshot is simple and scary. Born to a wealthy Texas family, he left to pursue music, diagnosed as manic-depressive he had insulin-shock therapy which ruined his memory, he lived to the extreme – once jumping off a fourth-floor balcony just to see what it was like, was an alcoholic, and in between all of that he carved out a reputation for himself as one of the greatest songwriters of all time. He was a songwriters’ songwriter.
Swing by AmericanaUK to see the definitive list Stine and I put together. Then leave a comment and letus know what songs would have been on your list.
Essentials: The top 10 Townes Van Zandt songs
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