Songs Townes Van Zandt wrote that others recorded: “If I Needed You” (Ray Benson, 2001), “Pancho and Lefty” (Bob Dylan, 1995) and “Lungs” (Cowboy Junkies, 1994). Songs Townes Van Zandt recorded that someone else wrote: “Dead Flowers” by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, “Don’t Let The Sunshine Fool Ya’” by Guy Clark and “Who Do You Love?” by Bo Diddley. Songs Townes Van Zandt wrote with others: “Delta Mama Blues” (with Caddo Parish Studdard and Matthew More), “Heavenly Houseboat Blues” (with Susanna Clark) and “Gone, Gone Blues” (with Mickey White). On General Admission 4 Us: 9 cuts, 6 records and 3 albums from the Rabbit Hole Records crate.
Album · The Late Great Townes Van Zandt (1972)
A lesser-known but deeply personal album that showcases Townes Van Zandt's unparalleled songwriting at its most raw and vulnerable.
Cuts from The Late Great Townes Van Zandt that start with Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt, a writer people study, put "Honky Tonkin’" on record in 1972, someone else's song. Who wrote the tune Townes chose to carry?Hank Williams
Album · Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (1977)
The holy grail of singer-songwriter recordings - Townes alone with his guitar in a Houston dive bar, every song a masterclass in the weight that silence can carry.
Townes Van Zandt's most well-known and defining song, a poetic folk ballad that cemented his reputation as one of the greatest songwriters of his generation.