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Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
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Van Zandt, Townes |
Hello Central |
Live at the Jester, 1966 |
Normal |
Earliest recorded, Townes first steady gig @ 22. Lightning Hopkins, comp. |
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Van Zandt, Townes |
Black Crow Blues |
In The Beginning |
Compadre |
Also '66, first studio demos. |
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Van Zandt, Townes |
Black Jack Mama |
In The Beginning |
Compadre |
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Watson, Doc |
If I Needed You |
Then And Now |
Sugar Hill |
First covers of Townes songs, 1972 |
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Sainte-Marie, Buffy |
Mister, Can't You See |
Moon Shot |
Vanguard |
Also 1972 |
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4 |
Van Zandt, Townes |
Quicksilver Daydreams Of Maria |
First Album: For The Sake Of The Song (reissue) |
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1968 |
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Van Zandt, Townes |
St. John the Gambler |
Our Mother The Mountain |
Poppy |
1969 |
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V/A |
J.T. Van Zandt-My Proud Mountains |
Poet: Tribute To Townes Van Zandt |
Pedernales |
J.T., Townes' oldest son |
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Van Zandt, Townes |
Kathleen |
Our Mother The Mountain |
Poppy |
Tindersticks cover boosted Townes to Europe |
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Young, Steve |
No Place To Fall |
No Place To Fall |
RCA |
1978 w/Buddy Emmons, Tracy Nelson |
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Griffith, Nanci |
Tecumseh Valley |
Other Voices, Other Rooms |
Electra |
w/Arlo Guthrie |
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Van Zandt, Townes |
The Highway Kind |
The Highway Kind |
Sugar Hill |
Live, rel. Mar. 1997 |
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Van Zandt, Townes |
To Live Is To Fly |
Live at The Old Quarter |
Tomato |
Rec. 1977 |
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Van Zandt, Townes |
So Lonesome I Could Cry |
Live At The Jester |
Normal |
Early Hank cover |
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Van Zandt, Townes |
Katie Belle |
Together At The Bluebird Cafe |
American Originals |
Lullaby to daughter from 1995 benefit with Guy Clark, Steve Earle |
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V/A |
Van Zandt, Townes-Hey Willie Boy |
Daddies Sing Goodnight |
Sugar Hill |
Lullaby for youngest son |
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Anderson, Eric |
The Blue March (The Iris) |
You Can't Relive The Past |
Appleseed |
Co-written with Townes |
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2 |
The Be Good Tanyas |
Waitin' Around To Die |
Chinatown |
Nettwerk |
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V/A |
Lucinda Williams-Nothin' |
Poet: Tribute to Townes Van Zandt |
Pedernales |
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Clark, Guy |
Cold Dog Soup |
Cold Dog Soup |
Sugar Hill |
Clark's song about Townes and the poet's life. |
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Olney, David |
Suicide Kid |
Through A Glass Darkly |
Philo |
Olney's song about Townes |
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Lovett, Lyle |
Lungs/Highway Kind |
Step Inside This House |
MCA |
Lovett's trib. to other Texas songwriters. He sang Highway Kind at Townes' funeral |
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Elliott, Ramblin Jack |
Rex's Blues |
Friends Of Mine |
Hightone |
Rec. 1/15/97 w/Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith |
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Van Zandt, Townes |
Pueblo Waltz |
Flyin' Shoes |
Tomato |
Love song from 1978, rec. in Ireland |
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Van Zandt, Townes |
Cowboy Junkies Lament |
No Deeper Blue |
Sugar Hill |
Townes' song to Cowboy Junkies. They toured together in 1990 |
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Cowboy Junkies |
Townes' Blues |
Black Eyed Man |
RCA |
Junkies song to Townes |
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Williams, Robin & Linda |
Two Hands |
Good News |
Sugar Hill |
Townes gospel |
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Russell, Calvin |
Still Lookin' For You |
Rebel Radio |
Firefalls |
Another spiritually inflected Van Zandt |
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Van Zandt, Townes |
Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold |
Live at Union Chapel, London, 1994 |
Tomato |
Masterpiece Townes said it took 4 hours to write and 3 months to learn |
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5 |
Fracasso, Michael |
Loretta |
A Pocketful of Rain |
Lone Star |
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Van Zandt, Townes |
The Hole |
Live at Union Chapel |
Tomato |
Allegorical gem, a visit to the underworld |
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11 |
Shindell, Richard |
I'll Be Here In The Morning |
Reunion Hill |
Shanachie |
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Van Zandt, Townes |
Intro to Pancho and Lefty |
Live In Berlin, 1990 |
Silenz |
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*request
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Nelson, Willie & Dylan, Bob |
Pancho and Lefty |
Willies 60th Birthday Tribute |
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What better tribute could there be? |
*request
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3 |
Gorka, John |
Snow Don't Fall |
Writing In The Margins |
Red House Records |
From Gorka's tribute to other songwriters |
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Van Zandt, Townes |
Marie |
Live at Union Chapel |
Tomato |
Brilliant tale of homelessness |
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Van Zandt, Townes |
A Song For |
Live at Union Chapel |
Tomato |
Life, the show, the title all-too-short |
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Cooder, Ry |
Soundtrack |
Paris, Texas |
Warner |
Wim Wenders' 1985 film soundtrack played behind spoken segments |
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