On May 12, New West will release Townes , Earle's tribute to his friend and mentor. The album will also be available as a deluxe two-CD set and on 180-gram vinyl. That's the cover above. According to a press release, Earle and Van Zandt first met when Van Zandt heckled an Earle...
and this was the comradare we had. Townes believed in brutal honestly, and this became just that between us. I learned the music business in the school of Townes Van Zandt. We became partners in crime, and held onto our ownership of the recordings we did together. Our office was on the...
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16th June 2022 Lee Edwards Amenra, Cave In, Country, Folk, Marissa Nadler, My Proud Mountain, Neurot Recordings, Townes Van Zandt, Various Artists At Shaman HQ we have a long-standing history with the singer songwriter Townes Van Zandt. Since its inception back in Read More >> Album & ...
Steve, who is famed for his rock and country music as well as his political views, will be airing songs from his latest album simply entitled Townes, which features 15 Van Zandt songs, plucked from all stages of the firebrand musician's career. Towns and country; Steve Earle's tribute to...
I first heard Townes Van Zandt on his live double album, which I borrowed from my sister’s erstwhile boyfriend, Kevin, who turned me on to a wide range of music I might otherwise have missed in the early 1980s: Public Image Limited’sFlowers of Romance, Rachel Sweet’sProtect the Innoce...
Townes Van Zandt's album Flyin' Shoes is a record worth owning. Widely considered one of the greatest songwriters of his generation, Townes Van Zandt has been hailed by such singers as Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, and Willie Nelson. Fat Possum is proud t
“My mother hated Townes Van Zandt,” he told Rolling Stone in 2019. “My first name was supposed to be Townes, but my mother would not have it. She hated him because of the trouble that Dad and him got into, but she still played his music.” The...
It’s hard to believe that Townes Van Zandt has been gone for more than 20 years, leaving behind some fine songs and memories of some uneven performances, in which his problems with addiction and bipolar disorder were no doubt played their part. The live double albumDown Home & Abroadfeature...
The album, called Guy, comes a decade after the group released Townes in tribute to Townes Van Zandt, the other artist who made the biggest impact on Earle as a songwriter. "No way I could get out of doing this record," Earle explains. "When I get to the other side, I didn't ...