![]() ![]() I told Erin, 'I’ll be right back.' Outside, I greet Townes, and ask him if he’ll sign a couple albums. As Erin and I approached the hostess in the bar to get our seats, I noticed Townes on the street with his guitar case. I was really excited to see this brilliant, yet mercurial performer. The Tin Angel is a tiny listening room, with seats for maybe 100 people on the second floor of a bar/restaurant. He was doing a small tour with Guy Clark, another acclaimed Texas songwriter, and Erin and I went to see them perform at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia in November ‘95. As Steve Earle once said, “Townes was a great teacher and a bad role model.” He died New Year’s Day, 1997, forty four years to the day when his hero, Hank Williams also departed. An insightful lyricist, Townes was a compelling performer, He led a well documented, shambling mess of a life off stage, and succumbed to his addictions, alcoholism and demons when he was only fifty two years old. he's sadly mistaken.Īn influential songwriter, Townes Van Zandt's songs have been covered by Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Merle Haggard, and Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin does Townes!). I’ve met Bob Dylan's bodyguards and if Steve Earle thinks he can stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table. Townes Van Zandt ls the best songwriter in the whole world and I‘ll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that. ![]()
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