Well, very glad for the greenlight.. But I was too clever for my own good.

Had spelled "deserts" as "desserts," which tied in with, "where he got the bread to go.." (You know, desserts/deserts, carbs, etc.) Would not normally tied in, b/c the "bread to go," which Lefty got somehow after he did what he had to do. But, some helpful soul corrected my spelling in the headline.

/sigh. Miss ya Townes

Love the song. Think we must have a Townes fan 'mongst the modmins since we get a van Zandt greenlight every few months or so.

there is a local station out here in CT that highlights an artist every other friday, they spent the whole afternoon on Townes, probably one of the best afternoon's of radio ever heard.

A brilliant man. Somehow I believe he's up there in heaven singing for the saints and angels.

You picked a great song but you could have picked any one of a hundred, Waiting Around to Die, Cowboy Junkie's Lament or I'll be Here in the Morning...The man was a great songwriter.

The man was a great songwriter.

Yes, but not so great a singer.

Emmylou's version, from '77 or so.

Good lord, she was fine then. Now, too.

Thanks, Gulper Eel, that was better.

I've always preferred the Willie and Merle version...

Waiting Around To Die was the first song he ever wrote, as a teenager. If the song alone doesn't give you goosebumps, then knowing that while you listen should.

/still trying figure out how to get a greenlight on a Gram Parsons post

Crewmannumber6: Waiting Around To Die was the first song he ever wrote, as a teenager. If the song alone doesn't give you goosebumps, then knowing that while you listen should.

if you've ever seen "heartworn highways" and seen him play it in his kitchen while his neighbor crys, it'll kill you every time you hear it.

doublesecretprobation: Crewmannumber6: Waiting Around To Die was the first song he ever wrote, as a teenager. If the song alone doesn't give you goosebumps, then knowing that while you listen should.

if you've ever seen "heartworn highways" and seen him play it in his kitchen while his neighbor crys, it'll kill you every time you hear it.

Here is the video from "Heartworn Highways"(new window). The song starts at about 4:20, but if you like Townes, I would suggest watching it in its entirety.

ZAZ: The man was a great songwriter.

Yes, but not so great a singer.

I dunno, his voice had character. It gave something to the music.

doublesecretprobation: Crewmannumber6: Waiting Around To Die was the first song he ever wrote, as a teenager. If the song alone doesn't give you goosebumps, then knowing that while you listen should.

if you've ever seen "heartworn highways" and seen him play it in his kitchen while his neighbor crys, it'll kill you every time you hear it.

I've seen it and it gets me every time. There is no songwriter his equal today. The only one I can think of worth mentioning right now is David Rawlings, who writes Gillian Welch's songs

got a puppy last week, named him pancho, so i'm getting a kick out of these replies.

Thanks, Subby. Townes is one of my favorites.

I play with this country singer from time to time, and one weekend we had to fill four hours at a local bar. Towards the end of the night, he goes up and plays Waitin Round To Die, so I counter with Tecumseh Valley, and he hits back with Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold, and we got into a Townes-Van-Zandt-off.

Depressed the hell out of the bar...not because we sucked (mostly), but because the songs were so damn perfect.

Steve Earle once said, "Townes Van Zandt is the greatest songwriter alive and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and tell him that."

Townes Van Zandt heard that and replied, ""I've met Bob Dylan's bodyguards and if Steve Earle thinks he can stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table, he's sadly mistaken."

/I won the Zandt off
//by a hair
///but not 1% of 1% as good as the man himself

Introduced by Nanci Griffith, no less.

Thanks, subby - made my day.

uhm, that really sucked. Sorry. I don't get it. I used to hear crap like that at Chubby's, on the corner of LaSalle and Michigan in Indianapolis. It's closed now...I wonder why?

/love me some Menudo.
//the troll line is set...
///waiting...
////waiting...
//five slashies.

When you have several hours to spare check out the "Townes van Zandt Private Concert" on Youtube. Filmed in his hotel room at a Holiday Inn in Houston.

/ Loves him some Rex's Blues
// Kind of obsessed with Mr Mudd And Mr Gold at the moment...

TVZ was the greatest American songwriter. (Bob Dylan can lick my sack) That is all.

There is a documentary out on him, what a massive fark-up. very good song writer, though.

Likes me some EL Harris but her voice, high and grating, leaves something to be desired.

And this

JimmyDeGration 2009-11-06 10:22:55 AM
TVZ was the greatest American songwriter. (Bob Dylan can lick my sack) That is all.

1) You are entitled to your opinion, as weird as it is
and
2) Nice to see you come out of the closet, but hope as you might I doubt Dylan will oblige you.

ZAZ: The man was a great songwriter.

Yes, but not so great a singer.

I'm with you there brother.

douchebag/hater: There is a documentary out on him, what a massive fark-up. very good song writer, though.

Likes me some EL Harris but her voice, high and grating, leaves something to be desired.

And this

JimmyDeGration 2009-11-06 10:22:55 AM
TVZ was the greatest American songwriter. (Bob Dylan can lick my sack) That is all.

1) You are entitled to your opinion, as weird as it is
and
2) Nice to see you come out of the closet, but hope as you might I doubt Dylan will oblige you.

THe TVZ documentary is called "Be Here To Love Me" and it's so sad...On the scale of the Shane MacGowan documentary "Fall From Grace With God". TVZ drank himself to death basically.

This song always kind of makes me want to drink.

I listen to this song almost every morning on my way to work.

bmfderek: ZAZ: The man was a great songwriter.

Yes, but not so great a singer.

I'm with you there brother.

This was only four years before he died. His voice was pretty well shot. Earlier stuff was much better vocally.

Still, a hell of a songwriter and a true eccentric.