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The Texas Canon: How Townes Van Zandt's 'Pancho and Lefty' tells a tragic outlaw tale
And Townes Van Zandt, the tormented Houston troubadour ... but it gives a sense of Van Zandt's storytelling gifts, which were never a secret to those who knew him. He recorded a stripped-down ...
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Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Aaron Barker and Bob Morrison have been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Jason Aldean, ‘The Only Way I Know’ Hits No. 1 ...
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On This Day in 1997, Legendary Texas Songwriter Townes Van Zandt Died at the Age of 52
On this day in 1997, singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt died in his Smyrna, Tennessee home at the age of 52. Van Zandt was among a group of elite Texas troubadours that included Guy Clark ...
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Seeds in Townes Van Zandt’s Hand
The seeds in Townes Van Zandt’s hand are ground. What cannot be remembered can be remembered, the seeds are pulverized and bitterly soaked in beer. Glug glug is a sound, left in the throat by the ...