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Artist Information

Genres: Progressive Country, Country-Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Americana

Active: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's

Born: March 7, 1944 in Fort Worth, TX

Influences

Bob Dylan, Hoyt Axton

Followers

Lyle Lovett, Clarence Bucaro, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Jeff Talmadge, Charlie Robison, Robert Earl Keen, Jr., Phil Cody, Hugh Moffatt, Nanci Griffith, Elmer, Alimony, The Cave Singers, Justin Townes Earle, Turner Cody, René West, Blue Dust Drifters, John Ralston, Laura Gibson, Richard Buckner

Overview

Discography

Biography

Links

Lyrics

Album

Album: The Best of Townes Van Zandt [Tomato]

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Artist: Townes Van Zandt
Released: March 12, 2002
Label: Tomato Music

Song List

Tecumseh Valley

4:25

Our Mother the Mountain

4:21

Snake Mountain Blues

2:38

Waiting Around to Die

2:59

White Freightliner Blues

3:08

Tower Song

4:08

Who Do You Love

4:02

Pancho & Lefty

3:40

Dead Flowers

2:56

For the Sake of the Song

5:18

If I Needed You

3:50

Only Him or Me

2:30

The Ballad of Ira Hayes

4:06

Flyin' Shoes

4:25

To Live Is to Fly

3:14

Buckskin Stallion Blues

2:57

No Place to Fall

3:22

Credits

Willie Nelson:

Performer

John Kruth:

Liner Notes

Calvin Russell:

Performer

Jack Clement:

Producer

Kevin Eggers:

Producer

Ron Frangipane:

Producer

Jim Malloy:

Producer

Chips Moman:

Producer

Townes Van Zandt:

Main Performer

Earl Willis:

Producer