Any songwriters amongst us ? Do you like a sad song ? Townes Van Zandt is (was) the master of penning "tears in the beer" .....perhaps second only to old Hank.
https://youtu.be/VZUE7KTtUwE
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T.V.Z. Tuesday.....
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T.V.Z. Tuesday.....
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You have to be in a certain mood for many of Townes' songs. Here are two that I like anytime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zprRZ2w ... rt_radio=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKRA3zAcQss
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He has a son who is a fly-fishing guide down south, Port Mansfield, Port Aransas, somewhere down in there. I hope he has a peaceful heart.
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I like Townes song from Deadwood. Willy Boy.
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Thanks for the topic! Here's a couple of my favs. Second one is a cover.Didn't even know he wrote it till now.
https://youtu.be/zaP8NGML_QE
https://youtu.be/dF2JxJox-pw
https://youtu.be/zaP8NGML_QE
https://youtu.be/dF2JxJox-pw
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Took a while but I found my current number 1. Duet with another great Texan.
https://youtu.be/Kc6AsDmuD2U
https://youtu.be/Kc6AsDmuD2U
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Yet another T.V.Z. tuesday.....
There are so many stories on the inspirations of his songs that contradict one another that it is impossible to know the truth(s).
In one interview Townes said, "we were at a birthday party in a bar and my girlfriend at the time ordered either a pitcher of margaritas or one of those giant ones, you know with the salt on the rim. We found out later that someone had put quaaludes in the margaritas. There was a television over the bar playing a ballgame of some sort and during a commercial break, I saw one of Nancy Reagan's first p.s.a.s against drug use. The first lady's visage suddenly morphed into a medusa like malevolent hag and the antagonist character and the idea for the whole song came to me there in that bar."
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4of_K4Cl7 ... 9sZQ%3D%3D
There are so many stories on the inspirations of his songs that contradict one another that it is impossible to know the truth(s).
In one interview Townes said, "we were at a birthday party in a bar and my girlfriend at the time ordered either a pitcher of margaritas or one of those giant ones, you know with the salt on the rim. We found out later that someone had put quaaludes in the margaritas. There was a television over the bar playing a ballgame of some sort and during a commercial break, I saw one of Nancy Reagan's first p.s.a.s against drug use. The first lady's visage suddenly morphed into a medusa like malevolent hag and the antagonist character and the idea for the whole song came to me there in that bar."
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4of_K4Cl7 ... 9sZQ%3D%3D
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