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Townes Van Zandt

Folk music
Country rock
Country music
Born to a wealthy family in 1940s Texas, Townes Van Zandt's extremely high IQ classified him as genius but he suffered from manic depression and was given experimental insulin shock therapy to cure him. It wiped out his long-term memory and Townes was never the same again. Leaving behind a career in law and a white picket fence, he became a restless soul constantly in search of something to fill the big hole. Too lonesome and wild for an increasingly corporate Nashville, his songs made him a cult hero, "a songwriter's songwriter", revered by his peers Guy Clark, Steve Earle and J...
Songs
Pancho & Lefty
Pancho & LeftyTownes Van Zandt

High, Low and in Between

I'll Be Here in the Morning
I'll Be Here in the MorningTownes Van Zandt

For the Sake of the Song

Waitin' Around to Die
Waitin' Around to DieTownes Van Zandt

For the Sake of the Song

White Freightliner Blues
White Freightliner BluesTownes Van Zandt

Live at the Old Quarter, Houston

Dollar Bill Blues
Dollar Bill BluesTownes Van Zandt

Flyin' Shoes

If I Needed You
If I Needed YouTownes Van Zandt

High, Low and in Between

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