Townes Van Zandt Down Home & Abroad (2-CD)
- catalog number: CDFLOATD6377
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Townes Van Zandt: Down Home & Abroad (2-CD)
The influence of the Texan, who died in 1997, on the alternative country scene was quite simply decisive.
His songs have been interpreted by numerous stars, including Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris and even Bob Dylan. This double CD contains two live recordings - from 1985 in Johnson City, Tennessee, and from 1993 in Helsinki. Among the 29 tracks are some of his best-known songs, including 'Pancho And Leftyʼ, 'If I Needed Youʼ, 'Tecumseh Valleyʼ, 'To Live To Flyʼ, 'Flyin' Shoesʼ, 'Brand New Companionʼ, 'Don't You Take It Too Badʼ, 'Snake Mountain Bluesʼ and 'Mr Gold And Mr Mudʼ.
Article properties: Townes Van Zandt: Down Home & Abroad (2-CD)
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Interpret: Townes Van Zandt
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Album titlle: Down Home & Abroad (2-CD)
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Genre Country
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Artikelart CD
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Label Floating World Records
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EAN: 0805772637726
- weight in Kg 0.11
| van Zandt, Townes - Down Home & Abroad (2-CD) CD 1 | ||||
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| 01 | Intro | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 02 | Dollar Bill Blues | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 03 | Pancho And Lefty | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 04 | Buckskin Stallion Blues | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 05 | No Place To Fall | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 06 | Talking Thunderbird Blues | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 07 | Mr Gold And Mr Mud | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 08 | If Ineeded You | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 09 | Snowing On Raton | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 10 | To Live To Fly | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 11 | Don't You Take It Too Bad | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 12 | Snake Mountain Blues | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 13 | Rake | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 14 | Fraternity Blues | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 15 | Colorado Girl / Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| van Zandt, Townes - Down Home & Abroad (2-CD) CD 2 | ||||
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| 01 | Dollar Bill Blues | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 02 | Pancho And Lefty | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 03 | Brand New Companion | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 04 | Two Girls | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 05 | Lungs | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 06 | Rex's Blues | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 07 | Nothin' | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 08 | The Ribbons Of Love | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 09 | Kathleen | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 10 | The Cuckoo | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 11 | Brother Flower | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 12 | If I Needed You | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 13 | Pinball Machine (1st Verse) | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 14 | Tecumseh Valley | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 15 | Flyin' Shoes | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| 16 | Don't You Take It Too Bad | Townes Van Zandt | ||
Townes Van Zandt
Pancho And Lefty
During the third week of February, 1973, Townes Van Zandt's sixth album, 'The Late Great',shipped out of United Artists Records' five warehouses across the country. The austere, black-and-white gatefold sleeve was embellished with two photos and a little over one hundred words, its minimalism foretelling the content. Townes' music hadn't always been so perfectly framed, nor had he so successfully balanced light and dark. The arrangements on his earlier LPs had sometimes been prettified or overwrought, but this time the backing was more in keeping with the tenor of his music. The album's title was a joke that probably alluded to the fact that Townes had nearly overshot the runway several times. The front cover still-life was framed by Gothic type as if it were a funeral invitation. The back cover photo was the polar opposite; Townes was alive and buzzed. Poppy Records boss Kevin Eggers said that he came up with the title to generate a little interest. Most people didn't know Townes was alive; perhaps they'd take notice if they thought he was dead.
All the words expended on Pancho And Lefty have compounded more than unraveled its enigma. In concert, Townes would preface it with a story longer than the song itself of how he wrote it in a motel after devotees of Billy Graham and the Guru Maharaji had taken every hotel room in Dallas. Was it set in the past or present? Were Pancho and Lefty men or metaphors? Cosmic Butch Cassidys? Perhaps even Townes wasn't sure. Jack Clement, who'd dubbed trumpets on Johnny Cash's Ring Of Fire, added mariachi horns to one verse and strings to another. Neither was obtrusive, although Townes claimed that they went on without his say-so. Eggers wanted drums on the track but Townes refused. Emmylou Harris - a latter-day songcatcher, ferreting out obscure songs just as folklorists sought them in the mountains - recorded Pancho And Lefty in 1977. Six years later, it became a #1 country hit for the duo of Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. Since then hundreds of performers have recorded it, most recently the duo of Elizabeth Cook and Jason Isbell. Detail hounds note that the original 45 rendered the title as Poncho & Lefty and the original LP as 'Pauncho & Lefty,' Spanish clearly not being the first, second, or third language of anyone at Poppy Records.
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