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Townes Van Zandt Mix

Artist Song
Townes Van Zandt  If I Needed You (Rear View Mirror) 
Townes Van Zandt  When He Offers His Hand (High, Low And In Between) 
Townes Van Zandt  Come Tomorrow (Delta Momma Blues) 
Townes Van Zandt  Rex's Blues (Live At The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas) 
Townes Van Zandt  Snowin' On Raton (At My Window) 
Townes Van Zandt  Two Hands (High, Low And In Between) 
Townes Van Zandt  To Live Is To Fly (High, Low And In Between) 
Townes Van Zandt  Don't Let The Sunshine Fool Ya' (The Late Great Townes Van Zandt) 
Townes Van Zandt  I'll Be There In The Morning (For The Sake Of The Song: First Album) 
Townes Van Zandt  Pancho And Lefty (The Late Great Townes Van Zandt) 
Townes Van Zandt  Tecumseh Valley (Live At The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas) 
Townes Van Zandt  Hey Willy Boy (No Deeper Blue) 
Townes Van Zandt  Katie Belle (Together At The Bluebird Cafe) 
Townes Van Zandt  Dead Flowers (The Big Lebowski Original Soundtrack) 
Townes Van Zandt  The Catfish Song (At My Window) 

Comment:

I first tried Townes Van Zandt based on Steve Earle's famous comment that Townes Van Zandt is a better songwriter than Bob Dylan. I'm not sure I can qualify as a true Townes Van Zandt fan since I can't agree with that statement (although I should earn some bonus points for suffering through Be Here For Me Now, which must be the most boring documentary that has ever been made, especially for such an interesting subject as Townes Van Zandt). Anyway, with all due respect to Steve Earle, I think Townes Van Zandt's work is too inconsistent, and the arrangements are really lacking for a lot of his work, to compare to Dylan -- but definitely, at his best (If I Needed You, Rex's Blues, Snowin' on Raton, To Live Is To Fly, and The Catfish Song), he comes close, as these songs have some of the greatest lyrics ever written in my opinion.

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mahdishain
Date: 7/5/2007
another on of my favorites gets the krenzel16 s.a.m. treatment. a very difficult selection process which i have yet to undertake but i would start with the highway kind and greensboro woman. hemizen and i built a mix around the steve earle quote. if you have the patience to read through the commentary you can get my thoughts on townes vs bob. http://www.artofthemix.org/FindAMix/getcontents.asp?strMixID=107992
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krenzel16
Date: 7/5/2007
The Townes vs. Bob mix is a great idea -- I am going to have to see about putting that mix on my MP3 player :) It would have been funny if you put Bob Dylan's version of Pancho and Lefty on your mix. Did Townes Van Zandt ever cover a Bob Dylan song? I can't think of anything . . .
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mahdishain
Date: 7/5/2007
i believe i searched unsuccessfully for cross covers when we did the mix.
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hemizen
Date: 7/6/2007
I said it once and I will say it again. I love Townes and I love Steve but noway is Townes a better overall song writer. Very nice mix.