Artist	Song
Townes Van Zandt	Cocaine Blues
from Live At the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (2008)
Townes Van Zandt	Katie Belle Blues
from In Pain (2000)
Townes Van Zandt	Our Mother the Mountain
from Rear View Mirror (1997)
Townes Van Zandt	Talking Thunderbird Blues
from Live and Obscure (1993)
Townes Van Zandt	No Lonesome Tune
from High, Low & in Between (1996)
Townes Van Zandt	A Song For
from No Deeper Blue (1994)
Townes Van Zandt	Ain't Leavin' Your Love
from Together At the Bluebird Café (2001)
Townes Van Zandt	Gone Too Long
from No Deeper Blue (1994)
Townes Van Zandt	Nothin'
from Be Here to Love Me (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2006)
Townes Van Zandt	Gypsy Friday
from In the Beginning (2009)
Townes Van Zandt	No Deal
from The Highway Kind (1997)
Townes Van Zandt	Pueblo Waltz
from Live At McCabe's (2003)
Townes Van Zandt	Black Crow Blues
from In the Beginning (2009)
Townes Van Zandt	Short-Haired Woman Blues
from Road Songs (2006)
Townes Van Zandt	Colorado Bound
from In the Beginning (2009)
Townes Van Zandt	(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
from The Highway Kind (1997)
Townes Van Zandt	Maryetta's Song
from In the Beginning (2009)
Townes Van Zandt	Shrimp Song
from Abnormal (2002)
Townes Van Zandt	Rex's Blues
from In Pain (2000)
Townes Van Zandt	Racing In the Streets
from Road Songs (2006)
Townes Van Zandt	Black Jack Mama
from In the Beginning (2009)
Townes Van Zandt	Automobile Blues
from Road Songs (2006)
Townes Van Zandt	The Interfaith Dental Clinic
from Together At the Bluebird Café (2001)
Townes Van Zandt	Walbash Cannonball
from Live At McCabe's (2003)
Townes Van Zandt	Old Shep
from Abnormal (2002)

Comment:

No matter how far out Townes Van Zandt's songs ventured, his country and blues roots always kept things grounded, and he wasn't shy about sharing his influences with his audience. Legendary bluesman and fellow Houstonite Lightnin' Hopkins was a crucial inspiration, and the Van Zandt version of Lightnin's "Short-Haired Woman Blues" lets the tune ring out in all its eccentric glory. Townes never did time on a chain gang, but when he sang Hank Williams & Jimmie Davis' forlorn prison ballad "(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle" in his later years, he let his regrets over his own missteps bring the tune to tearful life. But sometimes, Van Zandt tackled tunes from his peers, like when he tapped into his inner hot-rodder on Bruce Springsteen's automotive anthem "Racing In the Streets."

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