Sounds like : The best thing you never heard. Townes is, without doubt, one of the greatest songwriters to have ever graced this old rock, but, relatively unknown. I scratch my head in confusion. I hate all notions of authenticity being applied to music, but this is, in my head at least, true country music. Don't let that put you off.
For More, Get this: Townes left a lot of music behind, but frankly his discography is a bit of a mess. A lot of songs were rerecorded on consecutive albums, drowned in strings, cheesy country music and even choirs. The best introduction to his work is the 2-cd Live At The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas. Recorded in 1973, this contains solo versions of many of his greatest songs. Very wonderful. In terms of studio recordings, i'd possibly start with Our Mother The Mountain, as some of the arrangements (The title track, Kathleen) work well. For the adventurous, and the bargain hunters of you, you might want to pick up the 4-cd Texas Troubadour from Play.Com - which compiles a lot of his key studio recordings from the late sixties & early seventies - for a bargain £9.99!
WAITING ROUND TO DIE
Incredible footage from the film Heartworn Highways
TECUMSEH VALLEY
How much i wish i could write a song quite as good as this. Truly heartbreaking.
OUR MOTHER THE MOUNTAIN (NO VIDEO)
....and this one. One of the first townes songs i heard. I must've fell over.
IF I NEEDED YOU
I covered this song once. Beautiful.
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