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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...
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Pancho & LeftyTownes Van Zandt
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I'll Be Here in the MorningTownes Van Zandt
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Waitin' Around to DieTownes Van Zandt
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White Freightliner BluesTownes Van Zandt
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If I Needed YouTownes Van Zandt
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Dollar Bill BluesTownes Van Zandt
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Pancho & LeftyTownes Van Zandt

High, Low and in Between

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I'll Be Here in the MorningTownes Van Zandt

For the Sake of the Song

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Waitin' Around to DieTownes Van Zandt

For the Sake of the Song

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White Freightliner BluesTownes Van Zandt

Live at the Old Quarter, Houston

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If I Needed YouTownes Van Zandt

High, Low and in Between

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Dollar Bill BluesTownes Van Zandt

Flyin' Shoes

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