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...