No Lonesome Tune/Sad Cinderella/German Mustard/Don't Let The Sunshine Fool Ya/Honky Tonkin'/ Snow Don't Fall/Fraulein/Pancho & Lefty/If I Needed You/Silver Ships Of Andilar/Heavenly Houseboat Blues
The Texan singer songwriter Townes Van Zandt enjoys considerable cult status today although none of his albums ever troubled the charts. After The Late Great his releases would become very sporadic.
“Another beautiful collection of well crafted, intelligent and quite varied tracks. The biggest compliment I can pay is that I could easily spend an entire day listening to this man's great work back to back. There is a magic to the music of Townes Van Zandt that I admire so much.” “He inexplicably remains a cult figure when he is one of the greatest songwriters of all time. His poetic lyrics are up there with the best, and his sombre, unaffected voice and gentle melodies make up a body of work few can rival.”
“His voice is so effortless and almost humorous as he croons great, laid back, sad ballads. The production is also excellent, subtle strumming and uncomplicated arrangements really just draw attention to the power of his voice and the honest, brilliant songs.”
“No American lyricist ever surpassed Townes Van Zandt, or reached the point where every word spoken seemed to possess a pristine greatness.”
“Townes Van Zandt never made fancy records. It was always the conviction for a simple life that gave him an unshakable greatness. Jagged enough to be unforgettable, this is a nice little nugget from a pure Texas original.”
“It was only through time that I realized that trying to put any other label on Townes Van Zandt aside from songwriter is completely pointless; he's not a country singer, not quite a folk artist, and not a blues performer, yet he managed to take all these elements and throw them into the mix that became his music. Perhaps the fact that he can't be easily classified may explain his maddening lack of success.”
“The compositions here are lyrically intense, Townes' language is stark and uncommercial. The music is primary acoustic and under-produced with stories by a man who lived on the edge, who walked a tightrope. With an elegant Texas-twang, Townes reveals his images of life and love, often his perspective is bleak and lonesome, melancholy tales of losers, gambles and ramblers.”
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