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Article: Van Zandt, Townes
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Townes Van Zandt
Singer, songwriter
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Townes Van Zandt is one of a handful of Texas born singer-songwriters who can only be described as modern day troubadours. While Van Zandt has written country hits for others, he has remained largely an obscure figure, endlessly traveling the coffeehouse/juke joint circuit. He declared in the
New York Times
in 1989,
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It looks like I
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m forever going to be a folk singer.
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Van Zandt
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s compositions include such hits as
“
Poncho & Lefty
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for Willie Nelson and
“
If I Needed You
”
for Emmylou Harris. Although he remains unknown to a mainstream ...
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Article: Country Singer-Songwriter Townes Van Zandt ...
The Washington Post;
January 4, 1997 ;
700+ words
...Townes Van Zandt, 52, a singer and songwriter who wrote ... Zandt. On the liner notes for Mr. Van Zandt's 1987 album "At My Window," Earle wrote, "Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole ...
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