Various Artists – Poet: A Tribute To Townes Van Zandt

Description

Release Date: 2009

Label: Fat Possum Records

 

Track List

1. Marie – Willie Nelson
2. Tower Song – Nanci Griffith
3. My Proud Mountains – John T. Van Zandt
4. To Live Is To Fly – Guy Clark
5. White Freightliner Blues – Billy Joe Shaver
6. Pancho & Lefty – Delbert McClinton
7. Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold – Robert Earl Keen
8. Nothin’ – Lucinda Williams
9. If I Needed You – Ray Benson
10. A Song For – Jonell Mosser
11. Snake Song – Emmylou Harris
12. Blue Wind Blew – The Flatlanders
13. Loretta – John Prine
14. Waitin’ Around To Die – Rocky Hill
15. Highway Kind – Cowboy Junkies
16. Two Girls – Steve Earle & The Dukes

 

Notes

The songs of Townes Van Zandt are destined to be for folk artists what the works of Gershwin are to saloon singers. On this tribute compilation, Van Zandt’s greatest songs by artists like Willie Nelson, Guy Clark, Lucinda Williams, Cowboy Junkies, Nacni Griffith, John Prine, Steve Earle & the Dukes and more.