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Townes Van Zandt
1969
The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
1972
Our Mother the Mountain
1969
Roadsongs
1994
High, Low and in Between
1972
Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings
2001
A Far Cry From Dead
1999
For the Sake of the Song
1968
No Deeper Blue
1994
Flyin' Shoes
1978
Delta Momma Blues
1971
Live at The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas
1977
Acoustic Blue
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Along The Straightest Line (Live Austin '91)
2025
Rollin' Home Today (Live California '91)
2024
Homeward Bound (Live 1973)
2023
A Whisper Deep Within (Live 1995)
2022
In Pain
2021
Calling Me Home (Live Austin 1995)
2021
Somebody Had To Write It
2020
FolkScene, Los Angeles (Live, November 13, 1988)
2020
Sky Blue
2019
The Best of Townes Van Zandt
2018
Live At The Cactus Café, Austin Texas, 16. Feb 91
2017
Blues Elite: Best of (Townes Van Zandt Collection)
2015
High, Low and In Between - Remastered Edition
2015
The Nashville Sessions
2015
Concert Radio (Townes Van Zandt Masters)
2014
Be Here to Love Me
2009
Live at the Jester Lounge (Houston, TX. 1966)
2004
In the Beginning
2003
The Highway Kind
1997
Rear View Mirror
1997
High, Low and in Between / The Late Great Townes van Zandt
1996
At My Window
1987
Live At The Whole Coffeehouse, Minneapolis, Mn, 9 November, 1973 (Remastered)
1973
Delta Momma Blues - Remastered Edition
1970
Singles & EPs
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About
John Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997), best known as Townes Van Zandt, was an American Texas Country-folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet. Many of his songs, including "If I Needed You," "To Live is to Fly," and "No Place to Fall" are considered standards of their genre. While alive, Van Zandt was labeled as a cult musician; though he had a small and devoted fanbase, he never had a successful album or single, and even had difficulty keeping his recordings in print. In 1983, six years after Emmylou Harris had first popularized it, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard covered his song "Pancho and Lefty," scoring a number one hit on the Billboard country music charts. Despite achievements like these, the bulk of his life was spent touring various dive bars, often living in cheap motel rooms, backwoods cabins, and on friends' couches. Van Zandt was notorious for his drug addictions, alcoholism, and his tendency to tell tall tales. When young, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and insulin shock therapy erased much of his long-term memory.
Townes Van Zandt in brief
- How many Townes Van Zandt releases are on Riffiter?
- 38 releases are catalogued, spanning 1968 to 2025.
- What is the most recent Townes Van Zandt release on Riffiter?
- Along The Straightest Line (Live Austin '91), released in 2025.