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Townes |  | Artist: Steve Earle
Label: New West Records
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Sales Rank: 1734
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 6164
UPC: 607396616428
EAN: 0607396616428
ASIN: B001QZEHEI
Release Date: May 12, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | Pancho and Lefty | | • | White Freightliner Blues | | • | Colorado Girl | | • | Where I Lead Me | | • | Lungs | | • | No Place To Fall | | • | Loretta | | • | Brand New Companion | | • | Rake | | • | Delta Momma Blues | | • | Marie | | • | Don t Take It Too Bad | | • | Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold | | • | (Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria | | • | To Live Is To Fly |
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Product Description
Steve Earle is set to release Townes, his highly anticipated follow up to the Grammy Award winning album Washington Square Serenade. The 15-song set is comprised of songs written by Earle s friend and mentor, the late singer-songwriter, Townes Van Zandt. Townes will also be available as a deluxe two-CD set, as well as double Limited Edition 180 gram vinyl.
The album was produced by Earle at his home in Greenwich Village, at Sound Emporium and Room and Board in Nashville, TN and The Nest in Hollywood, CA. The track Lungs, was produced and mixed by the Dust Brothers John King and features Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine/The Nightwatchman on electric guitar. Earle s wife, the acclaimed singer-songwriter Allison Moorer, is featured on backing vocals on Loretta and To Live Is To Fly. Three songs cut in Nashville, White Freightliner Blues, Delta Momma Blues, and Don t Take It Too Bad feature a bluegrass band consisting of Dennis Crouch, Tim O Brien, Darrel Scott and Shad Cobb.
Earle met Townes Van Zandt in 1972 at one of Earle s performances at The Old Quarter in Houston, TX. Van Zandt was in the audience and playfully heckled Earle throughout the performance to play the song Wabash Cannonball Earle admitted that he didn t know how to play the tune and Van Zandt replied incredibly You call yourself a folksinger and you don t know Wabash Cannonball? Earle then silenced him by playing the Van Zandt song Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold, not an easy feat due to its quickly-paced mouthful of lyrics squeezed into just over two minutes of song. Their bond was immediately formed. On Townes, Earle and his son, singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle (named after Van Zandt) trade verses on the tune, a song the two of them have been playing together since Justin was a teenager.
The songs selected for Townes were the ones that meant the most to Earle and the ones he personally connected to (not including selections featured on previous Earle albums). Some of the selections chosen were songs that Earle has played his entire career ( Pancho and Lefty, Lungs, White Freightliner Blues ) and others he had to learn specifically for recording. He learned the song (Quicksilver Daydreams of) Maria directly from Van Zandt, and taught himself Marie and Rake specifically for the album s recording. Once a song he played during his live show, Earle relearned Colorado Girl in the original Open D tuning that Van Zandt played it in. Earle recorded the New York sessions solo and then added the other instruments later on in order to preserve the spirit of Van Zandt s original solo performances to the best of his recollection.
Album Description
2009 release, the highly anticipated follow up to the Grammy Award winning album Washington Square Serenade. The 15-song set is comprised of songs written by Earle's friend and mentor, the late singer-songwriter, Townes Van Zandt. The songs selected for Townes were the ones that meant the most to Earle and the ones he personally connected to. Some of the selections chosen were songs that Earle has played his entire career ('Pancho and Lefty', 'Lungs', 'White Freightliner Blues'). He learned the song '(Quicksilver Daydreams of) Maria' directly from Van Zandt. Earle recorded the New York sessions solo and then added the instruments later on in order to preserve the spirit of Van Zandt's original solo performances to the best of his recollection. The track 'Lungs' was produced and mixed by the Dust Brothers' John King and features Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine/The Nightwatchmen on electric guitar.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Townes 2 ? February 17, 2010
Christine J. Barnes (Michigan)
Very nice Steve!It don't get better than this.Townes 2 sounds like a Great thing.Buy this cd and sit back and wait for Townes 2
A Must Own January 31, 2010
KA-
A heartfelt album for the love and connections of two different musical artists.
This is a true tribute to Townes.
Enjoy it for it's purity and don't read into it what it is not.
Steve did justice to his memory.
Townes Record November 11, 2009
Holly Smith
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I received my order very very quickly and in perfect condition. I will definately recommend this seller.
Steve Got This One Just About Right November 9, 2009
Paul J. Frye (Redding, CA USA)
Steve Earle's recent release of covers of some Townes Van Zandt's most popular songs is (IMHO)an excellent piece of work. I think that Townes would approve. Listening to any of that newer group of Texas outlaws e.g. Steve Earle, Guy Clark, etc., doing any of Townes' "stuff" is almost like hearing a new gem from this dead too young Texas poet.
Most folks are familiar with PANCHO AND LEFTY, but much of Townes' music is less well known and those unfamiliar with said music are missing a gift. Van Zandt's work combines some well crafted poetry with heart touching melodies that are just right for listening to whilst sitting around the fire place with a cuppla' fingers of I.W. Harper and maybe your wife or a group of other good friends.
Steve Earle was a good choice of artist to lend his earthy baritone voice and guitar work to this CD. REAR VIEW MIRROR, my most played Van Zandt offering, is now joined by TOWNES and they shuffle along together rather nicely. Like my title says, Steve got this one just about right. I sent this copy to my son in New Jersey and he says that he enjoys it. This may suggest that Towne's music is accepted by a much wider audience/demographic than folks thought when Townes was still alive. I hope that makes Townes happy, wherever he is. The CD is making me happy up here in Northern California and with winter coming, I'm sure that I'll have many a pleasant evening, swapping stories with friends while TOWNES supplies the background music. I highly recommend this CD, TOWNES, without qualification.
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