Townes Van Zandt

Townes Van Zandt

John Townes Van Zandt

2 songs 2 albums

Singer-songwriter Steve Earle once said about Townes Van

Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I’ll stand on Bob Dylan‘s coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.

Earle later clarified his comment, but there is an element of truth to his praise. Like Bob Dylan, Van Zandt’s song are full of poetic imagery, literary allusions, and fictional folk heroes. But where Dylan channeled blues and gospel influences in his music, Van Zandt—a Texas native—kept his sound closely aligned to acoustic folk and country.