Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty (Live in Austin, 1975) [RESTORED FOOTAGE]

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3 жыл бұрын

Here is a restored version of Townes playing his most famous song at a ranch in Austin, Texas in 1975. I took this footage from the cult classic film, “Heartworn Highways” and then sharpened the image a bit. I found that the audio of this performance had been remastered and remixed on a recent album, so I overdubbed the footage with that version, which is incredibly clearer. I highly recommend listening to this with headphones to get the full experience; it's an extremely moving performance.

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@billygarcia9885 9 ай бұрын

If your song makes a cowboy cry, that’s when you know it’s good.

@baileyrobinson1279 9 ай бұрын

This. That old guy probably hadn’t cried in decades…

@EARL-zl5mv 9 ай бұрын

Right on. I feel the same way every time I hear this tune, it's hitting him like a rock.

@alfaq654 9 ай бұрын

It's not the song making him cry. He's cryin' 'cause he knew exactly what the booze was gonna to do Townes. That man practically raised him.

@donaldabel1233 8 ай бұрын

his son killed Blaze Foley

@user-yc5lz6os3d 8 ай бұрын

I ain't no cowboy but yeah tears are streaming down

@markanderson5226 8 ай бұрын

This video should be in the Smithsonian. It is a national treasure.

@raudivevoices 7 ай бұрын

Agreed. So many country artists influenced by just the one song. Its great.

@stevendixon5467 7 ай бұрын

@paintingonpurpose3917 7 ай бұрын

Not the Smithsonian! They take truth and Bury it.

@lvait957 6 ай бұрын

Right up there with Leonard Cohen. Great Jam. I agree we should send it to space.

@JohnnyLongstreet 3 ай бұрын

So was lefty

@gradywattssongwriter 6 ай бұрын

Can you even imagine the music that we never heard because there weren't any cameras or recorders just campfires, hard work and storytellers. Thank God we have these videos and songs passed down...

@bealiobealio 5 ай бұрын

jesus you aint lying bruv!! so many bangers!

@jeremywilson7975 5 ай бұрын

Sadly, never heard......and, never will.

@78ramcharger53 4 ай бұрын

We've missed alot unlike today so much is captured, wrong time though.

@sergeantmasson3669 8 ай бұрын

He deserved more recognition than he ever received.

@raudivevoices 7 ай бұрын

Agreed! As I said earlier, he inspired so many others.

@RavenaDenver 7 ай бұрын

When every songwriter you love sites Townes as one of their biggest inspirations and you don't go see why, I'm pretty sure that really is a sin. He's definitely worth all the listens.

@KahlessTheUnforgettable 7 ай бұрын

Let’s not pretend the man wasn’t the partial architect of his own lack of recognition.

@cadillacslim73 6 ай бұрын

You got dat right

@nbenefiel 6 ай бұрын

We still love him and his music.

@mlitzinger1398 8 ай бұрын

I love how his friend sitting at the table gets teared up. What a beautiful moment in somebody's kitchen .

@JudsonParker 6 ай бұрын

Susanna Clark’s kitchen

@Pumpkinking64 10 ай бұрын

Imagine drinking a beer and eating a country dinner while Townes plays this next to you

@dmac8949 8 ай бұрын

Paradise???

@neilwilliams6196 8 ай бұрын

Yes@@dmac8949

@ajwetzel3303 Ай бұрын

@@dmac8949probably

@user-pm3bo5no2b 3 күн бұрын

Out in the west Texas sunset on a cattle drive evening drinking whiskey and a smoke quiet and still, watching the stars fall down and I tip my hat to that starchaser

@ebaylistentomusic Жыл бұрын

I actually got to see Townes, in Boston in the early 70's. I was a high school kid with no friends into music like this. Went alone and I'm glad I did.

@nbenefiel Жыл бұрын

The first time I saw EmmyLou I went alone.

@scottmead7943 Жыл бұрын

When you think about it it is the best way to see a show I want to see Bob Dylan and Tom Petty at Red Rocks alone and actually had to sneak into the back but I made it and it was the best show ever been to. You don't need friends to tell you about good music nice to have friends. But sometimes friends don't understand what you love. Townes Van Zandt is like that so is Bob Dylan so Steve Earle so Neil Young. The best poetry is not the hit song is someone that hits you in the balls song

@johnladrig7980 9 ай бұрын

I wish I could have

@peterc772 8 ай бұрын

The first time I saw Richard Thompson I went alone. It was a small, intimate theater. Would have loved to see Townes that way. It's the perfect way to experience a true singer-songwriter. The music and the lyrics come through and hit you in the heart.

@powertrip6426 8 ай бұрын

The two best concerts I've ever been to I ended up going alone. Aesop Rock (rapper) and Japanther (2 man noise punk band). I made friends for the night at each show, even though we were strangers they treated me like old friends. Music is so amazing at bringing people together. One love ❤️

@rufuswalling5519 3 жыл бұрын

A song that puts you in a whole different time period

@thomasdupont7186 Жыл бұрын

It kinda is timeless in a way isn't it ? Totally Universal, this clip could move a muslim from Irak, A Buddhist in Tibet, a French guy like me who has a love/hate relationship with the USA.... I have to admit I'm obsessed with these folk heroes....

@MrEpeeFencer 2 ай бұрын

@@thomasdupont7186 This music was born from the old America, the REAL America. Before it all went wrong.

@dingleydb 9 ай бұрын

the black old timer in the background says it all, you know great music when you hear it

@jesstwocrow1005 5 ай бұрын

He's crying from the beauty of it

@78ramcharger53 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful moment.

@sandyburke3222 3 ай бұрын

Who is he? He's crying because he knows something about this song.

@MrUtubejeff 2 ай бұрын

I love that old timer 🖤❤️‍🩹🖤

@jimwilliams232 Ай бұрын

His name is “ Lefty”

@MichaelCherau-kt8gy 6 ай бұрын

I love this version because it is so down to earth and humble. No bells and whistles just like a toyota truck thats all rusted out but keeps running

@freddyboombatz 3 жыл бұрын

Man, I got choked up watching the old guy tear up!

@wanderer0617 3 жыл бұрын

me too

@travisthornton1792 Жыл бұрын

He was actually breaking up during Townes’ “Waiting Around to Die.” This video mashed up videos of the two songs

@MySpottyGirlfriend Жыл бұрын

@@lepetitoiseauHe's Seymour Washington, a travelling blacksmith and was Townes van Zandt 's neighbour at this point in time

@patricklink8527 Жыл бұрын

One of the most beautiful and poignant songs ever written. It's power is clear to be seen in the face and eyes of The Man Behind Townes. The man was a genius. Ahead of his time. An outlaw in every sense. His death was a tragedy in that I don't believe this was the last song of this caliber he had in him. His loss is one that the whole human race suffers for. His is a great story of redemption. For his unbridled appetite for drugs which I believed stemmed from his deep understanding of The Human Condition and inability to cope with people who could be so horrible. While he was always good natured . He needed to find peace somewhere and we are all poorer for his loss. We love you townes! You will never be forgotten!

@lepetitoiseau Жыл бұрын

you're right he died while preparing an album with Sonic youth, he didn't want to be hospitalized after his fall for finish this project, he said he still had songs in him, but his years of wandering have caught up with him ,i miss Townes

@shanehopson8644 Жыл бұрын

well said

@patricklink8527 Жыл бұрын

@@lepetitoiseau I'm a huge Sonic Youth fan. The fact that he chose to record with them says a lot about who the man was.

@JennyWren333 Жыл бұрын

A real sweet tribute. ❤

@roncarpenter7240 Жыл бұрын

This song should be taught in university literature classes on how to tell a story.

@stevenhaley443 9 ай бұрын

Pops in the background is listening to the story.. Shows the power of the narrative.

@AndyRiot 3 ай бұрын

And the power of surrendering to great art!

@machtschnell7452 Жыл бұрын

This is what an epic ballad is all about by an epic songwriter.

@nickjuno8338 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite Townes songs! Just fantastic! We are lucky to have had him if only for a little while...

@mikewashburn6484 3 жыл бұрын

@walliegirl2 Жыл бұрын

Who is the woman in this video?

@alanjohnson1868 9 ай бұрын

In 1979 I was tending bar in a restaurant in Nashville, Ruby Tuesday’s. Townes and a couple of his friends sat at the bar for drinks and dinner. What an interesting evening. Great talent and I’m honored to have had a bit of time to talk with him.

@jamesblames2 8 ай бұрын

Few songs are as beautiful as this one.

@hughbarton5743 8 ай бұрын

Incomparable. Chilling. Two lives pared down to a llittle song by a busted old cowboy. Thank you, Townes. Thanks to all who brought this great work to us to witness. Townes: if there is another side once we're done, I'll see you on the far bank of that dark river. If I am fortunate, we'll get a chance to sit about and sing a song.

@cheryldecgmail Жыл бұрын

The story of how this song came to him blew my mind. I've loved this song for years. I never get tired of it.

@jonathanlantzy7526 11 ай бұрын

Can you explain this to me? I literally stumbled upon from a Josh Riiter binge to a Bob Weir binge.. and ended up here. Now I'm... I don't know.

@dotwalston3055 2 ай бұрын

This is a great song! I loved hearing him sing and I love Willie and Merle singing and playing it! Too bad he died so young😢

@bendummitt888 Жыл бұрын

1975 was a different world. I miss it...

@cokecowboy1509 8 ай бұрын

Why is it that he truly doesn't have the greatest voice but it is yet so buttery and like a fine wine?? RIP TVZ Hell of a picker boys

@jimi99colorado 8 ай бұрын

He was a local hero in Houston in late '60s early '70s...radio, concerts, albums

@jettyprice179 9 ай бұрын

I sing this song and love the words and emotional content...Townes was such a brilliant songwriter and his songs have given me and many others joy...what a gift he had.

@joeljoel5061 8 ай бұрын

Townes and Bob Dylan are both proof, you don't need a great voice... You need a real voice, and something to really sing about.

@andrew3606 3 ай бұрын

I think Townes does have a great voice too tbh

@shittysunglasses 3 ай бұрын

100%. I love unconventional voices

@chico11mbit 8 ай бұрын

one of the best country songs of all time.

@peepininmywindow5170 Жыл бұрын

I’ve watched this video countless times, only to just now see Uncle Seymour seemingly look up in the heavens and remember what it must have been like when his momma “Began to cry when he said goodbye, sank into your dreams.” What a moment. I can’t believe I just now noticed it.

@frugalaudio Жыл бұрын

That's because it's from a different part of the film, in which Townes is singing "Waiting Around to Die".

@cyclonasaurusrex1525 3 жыл бұрын

Heartbreaking stuff. Long live Townes.

@tia2all501 Жыл бұрын

You do know he passed away Jan 1st.1997 he still lives on in our hearts ♥️

@Clemsoncrawler362 Жыл бұрын

I was living in a shop where I was employed to climb and remove and prune trees, the ones other companies didn’t want. I had a mentor that turned me onto Townes. I tripped mushrooms every afternoon for over a month with my Pitt bulls stockin the fire to warm the shop overnight and listened to Townes. I will go happy when I finally go.

@helendylan1510 3 жыл бұрын

I lived in Austin in 75, had some great times and some great music.

@JeffMTX Жыл бұрын

Catfish parlour, oat willies and liberty lunch ma friend

@nbenefiel 8 ай бұрын

I was in Dublin in 75, great times, great music. I guess it was an international phenomenon.

@marknine8061 21 күн бұрын

Definitely! The armadillo!

@dazin7886 3 жыл бұрын

never thought I'd see Townes on this channel but a welcome surprise for sure

@beaumorris5289 6 ай бұрын

Raw and Rare.I love this one.

@ben-jam-in6941 6 ай бұрын

One of the most human and beautiful moments I’ve ever witnessed. That tuff ole cow poke wouldn’t cry easy over anything ya know. That’s it. That’s why God is real. Because tuff ole gentleman like him still feel that and because this song got wrote.

@ben-jam-in6941 5 ай бұрын

Watching this video again a few weeks after discovering it. With a little less emotions because I know what’s coming I still find it beautiful and amazing but… this time I noticed the guitar more and would love to be lucky enough to find it in some closet somewhere. I think it’s a Gibson and that just makes it even better idk for sure because the camera guy almost shows the headstock clearly then just as it’s about to happen it pans away. lol. Any brand would be great but Gibson or another one of the more expensive brands would be better.

@junkyardhero5202 9 ай бұрын

Some realize early this whole show is temporary and some hang on to hope to the bitter end. Some live and some are merely alive its not up to us to say whos right or whos wrong. I for one will keep living while im alive and only a few like towens has what it takes to enjoy the misery of living free.

@debbyledbetter4434 3 жыл бұрын

Fortunate to have grown up in and around the Texas towns he played/lived. Remember well just walking into a place downtown Houston, or in Austin, etc... Forever grateful, thanks for making my afternoon warmer. Thanks SP, take care, debs

@nehpetsttocsnosirrag6227 9 ай бұрын

Holy fluppin sheeaht!! What a gem of a video. This is super classic.

@jeffwells1255 3 жыл бұрын

I can't tell you how much I appreciate this website, but it's one of my favorites! I first heard this song in a performance by Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson that really got to me, so hearing it from the person who wrote it has been a treat!

@johnbrinkman4609 Жыл бұрын

Lungs,nothin,if i needed u..... DYLAN wishes he could write this good.

@JJG86 7 ай бұрын

I never heard the version with Bob Dylan. Of course, I’ve listened to the Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard version 1000 times and I never get tired of it. I also like the Emmylou Harris version very much.

@patrickmacleod2415 7 ай бұрын

@@JJG86 And while I love those guys, nothing beats the Townes version.

@5thEstatePress Жыл бұрын

The first time I watched this I was affected emotionally by the tears apparently shed by by uncle Seymour at a critical point in this song. Much later I discovered that the footage in this section was spliced from a different song, "Waiting around to die" which was in the movie "Heartworn Highways", whereas "Pancho & Lefty" was an outtake and is not featured in the movie.

@Unplugged70 11 ай бұрын

Insane that this was an outtake in anything.

@bigrig4385 8 ай бұрын

@@Unplugged70 The opening credits is an amazing performance of L.A. Freeway by Guy Clark.

@mllemdp2010 Жыл бұрын

Great song. What a beautiful restoration! Great job!!!

@stevemartin9670 Жыл бұрын

An amazing song writer and performer! Only wish I could have seen him live!

@MrJcosta97 3 жыл бұрын

Great work. The Townes clips stole that whole documentary/film. "I'll play a medley of my hit.."

@un7t783 3 жыл бұрын

a Medley Of your Hit!?

@mario7frankielee 3 жыл бұрын

@@un7t783 yeah he said that😅 must watch the whole movie

@ElisonJackson 3 жыл бұрын

that guy clark clip 'old time feeling' is another great moment

@kevindrago2701 3 жыл бұрын

I’ll play a medley of my hit!! Classic Townes!! I love when he sings waiting around to die an old man Seymour starts crying

@un7t783 3 жыл бұрын

@@mario7frankielee i did watch it :) there is a guy that says the same thing he says right after he says it

@wanderer0617 3 жыл бұрын

This is so special, thank you ❤

@rtg1960 3 жыл бұрын

This is just beautiful. Beautiful!

@ShamelessHelicopterParent 11 ай бұрын

still my favorite song of all time.. thank you so much.

@SFJonesy 5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for posting this. I've been singing this song for years and I am truly humbled.

@willperryman4559 9 ай бұрын

Such a great video of one of my favorite songs ever🎶🕊️💜🕊️🎶 Thank you for sharing it 🙏

@ConnorFrench 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, amazing work. Thank you!

@19JAKEtheSNAKE99 3 жыл бұрын

Townes and Dylan are my two favs of all time. Thanks so much for this.

@nbenefiel 9 ай бұрын

I prefer Phil Ochs to Dylan any day, but Townes was brilliant.

@zoeyshoots 9 ай бұрын

Dylan sold his soul to satan. Freely admits it. I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire.!!

@walliegirl2 7 ай бұрын

I prefer Marty Robbins to Dylan.

@cynthiawilson4500 9 ай бұрын

Emmylou harris sang this song the first time I heard it. She has a lovely voice. Its nice to hear the song writer sing it. It sure is making the man behind him emotional.

@davidholton9667 8 ай бұрын

Hello how are you? So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song

@willmiddleton9199 Жыл бұрын

No words.... This is *powerful* and *beautiful* beyond words, RIP

@michaelturner795 9 ай бұрын

Amen.

@johntracy9753 3 жыл бұрын

One of a kind. Made me cry too. Strikes cord in you heart.

@maskedmofomike 7 ай бұрын

Lots of big love. Thanks for the upload. Bless you

@samuelcarvalho542 6 ай бұрын

Um mostro o maior compositor da América!

@elliottlaughlin7551 Жыл бұрын

My dad love this song. By Townes no one else. There’s a story on a road trip but we will leave it there.

@MichaelKurse 10 ай бұрын

This is the first time I heard this Legend ....He did not disappoint.😲😲😯

@larryenglish7366 9 ай бұрын

Many others recorded this, but this is my FAVORITE, clean , heartfelt , Genuine , Smooth to the soul ..

@xanther97 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your electronic mixing and restoration on this--not a simple matter!

@rubbabubba6489 9 ай бұрын

A man, a guitar, and a great song

@gabaghoul23 9 ай бұрын

old black man and the hotness smoking a cig in the background says it all with the vibe

@thewyldness 3 ай бұрын

she is indeed

@ThomasSarantos 3 жыл бұрын

The part of the video where the older man is crying is from a different performance, actually. It's from when he plays "Waiting Around To Die".

@9eyeh8chu9 3 жыл бұрын

yes it was

@mrtips2175 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks , this edit pisses me off .

@deemdoubleu 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrtips2175 yeah it's a bit dishonest if that's what they did

@alsharpe Жыл бұрын

@@mrtips2175 Calm down, the uploader explained why they made the edit in a comment. It wasn’t for any nefarious purpose

@mikemorgan5015 Жыл бұрын

@@alsharpe His explanation doesn't justify pulling video from a completely different segment that brought a man to tears and plugging it back into a song that didn't. If you haven't already, search and play the other ones from this same sitting and tell me what you think. Certainly the sound is better, I just think it's wrong to do it this way. This cut implies for future generations that THIS song made old Uncle Seymour cry when, in fact, it didn't. That may not be a big deal to you, but it is to me.

@dmanwainright2132 6 ай бұрын

Prolly the most underrated dude ever...wish I could see him sing White Freightliner on ACL..

@maeve4686 9 ай бұрын

Love the Elder smoking a blunt...perfect setting for this song. Brilliantly played...

@francinecorry633 4 ай бұрын

I can listen to this song again and again no matter who sings it. Thank you Townes for that and more, of course!

@jeremywilson7975 3 ай бұрын

Man, to see an old timer like that tear up get's you in the feels something serious.....

@JennyWren333 Жыл бұрын

A treasure. Thank you SP 🐷 ❤

@Oliver_Cumberland 3 ай бұрын

Thanks. His "Live at the Old Quarter" is one of my favourite albums and it's nice to see a live performance with decent sound.

@Dfnormile 7 ай бұрын

The most moving performance and footage of all time

@PatrickWooten-wo1jf 3 ай бұрын

I've never heard your sound before...Love it!!You have it!!Kick Ass on the acoustic and chilling voice!! Thank you...

@sunuvliberty_III 11 ай бұрын

This song was quoted in my murder trial: “he wore his gun outside his pants, for all the honest world to feel…”. This man sang real life. …not guilty. “and that’s the way it goes.”

@user-dg2eb9rv9f 7 ай бұрын

Good God, what a song, what a rendition !!!

@charleswilliams3988 Жыл бұрын

I worked for his uncle and went with his cousin. Back in the early 1980's something happened and the law was after him. He came down to San Antonio to hide out at his uncle's house. He had lawyer working on it so he need some where to hide out. Townes was there around a month. He played guitar every day. And slow on drinking some times. He could play guitar. He could play alot of old country songs. He was quite the character. He could stop playing guitar. But the guitar or a story in his mind. He could be talking to all of the and get up walk away and go somewhere to play a song or a tune it was the guitar that was his mind. It was like 24/7 guitar that was Townes life.

@suzramuse Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. The way you put it seems so real I can just imagine. Lucky you!

@duke40229 8 ай бұрын

Chopping onions at 7 am.😢

@emanuelsoares9331 Жыл бұрын

Amo essas músicas do velho oeste bela história me emocionei.

@JosephJohnson-it2dh 3 ай бұрын

Loved this. What a National treasure

@orvpibbs2905 Жыл бұрын

Townes was such a great songwriter ! r.i.p. ; (

@nathanko764 3 жыл бұрын

Your channel is a gem of youtube 💎 big love from South Korea

@mauri_andres01 2 жыл бұрын

JESUS, I LOVE YOU MAN

@user-hs6gc9gt4c 3 ай бұрын

Glad u took it, what an incredible once in a lifetime experience I wish I had it. Townes van Zandt, John prine, guy Clark all my top favorites ❤ also would have loved to have met Seymore

@zombfi 9 ай бұрын

Solid. Thank you for this. 🍻

@monsieurgidge8028 5 ай бұрын

i watch this video at least once every 2 weeks . and it makes me feel the same way every time i watch it. it's just something about the song

@joehall3264 Ай бұрын

Townes, man. I tear up every time.

@joesmo4749 9 ай бұрын

This is the definition of Art!

@chrisstiles374 7 ай бұрын

“They only let him go so wrong… out of kindness I suppose” Just in one line, he says so freaking much.

@sarainfranksoonias3048 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!

@tdw57 9 ай бұрын

That's really fine. So many covers just skip over the words with no emotion...Only Townes can do it justice.

@ericlehmkuhl3187 5 ай бұрын

He wrote it.

@420snoogins 7 ай бұрын

Incredible. Moving. Timeless.

@aarond23 8 ай бұрын

So heartfelt and raw....one of the best bits of music ever filmed.

@robertlewis6543 7 ай бұрын

Such great songwriting! 🫶🏻 🎸🤠 🎶📝

@tectorgorch8698 9 ай бұрын

I was fortunate to hear Willie and Jody sing this song on three or four different occasions. The video is also a masterpiece of course with bone chilling harmonies. Thanks, Pig!

@nbenefiel 8 ай бұрын

I saw EmmyLou sing this several times. She could sing the phone book and it would sound good.

@tectorgorch8698 8 ай бұрын

EmmyLou and Iris Dement, Goddesses.@@nbenefiel

@nbenefiel 8 ай бұрын

Back in the 70’s I was in grad school in Dublin. One of my friends gave me his ticket to her concert. He had an exam the next day. They had somehow double printed a whole row of tickets, and mine was one. I wound up sitting next to the guy mixing the sound. We got talking and it turned out he was from Detroit as was I. He invited me to go back to the Shelbourne Hotel for the after concert party. I got to meet her. She was lovely, asked me how I wound up in Ireland and what I was studying. She had a way of making you feel special.

@MascarasMil Жыл бұрын

So good. Perfection.

@TPOELKS 7 ай бұрын

A true treasure……we are so fortunate to have this forever….

@robertguinn5863 6 ай бұрын

Hurts me to see the old man in tears rip Van 🙏

@garydevanney379 3 жыл бұрын

I suddenly feel the urge to stand on Bob Dylans coffee table.

@kevindrago2701 3 жыл бұрын

Earle!!

@SamiShah2004 3 жыл бұрын

As Townes would have put it "I have met Dylan's body guards, it you think you could do that, you are severely mistaken."

@patricklink8527 Жыл бұрын

It's a shame that such a silly and laissez-faire attitude towards such an important document of one man's unparalleled genius has been parsed down to a joke to you. The fact that 62 people find that the best comment is just a sad commentary on today's state of Affairs. Let's talk about the man's genius. Not a one-time drunken antic. There is so much more to him than that. But that you would even mention it betrays your ignorance to that fact. Why don't you go find a Garth Brooks video.

@mikehotel3970 Жыл бұрын

@@patricklink8527 Yup, not funny.

@BobBobSquared Жыл бұрын

Why?