Dude... literally doing the exact same thing right now. lol. It's literally the most mesmerizing thing I've ever heard. I can't even keep up with the lyrics, but it's just so... fucking cool, and bad ass.

agreed. townes was and is the man, legendary.

I did the same thing. I like his explanation about how the song came to him all at once.

im doing that right now and it aint the first time

Still going strong 8 years later

Well TVZ is considered by many of the best songwriters to be the absolute best songwriter to ever live. Bob Dylan was a huge fan and told Townes when they met that he owned every album he ever did .

Jay Harvey no you won't. You can still do your best and thats enough

Jay Harvey I know how you feel!! But like he says at the end. The best stuff just comes to you.

as townes said, this song came to him almost in a flash. he described it ounce as a giant pencil. something outside of him or through him. you just gotta let it happen

Dylan would probably agree. He was a big tvz fan. I met Dylan and Townes the same night. Steve is my cousin and he was touring with Dylan on the copperhead road tour and we saw them when they came to Houston. I was pretty young and they didn't wanna let us in, but Steve said he wouldn't go out if they didn't let us in. So I'm like this 8 year old kid with my mom and my 11 year old brother and we get ushered backstage quickly. Now this is the summit in Houston where the rockets played ( now its Joel olsteens church lmao ) , so it's like a arena show. My mom is wanting to meet Bob Dylan but he isn't taking any visitors bc he was paranoid about assassination attempts or somthing. Im there to see Steve he was mine and my brothers hero at the time and we had no idea how significant this night would end up being. But Steve introduced us to Townes and told us he was a very important man and there wouldn't be a Steve earle without a Townes Van Zandt . I asked him if he was Indian and they all got a laugh out of that. Later I was sitting on a roadie crate and some wirey old guy comes up to me and asked me my name and who I was there to see. I told him my cousin Steve. He asked how old I was and where my parents were and I pointed to my mom and said she's here to see Bob Dylan. He just smiled and told me he had a kid about the same age as me . He walked off and went and tapped my mom on the shoulder she turned and he gave her a hug. And santered off . She came running up to me and was like do u know who that was? I said no. It was Bob Dylan. One of the coolest nights of my life and I had no idea .

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Yeah Steve and Justin Townes Earle covered this very well. Steve tells a funny story about him and Townes meeting at the old quarter in Houston. Townes was heckling him front row with his boots propped on the stage telling him to play some really hard obscur folk tunes. Steve says something like " I don't know that one" and Townes say "and you call yourself a folk singer? " Steve bust out Mr gold and Mr mud and the rest is history. Townes mentored Steve, Steve names his first born after Townes, who turned out to be one hell of a singer songwriter himself in spite of living in those giant looming shadows of his namesake . Like Townes Van Zandt , Justin Townes Earle was taken before the world could appreciate them.

@@danielmims8467 justin's death hurts a lot still

@@igbsmf yeah it's hard to listen to his music. We're cousins and the same age too . We didn't see each other often but it was always cool when we did. I put some flowers on his headstone last month when we did homecoming .

“If the glass is half full, it’s water. If it’s half empty, it’s water.” - Townes Van Zandt

Andrew Fletcher I've got a cd of him doing it in 1991

+4775joshua Mudd had a royal straight flush of diamonds?

+bush1tman Here's my diagram drive.google.com/file/d/0B__-bt_x5iIYbVpvbWVEMUtKb2M/view?usp=docslist_api

+4775joshua lol... joshua you are a legend love it..... keep up the good work whatever you do..

+Declan Ryan i got four queens and a jack, four aces and king

+bj Ellison definitely gonna try and figure it out now lol nicw diagram

The queen was in agreement with the king of clubs to "make a wretched fool to pay"

the lack of reaction must be killing you

Greta Hazelton lol... yes.

Listen to "Waiting Around to Die" It's pretty much the life he led. Lots of boos , dope, and hopin trains. TVZ was a very strange guy but a absolute genius songwriter . Sometimes I don't know where This dirty road is taking me . Sometimes I don't even know the Reason why, But I guess I keep a gamblin, Lots of boos and lots of ramblin, Well it's easier than just waiting around to die .