Townes Van Zandt, the elegant Texas troubadour who authored some of the finest songs ever written over the course of his 52 troubled years, was always quick to make it known that he was very much ...

If you’re a fan of outlaw country, there’s a pretty good chance the name Townes Van Zandt means a lot to you. The rebellious singer spent his lifetime penning flowery ballads that land ...

“To Live’s To Fly,” the epitaph reads: “John Townes Van Zandt / March 7, 1944 / January 1, 1997.” Eighty years after one of country music’s greatest songwriters was born into west side ...

"I'm a little OCD with music," Atkinson confessed. "Townes was the gateway to everything Americana." Van Zandt never had a hit record by himself. He spent most of his life living with friends ...

Today would have been Townes Van Zandt’s 72nd birthday. The iconic singer-songwriter was born March 7, 1944, in Fort Worth, Texas. He died Jan. 1, 1997 from heart problems as a result of years ...

Townes Van Zandt recorded just nine studio albums from his debut album in 1968 until his death in 1997, but those albums are so jam-packed with impeccable songs that it makes choosing just 20 of ...

The stranger was Townes Van Zandt, best known for penning “Pancho and Lefty,” and the man about whom Steve Earle famously said, “Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world.

By Ellen Peirson-Hagger On 20 September 1977 Townes Van Zandt played the first of two nights at the Lone Star Cafe, then New York City’s premier country music venue. By this point the Texas-born ...