Happy 80th birthday to the world’s greatest - Townes Van Zandt

[@TheCerealluvr]

Troubled man who made incredible music

[@RumoursOfFamine]

The good ones usually are troubled in some way

[@Caveman-bu7mz]

Happy birthday from Scotland auld friend. Your music is a blessing

[@feralmario310]

80 ans incroyable merci pour votre musique Monsieur Van Zandt

[@tedmullenix8930]

Could be misleading not everyone knows he died at 52 yrs old

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

I did that one too, only 52, my dad was 49.They knew what time it was. You know who else deserves recognition - deputy dog

[@lalalalala4748]

Townes was the find of my life

[@artnouveau7633]

His music isn't sad more of a honest reflection of life,he talks about the life we all live good bad the hardships, he is still the best songwriter who touches your inner self

[@kgilliagorilla2761]

Sad songs?, just deeply moving songs. To be played over, and over again.

[@sallybarker5109]

RIP Townes..gone but never forgotten..

[@RumoursOfFamine]

Man said, my songs aint sad. They are totally hopeless. Thats real as it gets

[@timgregory82]

It's not what he said

[@RumoursOfFamine]

@@timgregory82 shut up tim

[@timgregory82]

​@@RumoursOfFaminemature there mate

[@RumoursOfFamine]

@@timgregory82 I said shut up mate

[@timgregory82]

@RumoursOfFamine check in somewhere buddy

[@TheCowboylogic]

Blues is happy music. For when you're sad.

[@Richard-e3g7l]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,and THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MUSIC

[@rysntrsynor5696]

The best lyricist ever, truly remarkable song writer

[@lbshore]

Nobody touched you like Townes.

[@jeanniecollins4249]

So true

[@guybanisterPI]

Uncle Ben's perverted rice

[@thelethargics]

forever loved, forever missed. happy birthday, tvz!

[@dallansalter]

I cry about him every once in awhile

[@tgipson20]

Same bro. Tf is wrong w me

[@PocketsTheHermit]

@@tgipson20 Nothing friend. He was special talent with great gift. His loss was a sad one

[@sallycarroll6329]

GOD have mercy on his soul.

[@RumoursOfFamine]

He deserves a tear here and there

[@gayletalerico7795]

I miss him and think of him often. Wonderful memories ❤️‍🩹

[@shelby8364]

its weirdly unfathomable to me that he would be 80 now, he just feels eternally young to me.

[@jimw.4161]

A troubled genius, true... But a genius nevertheless. Townes was one of our greatest songwriters. 🎶🎵 For you youngsters that are unfamiliar with his music, check him out on KZbin. He can say more in one song 🎼 that most artists in their entire catalog. It's enough to say that he wrote Dead Flowers (recorded by the Stones) and Pancho & Leftie (recorded by Willie & Merle). An original artist. 👏👏👏

[@rockers2rockers616]

Perfect reply Mr Van Zandt...

[@Jan-HåvardGraarud]

Thank Townes 😊 You opened my eyes for Texas songwriters. RIP ❤

[@dirkevans3443]

American Troubadour Gone too soon

[@gayletalerico7795]

Texas Troubadour ❤️

[@damianamorales1951]

Many "troubled" individuals...for Whatever ReasonS.....have Incredible Talent....their troubles ARE CHANNELED...... THAT IS how I choose to APPRECIATE THEM...........Hey...I understand....❤

[@OscarLimaMike]

Townes is one of my favourites. Happy Birthday Townes. Love ya brother.

[@sharonramsey715]

What a talented artist. Love his music and his voice.

[@brandoncerquedo3365]

Wise man

[@KingMinosxxvi]

I didn't know Townes was still alive...go figure

[@tommycat2054]

in pace viri

[@knifershaven6484]

Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me

[@tommihail2178]

Glad I met Townes only 6months before he left us..That gig is on Ytube "TVZ at Madigans Australia"..

[@choppermorgan9946]

My brother from another mother happy 80 towns. I'll see you sometime. Come bless you and god bless your family, brother I just know you're in heaven, can you believe Willie still alive? Lighter

[@SeanLives]

'sad' songs are there to help you deal with sad situations

[@SilasScott-wi5ut]

Master wordsmith deeply honest brave raw. Artist , Townes Happy Birthday 🎈

[@WhitneyDafoe]

Happy birthday to my favorite musician of all time. ❤

[@jeanniecollins4249]

Love you so, Townes 🎉

[@davidjed6948]

Bless him.

[@KingMinosxxvi]

Blue is happy music..says the guy who threw himself of a third story balcony to see what it would feel like to fall

[@DazeyChaineMusic]

My hero :,(

[@milesonbeatsmilesonbeatsbr1305]

And that's the bottom line. Cause TVZ said so!!

[@JoLoneyMusic]

I write my own songs from a place of sadness and loneliness. Townes is a huge inspiration because of that. I love artists like Roger Miller who can show their humorous side while still being amazing writers. But something about people like Townes and Hank Sr always hits me a little differently.

[@thomasgreiner4910]

Gone but never forgotten. RIP Townes.

[@SusanStimpson]

He was an amazing singer/ songwriter!♦️

[@amychester8735]

Happy super belated Heavenly Birthday. ❤🎉🎉 i just listened to his earlier work from Huston college. ❤🎉❤❤ 🎉 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉

[@josephdelagarza835]

Happy Birthday Townes

[@arlenekelley3824]

Happy Birthday in heaven Townes loved your songs

[@davemeade9489]

What can you say about Towns that he hasn’t already said.

[@gayletalerico7795]

He had a wonderful if not mischievous sense of humor. We were boyfriend/girlfriend for quite awhile. When we broke up he paid some homeless winos to sing at my front door!!!! 🤣🤣

[@PootTootPod]

Where did you meet?

[@gayletalerico7795]

@@PootTootPodHouston Tx. The Old Quarter. Downtown Houston Tx

[@gayletalerico7795]

@@PootTootPod He jumped off a two story roof on a rope to impress me. He slammed into a wooden fence. How could I not fall in love.

[@PootTootPod]

@@gayletalerico7795 I was just listening to live from the old quarter on a train to Rome yesterday. One of my absolute favorite albums it shows a rare glimpse of his more playful side... It's amazing that you knew him that way!

[@gayletalerico7795]

@@PootTootPod Yes my friend. Those are some of the most beautiful of my life. We all lived in a wonderful 4-plex filled with music and fun. I was lucky to have the locals like ZZ TOP, Guy and Suzanne Clarke, Jerry Jeff Walker spent his 40th Bday at my place. Not to visit me, lol, but to visit Townes. Townes took me to meet his mother which was a prominent wealthy Texas family. We went out to the creek and shot at water moccasins the afternoon. We were wild and careless and carefree. 💕

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

Hes long dead, 28 yrs now?

[@VictorBocanegra-v7k]

Great talent!

[@michaelgarrow3239]

God bless Towens! 😎

[@teresc3280]

Gone too soon.❤

[@judenowinski4344]

Amen. Blues is happy music.

[@KTMSparky]

What a man!

[@scheffersamsterdam]

Where does this fragment originate from? Sounds to me as if the interviewer is Dutch.

[@fat_possum]

We sourced this clip from the Be Here to Love Me documentary

[@AmyChester-z9z]

I love you and Blaze as well. My dad taught me about the BM blues ..how we got RnR🎉

[@olly8]

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🪦🥀 Thank you for your songs. I will have Dead Flowers played at my funeral. ~Susi~❤

[@RumoursOfFamine]

Not if dead flowers dies first.

[@deborahhughes6923]

Lost in Time❤

[@AmyChester-z9z]

Happy Birthday 🎉❤

[@blakesmith5772]

BEST EVER!!!

[@78fordtruck4]

You don't celebrate somebody's birthday when when they are gone Eastside do you only have one birthday in your lifetime and that's when you the day you were born

[@mattgkunz]

Dylan is the greatest living songwriter. RIP Townes.

[@gayletalerico7795]

Dylan tried multiple times to meet with Townes. Townes finally met with him. ❤️

[@ForeverLeft]

He’s been dead for years.

[@sharonramsey715]

However his music hasn’t gone away. Thank God.

[@SapphireSmith-b4s]

Rip to Blaze n Townes