Townes Van Zandt Live - At My Window-Snowin' on Raton - 1987

[@walliegirl2]

Townes and John Denver had so much in common. Born about the same age and died about the same age. Both were bipolar with very high IQs. Both were great singer songwriters who were held in high esteem by so many. Botth were geniuses. Both dealt with drug alcohol issues. Both were born into prominent wealthy families. I believe that if they had not died so early that they would have collaborated together. I am sure they held each other in the highest regard.

[@norbitcleaverhook5040]

I swear the Townes view count is increasing rapidly, thank you internet for sharing the greatest songwriter of all time to the world. May his legacy live on forever. He gives me sanity. :)

[@mario7frankielee]

+Norbit CleaverHook yeah sanity!!! he`s the most underrated artist of the 20 century

[@jamiebyrne458]

well said my friend. Cant really think of any great singer that led his life like Townes did may he RIP XX

[@JANETBELL40]

Townes was a dear friend to me and Wrecks. Wrecks toured with Townes, playing bass or with Micky White. Wrecks and Micky are the Hemmerridge Mountain Boys. We all loved Townes so much and we still miss him very much!

[@shovingwords]

who needs to keep a diary when you have Townes in your life? Every emotion is documented. I listen to Townes and I'm home.

[@davidmccaffery7977]

Just passed thru them Boulder hills now gone. The spirit of TVZ lives..

[@walterherzog7781]

Not only a songwriter, but a poet.

[@walliegirl2]

Just like Marty Robbins was a poet. Townes, Marty and Andrew Combs are my favorites.

[@MorganBrown]

hard to believe that these two masterpieces were written 1987. Well past Townes' so-called peak in the early 70s.

[@walliegirl2]

Townes had such a great sense of humor. Wish I could have met him. He and Marty Robbins are my favorite singer/songwriters.

[@lavonnacasey5724]

Townes had such a magical way with words✌️❤️🌻

[@bobbysunshine3458]

Time flows through brave beginnings and leaves her endings beneath our feet. Walk lightly upon their faces. Leave gentle traces upon their sleep.

[@NiceHandTick]

I cry when I hear this man's songs.. he was definitely awesome singer/writer...

[@shimmy1952]

A great songwriter who left us too soon.

[@RickHempy]

Two great TVZ songs, performed by the man himself. Simply excellent.

[@MrCalvinRussell]

a modest and honest man who knew life! Genuine Music ! Townes, we'd loved ya Auch wenn er nicht mehr unter uns weilt. Er war, ist und bleibt ein ganz ganz Großer ! Greetings from Northern Germany to all VanZandt-Fans

[@wayneclapp3479]

I had a chance to see towns in Raleigh North Carolina back in the nineteen seventies and was unable to go. I regret it to this day

[@jimmiemcgarry343]

that shirt now resides in my dad's closet, in australia......townes gave it to him before a show. I think he was feeling quite poorly.

[@mario7frankielee]

+Jimmie McGarry i`m not a fetish hunter .but now i`m really jealous!

[@jamiebyrne458]

Townes did play a few great gigs in ozz. i would treasure them..............

[@jamiebyrne458]

there has been some pretty bad remarks about TVS on this page further on down. Can i just ask people who are leaving remarks here can we just stop with the smart ass remarks and if you know nothing about the great man can i ask you to FUCK OFF and get something else to pass your time if thats not such a big thing to do. Thanks so much Jamie.

[@tripp8833]

chill out dude its all good

[@BillLancaster]

@@jamiebyrne458 townz is pure...

[@mouseman6942]

It's hard to imagine how one man, with all the personal problems he had, could produce such a catalog of material that has become looked at as his is. Sometimes the lyrics get confusing if you don't know the story or the people behind words, but he wrote so you could attach your own life to them. I guess he is what is called a genius? While most of us writers are trying to write something that an artist would like to record, Townes just wrote what he felt and got it cut anyway. Great stuff!

[@zatoichimasseur6767]

He didn't write so that you could attach your life to these songs. He wrote from suffering, pain sadness, and happiness, bitter joy.. tragedy.. he wrote from truth, For the Sake of the song.... That u attach yourself to his songs because u can relate as most humans can... Is a natural feeling.

[@walliegirl2]

Marty Robbins is my favorite singer-songwriter. Townes is my second favorite. Their styles are different but they were the best at what they did. Their songs just take you to spectacular places.

[@MorningDove]

"At My Window" At my window Watching the sun go Hoping the stars know It's time to shine Daydreams Aloft on dark wings Soft as the sun streams At days decline Living is laughing Dying says nothing at all Baby and I are laying here Watching the evening fall Time flows Through brave beginnings And she leaves her endings Beneath our feet Walk lightly Upon their faces Leave gentle traces Upon their sleep Living is dancing Dying does nothing at all Baby and I are laying here Watching the evening fall Three dimes Hard luck and good times Fast lines and low rhymes Ain't much to say Feel fine Feel low and lazy Feel grey and hazy Feel far away Living is sighing Dying ain't flying so high Baby and I are lying here Watching the day go by 💙

[@ronkhtube]

We all have demons. Few of us have the talent of this man, or can add as much to humanity.

[@zatoichimasseur6767]

I think very few have the talent and less yet, have the Courage that Townes had.

[@skinheadsbowling]

Beautifully put Ron...

[@ozuozuozu]

We're lucky to survive this legacy.

[@David-ch5zl]

My favorite Townes Song At my Window! My Uncle was the Engineer on Townes Live at the Old Houston Quarter! He was friends with and worked with the Great Cowboy Jack Clement! He might of helped him with the album that this song came on! I don’t know!

[@johannes179]

wonderful song and music!

[@greenskeeper3000]

And the lunch was good too. That talented and still genuinely humble.

[@zubdog]

this is amazing... RIP townes

[@oldnrone]

Thanks for sharing this!

[@Uncle_Neil]

Singin' along with you Townes, always.

[@andreapetetti8354]

Oh caro dolce malinconico townes te ne sei andato via troppo presto .El il tuo amico guy è venuto presto a farti compagnia.per me i piu grandi per i momenti piacevoli che ancora mi date con le vostre canzoni

[@skipper817]

"TVZ, well he died to soon, but now he's...up there with Hank, and their both...fightin them Nashville Blues." - Cory Morrow

[@davidwillis9894]

My Uncle worked for Jack Clement and they were good friends! My Uncle produced Townes’s Live at the Old Houston Quarter! He recorded with a portable 4 Track! It’s under Tomato Records!

[@TheTRoseist]

I must have been an idiot in 1987. Where the heck was I?

[@canuckistani81]

He sure was an amazing writer. I have to laugh at the irony at the end with the announcer saying "we'll be back with more New Country".

[@mrnutterbutterdude]

haha they're so oblivious to the magic they just witnessed. I feel like if Hank Williams' ghost appeared and played a set they'd still say "we'll be back with more country...."

[@jamiebyrne458]

This man was Godlike yet he did not know it ....

[@МихаилСергопольцев]

Townes Van Zandt - At my window Из своего окна наблюдаю закат надеюсь, звёздам известно пришло их время сиять мечты дня исчезают на темных крыльях мягко, как солнца поток в убывающих днях Жизнь смеётся над уходящим, это не конец дитя и я расположились здесь наблюдать вечерний закат Время пульсирует в смелых начинаниях а окажется их итог у вас под ногами идите осторожно по их лицам оставляя неглубокий след на их снах Жизни круг для уходящего это не конец дитя и я расположились здесь наблюдать вечерний закат Три пенса за удачу в беспечное время лёгкость строк в чётких рифмах в них не много смысла чувствуя себя прекрасно чувствуя себя подавленно и скованно чувствуя тяжело и мрачно чувствуя оконченным путь Жизнь, как вздох на выдохе не взлететь высоко дитя и я расположились здесь наблюдать, как клонит день к концу

[@jezebeljones659]

Poetry.

[@LouAnnSkiles]

Is that Lloyd Maines on piano

[@bassmangotdbluz3547]

There's Donnie's Flute @5:10

[@tripp8833]

anyone know the chords?

[@OpakeArawra2]

lunch was fucking delicious.

[@Jebowski]

@OpakeArawra2 ...... keep learning

[@OpakeArawra2]

@Jebowski what do you mean? i'm pretty sure the guy did a ton of fucking drugs and died from alcoholism.

[@bobfells]

He was never the same after the shock treatment he had. His life was almost over before it really ever got going which is part of the reason he drank himself to death. He was an amazing song writer who had many demons. We should just celebrate his music and his message and pass it down to this younger generation who have nothing but junk to listen to these days.

[@kathleenmcwhirter3583]

Many of the world's greatest artists were tormented souls. Van Gogh, Hemingway, etc, down through the ages. Townes had his demons, but none of them touched his artistic genius.

[@OpakeArawra2]

@Jebowski uhm. he drank himself to death. ........

[@dadedowuh]

😂 🙉🙊🙉

[@josephambrose2852]

Pappy played this rubbish constantly in his Safari wagon R I P Pappy 😭

[@Jebowski]

He had to go. It was time to leave.

[@michaelwilliamson7276]

This is not Townes at his best.