Steve Earle - Rex's Blues (Townes Van Zandt)/Ft. Worth Blues (Live in Sydney) | Moshcam

[@gckelly68able]

I live in Glasgow, Scotland. Linked this to a friend in Colorado to which she replied "You do know there is a trail race from Crested Butte to Aspen" (we are both trail runners) - this August, I will journey across the ocean to pay my regards to Townes and Amigo. From the bottom of my heart, thank you Mr Earle for sharing this story.

[@stephenmccluskey5969]

Stirling bro epic plan

[@isaacpeachey8609]

Did you do it?

[@KaHe-u5j]

Couldn't be a better tribute to Townes than this beautiful song. Always brings a tear. Thanks Steve. K

[@jamesd5731]

My uncle has lived in Crested Butte CO for many years and I’ve spent many summers there. The most beautiful country I have EVER seen. I started listening to Townes fairly recently and he has quickly become my favorite songwriter, and learning about the time he spent in that area has added to and mixed in with my appreciation for his work in a very special way. Now these things that mean so much to me, Townes and the land around Crested Butte, are all interconnected, as they should be. The last time I visited Crested Butte I found myself listening to Townes in the car the whole time and the music just paired with the scenery so well.

[@denzilpaterson647]

Some people meditate. I pour myself a glass of whiskey and listen to this video. I feel like it gets me to the same place.

[@davidlindley2754]

Amen 🙏🙏🙏

[@KittyCarlile-490]

meditation is enlighten alcohol is numbness

[@DazeyChaineMusic]

not quite.. keep drinking though maybe youll find nirvana is also fun to listen to

[@DazeyChaineMusic]

i dont trust anyone who listens to steve earle

[@raaron4315]

I heard Towns' version this weekend in my car and broke down crying. I didn't know what was happening - this song is just so beautiful and I lost it.

[@johnschreiber5163]

+Raaron I love the Jack Elliot one with Nanci Griffith. What a song!

[@banjobandit3270]

Townes just hits that certain spot in your soul that just makes you cry when you listen to him sing

[@index1001]

Beautiful songs, Beautiful story, I love 'snow like low flying ghosts!'

[@scottmacphail6451]

We, who know of these people, and are attracted by the talent are the blessed recipients.

[@419buckeye7]

It's one of the saddest ever wrote

[@patriciawarren8677]

I'm glad Steve Earle is still rocking. He's one of the most special people playing authentic music still. I hope one day I get to meet you brother

[@jamiebyrne458]

I had the great pleasure of meeting Steve Earle about 12 years ago in co Donegal Ireland. he was doing a gig in Jacksons hotel Ballybofey. He was a true gent and everything i always thought he would be.

[@bobnpvine]

Good to see him looking healthy... When I met him he was strung out... Always been talented but he has a little Townes in him... Sad... Bob

[@tia2all501]

I got to meet Steve after a show he was really cool we had a great talk about Towns Van Zant

[@flatonia]

I always felt like Rex's Blues was a lullabye from Townes to Rex. It's just perfect and Steve Earle does it justice.

[@satexguy1]

This kind of reminds me of the old days at Bobby Bridger performances, where the spoken word and the song just flowed in and out. Thanks to Steve for being the keeper of Townes' flame.

[@balerjohnson3099]

Steve keeps on keepin on .He speaks and sings and plays it all together into this that would make Townes proud of him

[@ronnie5129]

STEVE, YOU, TOWNES, AND JOHN PRINE ARE MY FAVORITE SONGWRITERS, MAY TOWNES AND JOHN R.I.P., YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE LEFT BROTHER, STAY SAFE, ALL MY BEST, COUSIN FIGEL

[@ThomasPaine2121]

Don’t forget Guy Clark!

[@timnokken4284]

Truly a moving video for me. I had the good fortune to see Steven multiple times on this tour b/c my brother was his tour manager. My brother died recently, so seeing this knowing that my brother was responsible for the sound/mixing at this gig is really special and moving. Making it even more significant is that I think I might now own the guitar Steve is playing in this video (if not the specific guitar, an identical make and model). Missing my brother, but thankful I have my memories and these videos...(i've met the blue dog, too!).

[@phantom33bb58]

Sorry about ur brother. What's the blue dog sir ?

[@timnokken4284]

@@phantom33bb58 steve used to bring his blue healer on the road with him

[@774CISCO]

Condolences 🙏

[@karlacapobianco2751]

I have listened to this thousands of times...I play it all day or all week long sometimes...I know, I'm obscessed, but I can't help it...#LOVESTEVEEARLE

[@Donjuggaxote]

His story about townes losing his horse broke my heart. Been a life long fan of townes, and a new fan of steve

[@michaelwilliamson7276]

What a wonderful Requiem for his friend

[@PF-Fly]

Love the lead in story. I saw Steve in Mtn. Stage in WV where he did this same intro to the song. Love this song!

[@lordbyronsluggage]

I named my cat Amigo, after the introduction to this song, because it nails the bond between human and animal. Sorry it isn’t a horse, Townes, it was the best I could do.

[@roseannereid9896]

Cuts right to the bone. Immense!

[@davidmccaffery1470]

I've been from Aspen to Crested. Sure wish that I ran into Townes and Amigo...and Steve too..I was solo on my steel horse. H.Davidson heritage classic..dirt road for many miles. No cars, people or anything til I reached Crested.

[@Badger220455]

Love this song and Steve's version of it.

[@davidlindley2754]

May The Great Spirit bless you greatly Steve Earle...

[@adamnicholson1273]

Man, it's got to be hard to keep up playing that long without a break. What a performance and what a tribute to Townes. Fact, I have the butterfly from the Townes album tattooed on my left arm, and it's the only tattoo I have on that arm.

[@johnprice4635]

Talkin' blues, Mr. Steve.

[@mrhereallweek2268]

I need to meet that man. Tell him how Townes is the greatest songwriter of all time

[@Moshcam]

True that! Glad you enjoyed the show!

[@mairianncullen8753]

Fort Worth Blues - so good a tribute to Townes Van Zandt that Guy Clark - Guy Clark! - said it said it all for him.

[@mikebunyak1910]

A true troubadour in Townes's image. Peace. Out.

[@whitebluesky6932]

I remember one winter, it's been a while ago too. If I had been on a mountain, it would have been snowing only on mine. Remember that winter well, unfortunately.

[@jbeasy5620]

Snowin' on Raton

[@walterwilliams6357]

thanks. you convinced me to keep my horse.

[@carolritchie1122]

I play and sing many Steve Earle tunes and have thankfully been to a number of his performances. The coolest time was when I waved him over to talk at the Ottawa Folk Festival and we shook hands and chatted over a fence until someone whisked him away, when I was mid sentence. His manager ? broke our hands apart to get him moving on. I guess he was late for the bus, I may never know, unless he reads this comment!

[@mehditalib]

Townes and I still howl our blues at the moon in these cursed cold long nights !

[@dylp420]

Talib W. v. Goethe extra sappy bro 👌

[@davidlindley2754]

He's so awesome!!!!!!

[@justcallmethelma]

i wanted to go see steve when he was near me a few years ago..and now im just sick about it,that i didnt go..nothing iregret more than not going to see him/hear him....this was so beautiful,that introduction was so touchingly beautiful as well! enjoyed this very much! thanks for posting it! theres just no one quite like steve!

[@JANNE0844]

This came to be It !

[@davidsharp6955]

Best cover of this song thank you steve.

[@Tomern121]

I heard this on "Leaves of grass" good movie n great song

[@j357910]

He played the drug dealer that shot the crossbow. And probably the reason the song was in the movie.

[@gregradcliff7165]

Beautiful!! Best in the business

[@UCqkdtMiE5ZquD_lF9prae4Q]

Lyrics: In Ft. Worth all the neon's burnin' bright Pretty lights, red and blue But they'd shut down all the honky tonks tonight Say a prayer or two If they only knew You used to say the highway was your home But we both know, that ain't true It's just the only place a man can go When he don't know, where he's travelin' to But Colorado's always clean and healin' And Tennessee in spring is green and cool It never really was your kind of town But you went around, with the Ft. Worth blues Somewhere up beyond the great divide Where the sky is wide and the clouds are few A man can see his way clear to the light Just hold on tight That's all you gotta do And they say Texas weather's always changin' And one thing change'll bring is somethin' new And Houston really ain't that bad a town So you hang around with the Ft. Worth blues There's a full moon over Galway Bay tonight Silver light, over green and blue And every place I travel through I find Some kinda sign, that you've been through But Amsterdam was always good for grieving And London never fails to leave me blue And Paris never was my kinda town So I walked around with the Ft. Worth blues Ft মধ্যে. মূল্যবান সমস্ত নিয়ন জ্বলছে উজ্জ্বল সুন্দর আলো, লাল এবং নীল কিন্তু তারা আজ রাতে সমস্ত হংকি টোঙ্ক বন্ধ করে দেবে একটি বা দুটি প্রার্থনা বলুন যদি তারা জানত তুমি বলতে রাজপথ তোমার বাড়ি কিন্তু আমরা দুজনেই জানি, এটা সত্য নয় এটি শুধুমাত্র একটি মানুষ যেতে পারে যখন সে জানে না, সে কোথায় যাচ্ছে কিন্তু কলোরাডো সবসময় পরিষ্কার এবং সুস্থ এবং বসন্তে টেনেসি সবুজ এবং শীতল এটা সত্যিই আপনার ধরনের শহর ছিল না কিন্তু আপনি চারপাশে গিয়েছিলেন, সঙ্গে Ft. মূল্য ব্লুজ মহা বিভাজনের ওপারে কোথাও যেখানে আকাশ প্রশস্ত এবং মেঘ কম একজন মানুষ আলোতে তার পথ পরিষ্কার দেখতে পায় শুধু শক্ত করে ধরে রাখুন যে সব আপনি করতে হবে এবং তারা বলে টেক্সাসের আবহাওয়া সবসময় পরিবর্তন হয় এবং একটি জিনিস পরিবর্তন আনতে হবে 'নতুন কিছু এবং হিউস্টন সত্যিই খারাপ একটি শহর নয় তাই আপনি Ft সঙ্গে প্রায় স্তব্ধ. মূল্য ব্লুজ আজ রাতে গালওয়ে উপসাগরে একটি পূর্ণিমা আছে রূপালী আলো, সবুজ এবং নীলের উপরে এবং প্রতিটি জায়গার মধ্য দিয়ে আমি ভ্রমণ করি কিছু ধরনের লক্ষণ, যে আপনি মাধ্যমে হয়েছে কিন্তু আমস্টারডাম সবসময় শোকের জন্য ভাল ছিল এবং লন্ডন আমাকে নীল ছেড়ে যেতে ব্যর্থ হয় না এবং প্যারিস আমার ধরনের শহর ছিল না তাই আমি Ft সঙ্গে চারপাশে হাঁটা. মূল্য ব্লুজ

[@DazeyChaineMusic]

only steve earle can turn a beautiful 2 minute song into..... whatever this is .....

[@jeffspicoli1661]

Happy birthday Townes

[@geraldmorain3166]

Up the mountains on the rails to the mines in the hills. Tell us more

[@jackscratch785]

Thanx to Townes now I am gonna do Herion. Life is Beautiful.

[@tashijoe21]

thanks to Townes i no longer do heroin. When I wanna fix listening to Townes satisfies me.

[@smwrbd]

@@tashijoe21 exactly.

[@lukeheywood7334]

Amigo.. tvz.s horse Rexs blues Great song

[@hansgehrig8332]

Really GREAT SONG & AMAZING PERFORMANCE ;-) btw: Somebody, who don`t like it, can "turn off" his ears !!!

[@geraldmorain3166]

Some people in snowplows hear your screech

[@jeffwilliams196]

song starts at about 3:55.

[@index1001]

then you are missing the fucking point

[@markosborne3356]

Love this but theres damn political adds interrupts it. Long live townes

[@wehrewulf]

ads

[@selloutentertainmentstudio3157]

0:08

[@garnerharp]

☺

[@Elphonzier]

tabs/chords needed

[@shermski4]

Kailjiin good luck. I quit trying

[@jmdbb]

Capo 5, G C D. Lots of embellishments/hammer ons/pull offs.

[@stevenellsworth8290]

Great song but adds in the middle of it ruin the though of it...

[@elvis.smith.wildman]

3:50 is the actual start

[@samuelking4723]

I love Steve, but he doesn’t have the right kind of vocals for Rex’s Blues.

[@jriccardi01]

Isn’t America great. Anybody can have a career in music.

[@kristenegen5080]

It's a great song but just another ode to heroin.

[@cindywebb1841]

Nope

[@nevadits]

Meh. I'm a huge TVZ fan, too raspy and this pickin' was not so good. That's what was so good about Townes. Nice tribute though.