I asked Townes if he thought he might stand to benefit from this newfound popularity. His response: No, I don’t think, as a matter of fact, that I’m going to benefit from anything on this earth. It’s more like that. I mean, if you have love on the earth, that seems to be number one. There’s food, water, air, and love, right? And love is just basically heartbreak. We can’t live in the present like animals do; they just live in the present. But people are always thinking about the future or the past. So it’s a veil of tears, man. And I don’t know anything that’s going to benefit me except more love. I just need an overwhelming amount of love. And a nap. Mostly a nap.
via Jan 18 mefi post by dios which included this link: ...he has achieved legendary status.
- I highly recommend Heartworn Highways, a documentary consisting of footage that some young British film-makers shot of Townes, Guy Clark, a very young Steve Earle and other outlawish country musicians in their homes and studios in 1975.posted by liam oh good.
- Interesting interview with Earle and Townes. (Sorry for not having a better link)posted by dios
- The Austin City Limits tribute to Townes a few years back was one of the best episodes ever, and my introduction to his music. Nice post.posted by rocket88
- All of our agreement on Townes is starting to scare me. But yeah, me too. Gone way too young.
- saw him at mccabes (I have a cd from) years ago--all cleaned up and ready for primetime--kinda contained, a bit diffident and (unbelievably) sober. saw him at the cactus in '97. what a beautiful, poetic, operatic, tragic, bathetic, aburd, painful show. he was at the bar between songs, drinking and talking with everyone until he kept falling off of his stool while playing. when he started telling the same story about life in the asylum again, the opening act had to, literally, drag him off the stage. im having serious chills right now just thinking about townes and how moved ive been to hear and sing his songs-- with those words from "to live is to fly" sorry to rave but i felt comfortable doing that since yall clearly loved him too. posted by oigocosas