Eulogizing a friend isn’t an easy task, especially when you’re trying to do it within the confines of a song. The degree of difficulty rises when you’re attempting to sum up someone as talented and ...

Van Zandt was already one of Earle's heroes, from that point until the day he died at age 52 on New Year's Day 1997 he would serve as Earle's mentor and close friend. “Townes is the reason I'm here ...

Sorting fact from fiction about the late, great Texas singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt is futile — even for Steve Earle, who just released “Townes,” a 15-song tribute album, and who performs at The ...

First published in Uncut Take 324 [April 2024 issue], we look back at Townes' historic 1973 recording at The Old Quarter, Houston - and its critical place in the renegade singer-songwriter's lore ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Steve Earle knew the singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt so well that he watched him play Russian roulette one night when he was drunk and admires him so much that he named his ...