Description
*This is a Vinyl LP*
Release Date: 2019
Label: Fat Possum Records
Comes with a free download card
Track List
Side A
- All I Need
- Rex’s Blues
- The Hills Of Roane County
- Sky Blue
- Forever, For Always, For Certain
- Blue Ridge Mtns. (Smokey Version)
Side B
- Pancho & Lefty
- Snake Song
- Silver Ship of Andilar
- Dream Spider
- Last Thing On My Mind
Notes
180-gram vinyl
Solo acoustic performances!
Eleven unreleased recordings composed of two new songs, a reworked “Blue Ridge Mtns. and more!
A new posthumous collection by one of the greatest singer-songwriters ever reared in the state of Texas, Townes Van Zandt, is due out on March 7. The first pre-release from Sky Blue, a collection of mostly consisting of 1973 demos of Van Zandt songs which have been released in other versions (including “Pancho & Lefty” and “Rex’s Blues”) and covers, is out today.
“All I Need,” a simple, melancholic strummer, is one of two previously unheard songs from the album. It’s a must-hear for fans-definitely of the caliber of the songs that Van Zandt did release on studio albums during his lifetime. There are plenty of poetic, Townes-ish turns of phrase here: “Breath turns to melody/All I need gonna fall away like dreams.”
Sky Blue marks the fifth Townes Van Zandt release since his death in 1997. The last collection was 2013’s Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions & Demos 1971-1972.
