Thursday August 14th 2008, 5:58 pm
Townes Van Zandt Goes Twang: A When You Awake Mixtape
Filed under: Mixtapes, Twang Series
Steve Earle once said “Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I’ll stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.” When you hear this collection of songs interpreted by the likes of Emmylou Harris, Devendra Banhart, Steve Young, Vetiver and more, you just might agree. Did we miss any good ones? Let me know in the comments after the jump. Speaking of, anyone know of a good cover of “Be Here To Love Me”? The Norah Jones version just doesn’t cut it (sorry…).

Townes Van Zandt Goes Twang

1. Emmylou Harris and Steve Earle- If I Needed You
2. Gillian Welch- Pancho and Lefty
3. Devendra Banhart- Colorado Girl
4. Son Volt- Rex’s Blues
5. Azure Ray- For The Sake of the Song
6. Foreign Born- Waiting Around To Die
7. Peter Roman and Nanci Griffith- No Lonesome Tune
8. Nanci Griffith- Tecumseh Valley
9. Steve Earle- Fort Worth Blues
10. Vetiver- Standin’
11. Guy Clark- Don’t You Take It Too Bad
12. Steve Young- No Place To Fall


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Hey you have some great mixtapes there! I was hoping to get the T.v.Zandt stuff, but zshare gets me stuck in a loop with no download. Is there any alternative for downloading the zshare tunes? Thanks!

Comment by Bill 12.28.08 @ 5:54 am

Yeah, it is the same for me, an endless loop. Still, the download count always goes up! As a big TVZ fan, I’m really interested in hearing these covers, especially Son Volts.

Comment by Skarpi 01.10.09 @ 11:13 am

Hey guys,
It has been reuploaded to Mediafire. We are slowly switching everything over to Mediafire (for some reason—Zshare just completely stopped working). If theres a mix you want sooner rather than later…let me know!

Comment by WYA 01.10.09 @ 1:16 pm

Townes can do no wrong! This is the best of these mixes yet. Thanks! W.

Comment by W 01.14.09 @ 7:59 pm

ramblin jack elliott did a really great version of f.f.v. check that one out if you havent heard it : )

really cool mix

Comment by b 03.13.09 @ 1:29 pm

Townes Van Zandt compilation, feat. 19 songs done by “smaller” artists from all over the place (J. Tillman (Fleet Foxes), Great Lake Swimmers, Jad Fair, Anders Parker, Be Good Tanyas and many more. ‘Introducing Townes Van Zandt Via The Great Unknown’ - out Oct. 26th on Forthesakeofthesong
http://www.myspace.com/thetownesvanzandtproject

Comment by Forthesakeofthesong 06.18.09 @ 9:22 am

Mediafire download now stuck in loop. Was d/l it when it stopped part way through, now keeps looping. However, thanks for all your hard work and great posts

Comment by slackjack 10.27.09 @ 3:57 am

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