The Highway Kind

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When considering the catalog of the late, great Townes Van Zandt, The Highway Kind is a dicey matter. All but three of the tracks are cut live, but these selections represent a weathered and weakened man. His picking isn't quite so fleet; his phrasing is fleeting. Listen to his version of Texas sidekick Guy Clark's "Dublin Blues" to hear a man not long for this world. Still, somehow the notes that fall flat are the ones that ring most true. Which just goes to show that perhaps the best epitaph for Townes Van Zandt is the same he'd given the outlaw Lefty in his most famous song: "They only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose." --Steven Stolder

The Highway Kind,Townes Van Zandt,Sugarhill [Country],Folk,Folk & Traditional,Pop,Progressive Country,Singer/Songwriter

Average customer rating: real music for real people Intense and Great Perhaps the finest live recording from the late years... tvz's songwriting at it's starkest

The Highway Kind Townes Van Zandt Manufacturer: Sugarhill [Country] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: At My Window Roadsongs High, Low And In Between/Late Great The Nashville Sessions Flyin' Shoes ASIN: B000000EXR Release Date: 1997-03-18

Tracks:

1. Still Lookin' For You
2. Dublin Blues
3. Lost Highway
4. A Song For
5. The Hole
6. Highway Kind
7. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
8. No Deal
9. Blaze's Blues
10. Darcy Farrow
11. My Proud Mountains
12. Wreck On The Highway
13. Rake
14. Ira Hayes

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When considering the catalog of the late, great Townes Van Zandt, The Highway Kind is a dicey matter. All but three of the tracks are cut live, but these selections represent a weathered and weakened man. His picking isn't quite so fleet; his phrasing is fleeting. Listen to his version of Texas sidekick Guy Clark's "Dublin Blues" to hear a man not long for this world. Still, somehow the notes that fall flat are the ones that ring most true. Which just goes to show that perhaps the best epitaph for Townes Van Zandt is the same he'd given the outlaw Lefty in his most famous song: "They only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose." --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

real music for real people.......2001-03-03

townes is probably the greatest folk-contry blues artist of all time. his voice as well as his songs are so sad and sorrowful. two songs that i love the most are dublin blues and lookin for you. if you like the blues or want to hear real country instead of the shlock that is called popularly country today you must do yourself a favorite and listen to this. when the woman i loved started cheatin on me this c-d saved me...'nuff said

Intense and Great.......2001-02-16

The intensity of this CD increases with each listen. Townes Van Zandt did it again as usual. Surely worth buying for the experience.

Perhaps the finest live recording from the late years..........2001-01-11

If you want to experience the Townes Van Zandt of strong voice and nimble guitar pickin', go straight for one of his early live recordings. However, if you want an exceptional live document from the end of Townes' career, where he "wore his skin like iron" and his "breath was hard as kerosene," then this is the cd for you. To hear the aged Townes sing a song like "Lost Highway" with its lyric "O'er a life of sin, I paid the cost," you can't help but feel like that man understood those lyrics like no other, and it's a kick in the gut. His version of "Ira Hayes" will tear you to pieces, and the song "Highway Kind" will leave you slack-jawed. It's the honesty of these recordings - warts and all - that leave me in amazement, because after all those hard years, Townes was running strictly on emotion.

tvz's songwriting at it's starkest.......1999-08-05

Yes, his guitar work isn't as great as is used to be, and his voice sounds downright pathetic at times, but every track on this CD is beautiful. I enjoyed this album a hell of a lot more than _A Far Cry from Dead_ because of its starkness. A Far Cry... just seemed to slick for TVZ. I think this album captures the real essence of his work.

Average customer rating:

The Highway Kind Townes Van Zandt Manufacturer: Normal Germany ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000024EI5 Release Date: 2002-07-27

Tracks:

1. Still Lookin' for You
2. Dublin Blues
3. Lost Highway
4. Lover's Lullaby
5. Hole
6. Highway Kind
7. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
8. No Deal
9. Blaze's Blues
10. Darcy Farrow
11. My Proud Mountains
12. Wreck on the Highway
13. Rake
14. Ira Hayes

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