Townes Van Zandt lived the life of both an 18th-century byronic hero and a 19th-century cowboy. He was tragically brilliant, broken, and lost too soon. However, everything tragic about Van Zandt’s ...

The well-worn grave marker in a remote cemetery near Eagle Mountain Lake draws thousands of visitors. They leave liquor, or cigarettes, or charcoal or crayons from gravestone rubbings. “To Live’s To ...

Fans of Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt: This one's for you. The two late, great native-Texan songwriters feature prominently in an archival film now screening via virtual cinema streams from Austin ...

March 7, 2024, marks what would have been the 80th birthday of Townes Van Zandt. The acclaimed and respected Texas singer/songwriter died on New Year’s Day in 1997 at age 52 of cardiac arrhythmia ...

This continues the series on Texas Musicians. This is Part 2 of two parts on Townes Van Zandt. Throughout the last half of the 1960s and the beginning of the ’70s, Townes Van Zandt spent most of his ...

David Broza, an Israeli-born singer-songwriter, met the late Townes Van Zandt just once -- at a 1994 concert in Houston. But the iconic songwriter, who penned classics such as 'Pancho and Lefty' and ...

Townes Van Zandt is often referenced as an example of a "songwriter's songwriter." Judging by the number of country and Americana songwriters who count him as an influence, that is a worthy title for ...

This is a sad and cautionary documentary about the life of Townes Van Zandt, borderline country star, absentee father and avid drug user. From Van Zandt’s happy childhood in an upper-middle-class ...

Townes Van Zandt, Susanna Clark and Guy Clark are at the center of the love triangle depicted in the movie "Without Getting Killed or Caught." For Tamara Saviano, a gifted author and filmmaker, ...