Townes Van Zandt, Interview, Songwriter from Fort Worth

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Van Zandt has been referred to as a cult musician and a songwriters songwriter Friend of Van Zandt and musician Steve Earle once called him the best songwriter in the whole world and Ill stand on Bob Dylans coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that. The quote was printed on a sticker featured on the packing of At My Window, much to Van Zandts displeasure. Influential in the sub genre referred to as outlaw country, his Texas grounded impact stretched farther than country. He has been cited as a source of inspiration by such artists as Bob Dylan,[16] Neil Young,[44] Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Nanci Griffith, Cowboy Junkies, Vetiver, Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, Caleb Followill of Kings Of Leon, and Meat Puppets. Steve Earle paid his own homage to Van Zandt by writing Fort Worth Blues as a memorial to the night of his death.[45] Earles eldest son, Justin Townes Earle, also a musician, is named after him. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss 2007 album Raising Sand includes a cover version of the Van Zandt song Nothin.

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