Nanci Griffith & Townes Van Zandt "Tecumseh Valley," American Music Shop-Mark O'Connor
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American Music Shop: Guest Artist, Nanci Griffith & Townes Van Zandt "Tecumseh Valley," 1993
American Music Shop Band
Mark O'Connor; violin, bandleader and music director
Jerry Douglas; Dobro, Lap Steel
Brent Mason/Brent Rowan; Guitars
John Jarvis/Matt Rollings; Keyboards;
Glen Worf; Bass
Harry Stinson; Drums, Background Vocals
Producer; Rusty Wilcoxen
Director; Dennis Globe
Sound Mixer; Kim Raymer
Executive Producer, Show Creator; Brian O'Neill
American Music Shop on TNN in Nashville featured Mark O'Connor as bandleader accompanying various musical guests each week. (1990-1993)
Chicago Tribune
Television.
Tnn's `American Music Shop' Brings Top Performers Together
July 03, 1993, By Wayne Bledsoe, Scripps-Howard News Service.
NASHVILLE - On a network filled with music, "The American Music Shop" stands out.
Nearly every show of the Nashville Network's "American Music Shop" (9 p.m. and 1 a.m. Tuesdays, TNN) is an event: Country diva Emmylou Harris performs with new star Trisha Yearwood; legendary singer-songwriter John Prine trades songs with upcoming singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding; young country star Dwight Yoakam picks with bluegrass great Ralph Stanley; Ireland's foremost band, the Chieftains, performs with Ricky Skaggs and Chet Atkins.
It's a show where individual music artists perform together, often for the first time, backed up by some of the best session players in music.
On one recent show, the host was Nanci Griffith, and it includes some of Griffith's favorite songwriters-Janis Ian, Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker and Frank Christiansen.
Backstage, at a television studio in Opryland, there is a happy buzz. The artists joke, eat and prepare for their parts on the show, while the artists' management and TNN employees keep things moving. On the soundstage, the house band runs through the night's numbers.
"American Music Shop" premiered in March 1990. The show's creator and executive producer, Brian O'Neill, says the idea was to make each week's musical host a person known to most country music fans, then slip in lesser known talented artists-most often people whom the host liked. That way, he says, both the audience and the artists win.
The show, TNN's fourth most popular program, seems to be a particular favorite among other musicians.
It doesn't hurt that the members of the house band have followings in their own right.
Led by master violinist, guitarist, mandolinist Mark O'Connor, the band includes Jerry Douglas, a man who has nearly reinvented the dobro; guitarist Brent Mason; bassist Glen Worf; drummer Harry Stinson; and keyboardists John Jarvis and Matt Rollings.
"In developing the show, I sold the network on getting the very best possible house band that we could get," O'Neill says.
"And that was going to be part of the draw for the show-at least from the artist's perspective."
O'Connor, probably the most popular session musician in Nashville at the time, was thrilled with the prospect.
He says the show offered the first chance for television audiences to get a look at how Nashville's studio musicians work.
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I'm a 65 year old hard nose recovering alcoholic and every time I watch and listen to this I start crying for what the world could be
"Sunshine walked beside her..." what a perfect description of Nanci.
Heaven must be an even more beautiful place since these two took residence there. We miss you. By the way, say hi to John Prine for me
These two are too good to live in these messed up times.
Amen.
Perfect!!. Bless Up. ❤
@MichaelCherau-kt8gy I love them both, but all times are messed up.
A beautiful, humble opening by Nancy, to one of folk/country's most understated talents. RIP Nanci and Townes.
I was fortunate enough to see a lot of him in Nashville in the 70s. I went to a party at his house. Everyone was there but Townes. A legend both of them. I will miss her now as I have missed him all these years.
@@EBlockWitch so sad but I laughed when you said you were at a party at Townes house but he wasn't there. Sad day losing Nanci
@Ann-Kristin Wassvik "When she dies she says she'll catch some blackbirds wings and she will fly away to heaven..." Nanci Griffith Gulf Coast Highway
Amen Heidi
Together again in heaven
Bless her and her beautiful voice - she was a gift to us all! Rest in peace, Nanci.......
Her and Townes and John Prine, singing sweetly with angels
@@Pestyfield All of them together now. Three amazing people. No one has ever been like them. Songs from a deep place in the heart.
let's not forget the maestro, guy clark
❤🙏❤🙏
And, Townes.
One of my favorite lines from any song - "and it seemed to me, the sunshine walked beside her."
Funny, Dennis, when I read your comment, I thought, oh I've already seen and commented on this video. Because this is exactly what I'd say. And now I see it's a different Dennis!
@@DennisFreeman You know what they say, "Great minds and great names." LOL.
Yes.. It's original, not hackneyed. None of TVZ's were.
@Dalila Osterfeld You're teaching people how to hack?
@@aaronmohammad7309 You guys are sharing how to engage in illegal activity. Astounding.
"Fare thee well, Tecumseh Valley"!.........a truly sad and mournful song, Thanks for everything,Townes Van Zandt!
Towns said in an interview that HER version of this song was the best he ever heard. Rest in peace Nanci with love from Ireland 💚🇨🇮🙏
Can you recommend a few Irish artist for me to listen too?
@@jerrywinters6914 Where would I even begin....... Try Paul Brady, Christy Moore, Rory Gallagher, Planxty, The Dubliners, The Chieftains, Mary Black, Dolores Keane, Mundy, Damian Rice, Fionn Regan, Mongoose, Lisa O'Neill, Lisa Hannigan, and about a million others. Get back to me and let me know if you like any and I'll send you further into the rabbit hole of a brilliant musical industry, ps I'm leaving out loads which I will remember later and say "ah shite" because I'm Irish .
Have a great day - mdm
@@mdmayhem Thanks Michelle! Impressive list, I am familiar with a few of the artist, The Dubliners & The Chieftains and enjoy them both. I know Mundy does a cover of Galway Girl (Steve Earle) that is popular. I've listened to a few of the artist on your list: Dolores Keane, Mary Black & Christy Moore and enjoyed them all. Lately, I have been discovering/listening to Bluegrass musician's from your side of the pond: Midnight Skyracer, Kieran Towers & Charlotte Carrivick & John Reischman and the Jaybirds to name a few. As for this side of the pond, I have been listening to Molly Tuttle and Sierra Ferrell.
Thanks again for your suggestions, feel free to share more!
Have a great day,
JW
Is it true that Nancy introduced John Prine to his wife, Fiona?
Edy williams
I worked at a bar on Guadalupe St in Austin back in the 80s, both Townes and Nanci played there often. It was a folk bar, some night there were just the regulars listening...Blaze, etc...maybe 10 people...but it was overflowing those nights Nanci and Townes played. Townes was hit or miss depending on his ability to medicate just right. I still have a promo photo of Nanci she gave and signed for me, don’t know why i kept it other than she is a stunner and a great talent. This is my fav Townes song.
What beautiful harmonization by Nancii. God where has such beautiful music gone!!!
Reunited tonight. RIP 2 legends.
Add John Prine to that. What a trio they'd be.
Watching Townes playing live with a full band is blowing my mind. I don't think anybody has quite realised quite how rare of an occasion this video shows.
I bet he hated every minute of it.
Voice of an Angel..Rest now Nanci..You will live forever in our hearts and minds..Teary day for many today..
So sorry to hear of your passing, you have given so much to do many, sending prayers for you and your family, SINCERELY NOLA ANDERSON DANIEL ❤SO LOVED HEARING YOUR MUSIC ❤!!!
Your voice is so unique, loved listening to your songs, Nancy🎉❤😍
This is my favorite Townes song. My band was the house band at the Lone Star Cafe in NYC in the mid to late 70's and we got to open for Townes on two separate occasions for a week each - 2 shows a night. He was such a nice human being - very laid back with a great sense of humor. We generally did not sit in the audience for the other acts but every night for those two weeks we snuck out to watch and listen. Those were two wonderful weeks and I consider myself very lucky to have been able to hear him live as well as hang out with him. I am still in awe of his writing.
well now...i may have seen you & your band...my friend & i spent a evening drinking at the lone star cafe on a hot aug night, '78, and, a band was playing that night...
i went to high school in bellaire from 67-70.....townes and guy clark were playing regular gigs at sand mountain coffeehouse... unfortunately i didn't find that out until i read their biographies...close to 50 years too late
Thanks so much for sharing that great story! I can just picture it.
This is my favorite Townes song, too. I also like Marie and None But the Rain.
@@joemarshall4226 people questioned me when i put marie in my top 10 townes songs.... hey, if tecumseh valley is there then marie has to be there in spades
Words can’t describe how brilliant this whole performance is. Everything about it is just perfect. RIP Townes and Nanci, thank-you for sharing your amazing gift with us.
Rest in peace Nancy, It feels like I have just lost one of my best friends tonight!
Her passing brought me here too.........
@@pageluvva I am sitting here crying my eyes out. She was such a beautiful being. Too lovely for this earth, and now she is in heaven with old Townes.
@@EBlockWitch That is really beautifully said. Tonight I will watch her dvd of One Fair Summer Evening and remember her for the amazing artist and performer she was. So lucky that her music will be with us for the rest of our days. We're lucky.
I feel the same. My heart is broken.
Heartbroken
RIP Nancy. And boy, Townes can write a song!
Yep he sure could..I love his singing and picking too..
it's a sad night. I'm so grateful to have been on the planet with Nanci and Townes.
Thank God Townes had music to sooth his troubled - and also our - souls.
Came in tonight because I'm hurting a bit. These people make it better somehow. Just beautiful music. I am humbled by their talent.
Sad beauty...
feel better
You speak the truth
hoping the last year has been a good one for you.
Two people whose music has sustained my soul for many years, now with the Angel Band. The world is a lesser place without them. RIP
Absolutely agree.
playing together again - RIP Nanci
V sad. Agree
thank you Mark for posting this video. I miss both Nancy and Townes. I was proud and very lucky to know them both. fair the well Tecumseh Valley......
What a voice and talent. RIP Nanci. Hope you are surrounded by peace and beauty - singing duets with Townes, John Prine and Kate McGarrigle.
And, too, Kate Bush.
She came to my mind today.... March 7, 2022. I can't bring her back except through the music she left us. RIP
Always humble, always honest and always magnificent. RIP Nancy you will be missed by so many, that voice and that emotion. One if the best .
What a treasure this video is. I'm sure the sunshine walks beside the two of them now.
Two of the truest telling people, both brilliant singer songwriters and storytellers, Their likes will not be around those parts ever again, they were very special people, both blessed with many God-given gifts which they fully used and passed on to the people and kept nothing for themselves
Absolutely Beautiful ❤
this song sung by these two gives me feelings that I thought I had forgotten...
Wow. I'm happy to stumble across this. Two kindred spirits. My heart wants to break each time I hear the voice of Townes van Zandt, and he was so handsome. And thank you Nanci. Between you both, you can get those Angels singing xxxx
My Mother the Mountain Album was the first album I ever bought and is still my favourite one of his . This song takes me back to my 15 year old self listening to it in my bedroom . 'Why She's Acting This Way' is my favourite song on it. 🤍
Although Townes and Nancy are no longer here on this planet,
their music continues to resonate in our hearts and souls.
We will never forget you and we will never stop listening to
your incredible music.
Townes was my pal. We hung out together in mutual friend's apartments and at the Rodeo Bar in NYC. He mentioned that my song 'Shorttimer's Waltz' was the finest song about Vietnam he'd ever heard. News of his death saddened me deeply.
Any way to hear this "Shorttimer's Waltz" anywhere?
Heard this before where is the shoe timers waltz online?
Lovely story, is your music online anywhere?
Townes wrote such meaningful and beautiful songs. He was always a humble man , we all have demons some we bring on ourselves some we are born with..miss all the songs he could have written..Nancy as usual is in fine voice her singing is as beautiful as she.
Two of the very best. RIP.
Townes, the best writer of sad songs. A gift for story telling with music.
I cannot cite the reference, but I have read it more than once. He said he liked the songs almost sucicdal.
It was said with humor and such, but I can tell that was his deal. I miss him. There are a lotta lotta songs, Makes me happy, and I would guess him as well.
@Talkin Bout Nawlins Andale, Bro.
I have been hooked on TVZ for a long time, if I start digging in and get stuck on it too long I find myself very depreesed. He is the most heart felt writer I have ever heard.
@Talkin Bout Nawlins yes I have heard it by Steve, and Guy Clark also recorded it. Great song.
he was
Townes forgot the last verse so he sang the first verse again....then they went to the instrumental. Then he sang the verse he forgot and ended it...it was supposed to be the other way around. But it still worked. Let's hope that they have met again on the other side, where no one forgets lyrics, and everyone is always on key......
The thing about the great Texas artists is there were no rules. Never sing or play it the exact same way twice. Forget a verse? Add it later. It's all good!
How about wishing for, on the other side, being heaven, . . . hope for people whose souls aren't tortured, hearts broken permanently, and have good mental health every day?
How could anyone with a soul ever thumb down this beautiful pair RIP TVZ
I have a soul and while I will not give a thumbs down this music does nothing for me. Simple rhymes as a hook in the song and it has the cadence of a death dirge. I feel somewhat cheated in life for having listened to this tripe.
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@@brianmunson5688 Well it doesn't say much for your mental powers if you watch and listen to something you don't like. Do you expect all music to be happy and jolly he sang about real life
@@rickswift3990 so you have to go into insulte mode. People do things they don't like all the time. Unless all people lead a sheltered life free of all hardships like i assume you did. We all know that pussies always get a free ride. The song sucked. The vocals sucked. In my opinion you too suck.
@@brianmunson5688 One of the things that makes the song interesting to us is that it's NOT a dirge. It's a western romantic ballad, musically, in a major key, not a minor, but the subject is tragic. It's the juxtaposition of so many things that make this song come alive like few songs do. It's a sad song, a song of lament, and it juxtaposes the brightness of the young woman's beauty, grit, and hope with her sad demise. It's a western requiem, but not a dirge. Life can be like this, and Townes seemed to have a gift in his ability to see great beauty even in tragic situations...."It seemed to me that the sunlight walked beside her"....What a way to express the feeling of a young man, taken by the beauty of a young woman.....Townes used unusual tricks in his singing. They are old fashioned tricks from the a different time, but the same place, that he writes about: His slides between notes, dragging the flat notes up to the proper pitch are unique in modern singing. Once you get on his wavelength, you realize the magic of what he is doing......If you want a real dirge, try his song "Marie". That is a stark song of unrelenting tragedy and emptiness. He wrote it to bring attention to the plight of homeless working people, and the struggles they endure. And he hits the nail on the head. I have friends who are street people, tortured by poverty, disability, and alcoholism. Last summer, I was driving around town with them, and I pointed out a young couple walking hand in hand. "That's a nice looking young couple right there," i said. My friend said, "she's a great gal, and he's a good guy, but they both struggle with heroin:. Turns out she had four kids by a husband who left her, and fell into drug abuse. It was less than a week later that they found her.....drowned in the canal. She slipped on the sloped cement side of the canal, slid down, and she couldn't crawl back out. She was from a nice family, and left those kids behind.....I heard"Marie" for the first time about a week later, and It brought tears to my eyes. It was like she was talking to me from the grave. Knowing what my disabled friend was going through dealing with social services brought it home even more.....
I have no words.💔
RIP Nanci. I was fortunate to see her 3 times in concert. Such a perfect talent.
RIP Nanci. RIP Townes. 2 of the greatest.
From the U.K. - Townes was an absolute gift. Not one for country, but TVZ was a unique troubled talent - a brilliant poetic wordsmith. The gifted walked beside him !!
God, that gives me shivers. I was lucky to meet and interview Townes, and see him a number of times in performance. Even hung out a little with him one day. Saw Nanci a number of times but never met her. I was such a huge fan of both of them. The passing of each one was like losing a dear friend if you met them or not. They gave us so much. Thank you for posting this. I've interviewed Mark - just on the phone - and have admired him for so long.
What I've noticed about these great musicians is their ability to blend with each other, carefully not to overshadow who's shining at a given moment. It's done in all genres, but right now I'm Keen on folk. And to watch and hear how Nancy follows Townes' lead, gently fading out when Townes needs to go off key, or at the very end when all of a sudden you hear the fiddle player sustaining that long, last hold; he was there all the time.
Rudolph Guarnacci
Fantastic observation. Folk attracts ‘commune’ culture.
@@timothydobelbower5487 it's just respect, picking and having the some of the best session musicians in the world backing you. Doesn't have a damn thing to do with Commune Culture
@@alabastardmasterson That depends on one's perspective. What works for some doesn't work for others - and vice versa.
The folk singers from the Houston-Austin-Nashville circuit all knew each other very well. Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Susanna Clark, Blaze Foley, Rex "Wrecks" Bell, Nanci Griffith, Eric Taylor, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, Bill Staines and others all performed at the same venues at various times and often sang each others' songs. It was cultural cross-pollination at it's finest. Some of the venues were The Old Quarter bar, the Anderson-Fair Retail Restaurant, Family Hand restaurant, Liberty Hall, Steamboat Springs, and the Mucky Duck (all in Houston), Huts Hamburgers , Alamo Lounge, Liberty Lunch, the Ritz, Buffalo Grill, Armadillo World Headquarters, Cheatam Street Warehouse, The Backstage, (all in Austin,) the Goodwoman Cafe, Springwater, Cantrell's BBQ (all in Nashville) and a host of other places all over the nation.
After an unfortunate incident where Townes and Wrecks passed out upstairs with a candle burning at the Old Quarter bar (resulting in a devastating fire) the Old Quarter relocated to Galveston. After Townes' death, it kind of became a Townes Van Zandt "museum," decorated with old posters and photos of his career.
Nancy is very generous when singing w another
Townes Van Zant was definitely underappreciated.
Sometimes the barrier of entry is too heavy for some musicians. And what seems so obvious to us, goes unnoticed.
He wasn't by anyone who heard him
Townes Van Zant was definitely underappreciated, but not by me!
He wasn't underappreciated. He was an impossible drunk/drug addict. Townes will live forever in his songs. He made the living he wanted.
My son is a big Townes Van Zandt fan and I've always been a huge Nanci Griffith fan, so this little gem brought us together. I just taught myself "Love at the Five and Dime" by her and came across this video of their duet. So good.
I love this song. Discovered it recently. Beautifully sung. His voice complemented by Nancy's voice.
Beautiful souls come and then they go. Seems as I get older it hits me harder and makes me think of what we had......and now we don't. Rest in Peace and may the Lord Bless You.
What a treat. Thanks so much for this. Townes carried the weight of the world more than most, yet he left it having given so much truth and grace, more than most.
every time I listen to Nancy I can't help but smile - and cry just a little. And what is there to say about Townes? ...
Mark O'Conner, what an amazing fiddle player, always making every song even more extra special. thank you for sharing
Tears. Nothing but tears.
RIP, my Celtic Queen.
Well, I guess I know what song's on repeat tonight.
Can’t get the words out of my mouth for tears.
All Townes did was put his entire being heart and soul in every fkn word. I love Nanci, beautiful in every sense sheesh she was a treasure, but Townes casts a large shadow. It's so silly the world doesn't get it.
If you came hear I suppose townes has helped you find words for some things you had not quite the words for yourself. ..nice to visit with you friend, glad you are sensitive enough to feel it and courageous enough to be alive still. If you made it through and to read this know you have value to me, Lord watch over you, some things are worth crying about and beautiful enough to take the time to find the words. Thanks all for what you share
Thank you... I needed that...
One of the truly beautiful, haunting songs of modern folk. RIP Nancy.
Got to work with Townes for a few weeks in '88. Tattooed on my soul. Wish I could've done the same with Nancy. Both are legends of my life.
What a beautiful song and duo! Absolutely awesome !
Two treasures together. RIP.
Tell us that stories, Townes. We will always listen.
This amazing song brings a tear to a glass eye!
I am crying my eyes out
My brother introduced me to her music in about '88. I bought several CD's , and I remember buying "Other Voices." I was in a really melancholy state at the time; this album really doesn't help, but I loved it, and its second volume. Appreciated how she included 2 Canadian legends, Gordon Lightfoot and Ian Tyson on the records
Love Nanci Griffith. She played the Strawberry Festival many years ago!
Songwriting perfection. Not surprising why so many musicians were so endeared with Townes genius.
Sad they are gone, but thankful we have their music. Rest easy Nanci and Townes.
A great storyteller. And like so many storytellers lived a life with a great deal of sadness, much of it self inflicted. A real paradox of great gifts and tragedy.
Heaven must have a hell of a band. Scamp Walker is probably jamming with em right now. Peace to all and thanks for all the wonderful music
Now this is Music. AWESOME 🙏
How is it possible to love someone so much you've never met, but carried with you always. Goodbye Nanci you warmed my soul more then I can aptly express. True loveliness
Warm feeling in my soul
I play this song regularly. There are times when I can't get through it without crying.
One of my absolute favourite singer of all time!
They sang beautifully together
Beautiful.
Beautiful haunting song. Would love to hear a contemporary singer or group cover this beautiful thing, so its never lost. RIP.
The fact that Townes isn't a household name yet bothers me...
God pls allow us the pleasure of hearing Heaven's Band when we get to where Townes, Susanne, Guy, Nanci, Prine & Gram are all hanging out. 🙏🎵🎶🎵🙏
Townes is the best songwriter to live.
Country puro e da melhor qualidade.
just listened to this classic. Heart rending knowing both are gone....had the pleasure of seeing both in concert. Townes (solo performance) mid 90's & nanci with her band on several occasions. "keep the music alive" and pass it on to your friends.!!🎼🎼
one of the best songs ever...rip nanci dear sweetie ❤
I love this. I could listen to this forever.
Amazing, beautiful song, extraordinary Townes van Zandt.
Excellent testimony for both!!!
Thank you Townes and Nanci for, again and again, opening my heart and my conscience. As a human I bless you for the gift you gave.
One of my favorite cryin songs...that voice, that poetry.....the sunshine....walked beside her...
Never seen this before . All can say is thanks.
I'm so glad I came across this. Two of my "music heroes", this is beautiful
Brings tears to my eyes, really.
As a young radio disc jockey back in the late 70’s I wasn’t totally familiar with Townes music and yet I had the good fortune of having him in the studio for a live interview and he performed some of his songs. Wish I had known then what a legend he was and would become. I’ll never forget that day.
You can see the respect had for Townes...beautiful
Beautiful and sad. Townes Van Zant could sure put words and story together..
Love these two
Oh Townes. God Bless as you RIP.
Simply..BEAUTIFUL !
I got invited to play at his memorial in Houston. We were brothers that never met, brothers still.
Hey Doyle, hope you are well. Been a few minutes.