Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty (Live in Austin, 1975) [RESTORED FOOTAGE]

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  • @gradywattssongwriter
    @gradywattssongwriter Рік тому +134

    Can you even imagine the music that we never heard because there weren't any cameras or recorders just campfires, hard work and storytellers. Thank God we have these videos and songs passed down...

    • @bealiobealio
      @bealiobealio 11 місяців тому +5

      jesus you aint lying bruv!! so many bangers!

    • @jeremywilson7975
      @jeremywilson7975 11 місяців тому +3

      Sadly, never heard......and, never will.

    • @78ramcharger53
      @78ramcharger53 11 місяців тому +5

      We've missed alot unlike today so much is captured, wrong time though.

    • @knucklehead7456
      @knucklehead7456 5 днів тому

      I've asked that SAME question many times. Imagine how good some of the Bluegrass Players 150+ years ago were, without the distractions of the 21st Century in their Faces CONSTANTLY

  • @markanderson5226
    @markanderson5226 Рік тому +444

    This video should be in the Smithsonian. It is a national treasure.

    • @raudivevoices
      @raudivevoices Рік тому +8

      Agreed. So many country artists influenced by just the one song. Its great.

    • @stevendixon5467
      @stevendixon5467 Рік тому +1

      Yo

    • @paintingonpurpose3917
      @paintingonpurpose3917 Рік тому +1

      Not the Smithsonian! They take truth and Bury it.

    • @lvait957
      @lvait957 Рік тому +3

      Right up there with Leonard Cohen. Great Jam. I agree we should send it to space.

    • @JohnnyLongstreet
      @JohnnyLongstreet 10 місяців тому +1

      So was lefty

  • @ebaylistentomusic
    @ebaylistentomusic Рік тому +269

    I actually got to see Townes, in Boston in the early 70's. I was a high school kid with no friends into music like this. Went alone and I'm glad I did.

    • @nbenefiel
      @nbenefiel Рік тому +12

      The first time I saw EmmyLou I went alone.

    • @scottmead7943
      @scottmead7943 Рік тому +12

      When you think about it it is the best way to see a show I want to see Bob Dylan and Tom Petty at Red Rocks alone and actually had to sneak into the back but I made it and it was the best show ever been to. You don't need friends to tell you about good music nice to have friends. But sometimes friends don't understand what you love. Townes Van Zandt is like that so is Bob Dylan so Steve Earle so Neil Young. The best poetry is not the hit song is someone that hits you in the balls song

    • @johnladrig7980
      @johnladrig7980 Рік тому +4

      I wish I could have

    • @peterc772
      @peterc772 Рік тому +5

      The first time I saw Richard Thompson I went alone. It was a small, intimate theater. Would have loved to see Townes that way. It's the perfect way to experience a true singer-songwriter. The music and the lyrics come through and hit you in the heart.

    • @powertrip6426
      @powertrip6426 Рік тому +3

      The two best concerts I've ever been to I ended up going alone. Aesop Rock (rapper) and Japanther (2 man noise punk band). I made friends for the night at each show, even though we were strangers they treated me like old friends. Music is so amazing at bringing people together. One love ❤️

  • @sergeantmasson3669
    @sergeantmasson3669 Рік тому +165

    He deserved more recognition than he ever received.

    • @raudivevoices
      @raudivevoices Рік тому +3

      Agreed! As I said earlier, he inspired so many others.

    • @RavenaDenver
      @RavenaDenver Рік тому +6

      When every songwriter you love sites Townes as one of their biggest inspirations and you don't go see why, I'm pretty sure that really is a sin. He's definitely worth all the listens.

    • @KahlessTheUnforgettable
      @KahlessTheUnforgettable Рік тому +1

      Let’s not pretend the man wasn’t the partial architect of his own lack of recognition.

    • @cadillacslim73
      @cadillacslim73 Рік тому

      You got dat right

    • @nbenefiel
      @nbenefiel Рік тому +2

      We still love him and his music.

  • @billygarcia9885
    @billygarcia9885 Рік тому +466

    If your song makes a cowboy cry, that’s when you know it’s good.

    • @baileyrobinson1279
      @baileyrobinson1279 Рік тому +34

      This. That old guy probably hadn’t cried in decades…

    • @EARL-zl5mv
      @EARL-zl5mv Рік тому +8

      Right on. I feel the same way every time I hear this tune, it's hitting him like a rock.

    • @alfaq654
      @alfaq654 Рік тому +24

      It's not the song making him cry. He's cryin' 'cause he knew exactly what the booze was gonna to do Townes. That man practically raised him.

    • @donaldabel1233
      @donaldabel1233 Рік тому +3

      his son killed Blaze Foley

    • @AlbertFachan
      @AlbertFachan Рік тому +4

      I ain't no cowboy but yeah tears are streaming down

  • @mlitzinger1398
    @mlitzinger1398 Рік тому +82

    I love how his friend sitting at the table gets teared up.
    What a beautiful moment in somebody's kitchen .

  • @MichaelCherau-kt8gy
    @MichaelCherau-kt8gy Рік тому +34

    I love this version because it is so down to earth and humble. No bells and whistles just like a toyota truck thats all rusted out but keeps running

  • @patricklink8527
    @patricklink8527 2 роки тому +346

    One of the most beautiful and poignant songs ever written. It's power is clear to be seen in the face and eyes of The Man Behind Townes. The man was a genius. Ahead of his time. An outlaw in every sense. His death was a tragedy in that I don't believe this was the last song of this caliber he had in him. His loss is one that the whole human race suffers for. His is a great story of redemption. For his unbridled appetite for drugs which I believed stemmed from his deep understanding of The Human Condition and inability to cope with people who could be so horrible. While he was always good natured . He needed to find peace somewhere and we are all poorer for his loss. We love you townes! You will never be forgotten!

    • @lepetitoiseau
      @lepetitoiseau 2 роки тому +17

      you're right he died while preparing an album with Sonic youth, he didn't want to be hospitalized after his fall for finish this project, he said he still had songs in him, but his years of wandering have caught up with him ,i miss Townes

    • @shanehopson8644
      @shanehopson8644 2 роки тому +10

      well said

    • @patricklink8527
      @patricklink8527 Рік тому +10

      @@lepetitoiseau I'm a huge Sonic Youth fan. The fact that he chose to record with them says a lot about who the man was.

    • @JennyWren333
      @JennyWren333 Рік тому +10

      A real sweet tribute. ❤

    • @roncarpenter7240
      @roncarpenter7240 Рік тому +12

      This song should be taught in university literature classes on how to tell a story.

  • @jeremywilson7975
    @jeremywilson7975 9 місяців тому +12

    Man, to see an old timer like that tear up get's you in the feels something serious.....

  • @rufuswalling5519
    @rufuswalling5519 4 роки тому +183

    A song that puts you in a whole different time period

    • @thomasdupont7186
      @thomasdupont7186 Рік тому +4

      It kinda is timeless in a way isn't it ? Totally Universal, this clip could move a muslim from Irak, A Buddhist in Tibet, a French guy like me who has a love/hate relationship with the USA.... I have to admit I'm obsessed with these folk heroes....

    • @MrEpeeFencer
      @MrEpeeFencer 8 місяців тому

      @@thomasdupont7186 This music was born from the old America, the REAL America. Before it all went wrong.

  • @stevenhaley443
    @stevenhaley443 Рік тому +20

    Pops in the background is listening to the story.. Shows the power of the narrative.

    • @AndyRiot
      @AndyRiot 9 місяців тому +1

      And the power of surrendering to great art!

  • @dingleydb
    @dingleydb Рік тому +54

    the black old timer in the background says it all, you know great music when you hear it

    • @jesstwocrow1005
      @jesstwocrow1005 11 місяців тому +7

      He's crying from the beauty of it

    • @78ramcharger53
      @78ramcharger53 11 місяців тому +2

      Beautiful moment.

    • @sandyburke3222
      @sandyburke3222 9 місяців тому +2

      Who is he? He's crying because he knows something about this song.

    • @MrUtubejeff
      @MrUtubejeff 8 місяців тому +1

      I love that old timer 🖤❤️‍🩹🖤

    • @jimwilliams232
      @jimwilliams232 8 місяців тому

      His name is “ Lefty”

  • @alanjohnson1868
    @alanjohnson1868 Рік тому +8

    In 1979 I was tending bar in a restaurant in Nashville, Ruby Tuesday’s. Townes and a couple of his friends sat at the bar for drinks and dinner. What an interesting evening. Great talent and I’m honored to have had a bit of time to talk with him.

  • @freddyboombatz
    @freddyboombatz 4 роки тому +72

    Man, I got choked up watching the old guy tear up!

    • @wanderer0617
      @wanderer0617 3 роки тому +5

      me too

    • @travisthornton1792
      @travisthornton1792 Рік тому +15

      He was actually breaking up during Townes’ “Waiting Around to Die.” This video mashed up videos of the two songs

    • @Matt.Willoughby
      @Matt.Willoughby Рік тому +10

      @@lepetitoiseauHe's Seymour Washington, a travelling blacksmith and was Townes van Zandt 's neighbour at this point in time

  • @hughbarton5743
    @hughbarton5743 Рік тому +18

    Incomparable.
    Chilling.
    Two lives pared down to a llittle song by a busted old cowboy.
    Thank you, Townes. Thanks to all who brought this great work to us to witness.
    Townes: if there is another side once we're done, I'll see you on the far bank of that dark river. If I am fortunate, we'll get a chance to sit about and sing a song.

  • @nickjuno8338
    @nickjuno8338 4 роки тому +86

    One of my favorite Townes songs!
    Just fantastic! We are lucky to have had him if only for a little while...

  • @joehall3264
    @joehall3264 7 місяців тому +11

    Townes, man. I tear up every time.

  • @machtschnell7452
    @machtschnell7452 2 роки тому +47

    This is what an epic ballad is all about by an epic songwriter.

  • @Clemsoncrawler362
    @Clemsoncrawler362 Рік тому +8

    I was living in a shop where I was employed to climb and remove and prune trees, the ones other companies didn’t want. I had a mentor that turned me onto Townes. I tripped mushrooms every afternoon for over a month with my Pitt bulls stockin the fire to warm the shop overnight and listened to Townes. I will go happy when I finally go.

  • @jamesblames2
    @jamesblames2 Рік тому +21

    Few songs are as beautiful as this one.

  • @bendummitt888
    @bendummitt888 2 роки тому +18

    1975 was a different world. I miss it...

  • @jettyprice179
    @jettyprice179 Рік тому +28

    I sing this song and love the words and emotional content...Townes was such a brilliant songwriter and his songs have given me and many others joy...what a gift he had.

  • @cheryldecgmail
    @cheryldecgmail 2 роки тому +38

    The story of how this song came to him blew my mind. I've loved this song for years. I never get tired of it.

    • @jonathanlantzy7526
      @jonathanlantzy7526 Рік тому +6

      Can you explain this to me? I literally stumbled upon from a Josh Riiter binge to a Bob Weir binge.. and ended up here. Now I'm... I don't know.

    • @dotwalston3055
      @dotwalston3055 8 місяців тому

      This is a great song! I loved hearing him sing and I love Willie and Merle singing and playing it! Too bad he died so young😢

  • @lenorapfeffermultidimensio3155
    @lenorapfeffermultidimensio3155 2 місяці тому +2

    Recently discovered Townes, and his work is extraordinary

  • @ben-jam-in6941
    @ben-jam-in6941 Рік тому +10

    One of the most human and beautiful moments I’ve ever witnessed. That tuff ole cow poke wouldn’t cry easy over anything ya know. That’s it. That’s why God is real. Because tuff ole gentleman like him still feel that and because this song got wrote.

    • @ben-jam-in6941
      @ben-jam-in6941 11 місяців тому +2

      Watching this video again a few weeks after discovering it. With a little less emotions because I know what’s coming I still find it beautiful and amazing but… this time I noticed the guitar more and would love to be lucky enough to find it in some closet somewhere. I think it’s a Gibson and that just makes it even better idk for sure because the camera guy almost shows the headstock clearly then just as it’s about to happen it pans away. lol. Any brand would be great but Gibson or another one of the more expensive brands would be better.

  • @chico11mbit
    @chico11mbit Рік тому +19

    one of the best country songs of all time.

  • @jeffwells1255
    @jeffwells1255 4 роки тому +60

    I can't tell you how much I appreciate this website, but it's one of my favorites! I first heard this song in a performance by Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson that really got to me, so hearing it from the person who wrote it has been a treat!

    • @johnbrinkman4609
      @johnbrinkman4609 2 роки тому

      Lungs,nothin,if i needed u.....
      DYLAN wishes he could write this good.

    • @JJG86
      @JJG86 Рік тому +1

      I never heard the version with Bob Dylan. Of course, I’ve listened to the Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard version 1000 times and I never get tired of it. I also like the Emmylou Harris version very much.

    • @patrickmacleod2415
      @patrickmacleod2415 Рік тому +1

      @@JJG86 And while I love those guys, nothing beats the Townes version.

  • @beaumorris5289
    @beaumorris5289 Рік тому +9

    Raw and Rare.I love this one.

  • @dazin7886
    @dazin7886 4 роки тому +17

    never thought I'd see Townes on this channel but a welcome surprise for sure

  • @mrwilliamson62
    @mrwilliamson62 23 дні тому

    I started out with a Yamaha FG-200 back in 1974 and Finally found a Martin custom that will be the last guitar I own, Thanks for the memory.

  • @debbyledbetter4434
    @debbyledbetter4434 4 роки тому +5

    Fortunate to have grown up in and around the Texas towns he played/lived. Remember well just walking into a place downtown Houston, or in Austin, etc...
    Forever grateful, thanks for making my afternoon warmer. Thanks SP, take care, debs

  • @peepininmywindow5170
    @peepininmywindow5170 Рік тому +8

    I’ve watched this video countless times, only to just now see Uncle Seymour seemingly look up in the heavens and remember what it must have been like when his momma “Began to cry when he said goodbye, sank into your dreams.”
    What a moment. I can’t believe I just now noticed it.

    • @frugalaudio
      @frugalaudio Рік тому +1

      That's because it's from a different part of the film, in which Townes is singing "Waiting Around to Die".

  • @SFJonesy
    @SFJonesy 11 місяців тому +3

    Thanks so much for posting this. I've been singing this song for years and I am truly humbled.

  • @helendylan1510
    @helendylan1510 4 роки тому +18

    I lived in Austin in 75, had some great times and some great music.

    • @JeffMTX
      @JeffMTX Рік тому +2

      Catfish parlour, oat willies and liberty lunch ma friend

    • @nbenefiel
      @nbenefiel Рік тому +1

      I was in Dublin in 75, great times, great music. I guess it was an international phenomenon.

    • @marknine8061
      @marknine8061 6 місяців тому

      Definitely! The armadillo!

  • @cyclonasaurusrex1525
    @cyclonasaurusrex1525 4 роки тому +31

    Heartbreaking stuff. Long live Townes.

    • @tia2all501
      @tia2all501 2 роки тому +2

      You do know he passed away Jan 1st.1997 he still lives on in our hearts ♥️

  • @francinecorry633
    @francinecorry633 10 місяців тому

    I can listen to this song again and again no matter who sings it. Thank you Townes for that and more, of course!

  • @Pumpkinking64
    @Pumpkinking64 Рік тому +108

    Imagine drinking a beer and eating a country dinner while Townes plays this next to you

    • @dmac8949
      @dmac8949 Рік тому +3

      Paradise???

    • @neilwilliams6196
      @neilwilliams6196 Рік тому

      Yes@@dmac8949

    • @ajwetzel3303
      @ajwetzel3303 8 місяців тому

      ​@@dmac8949probably

    • @SapphireSmith-b4s
      @SapphireSmith-b4s 6 місяців тому

      Out in the west Texas sunset on a cattle drive evening drinking whiskey and a smoke quiet and still, watching the stars fall down and I tip my hat to that starchaser

  • @19JAKEtheSNAKE99
    @19JAKEtheSNAKE99 4 роки тому +34

    Townes and Dylan are my two favs of all time. Thanks so much for this.

    • @nbenefiel
      @nbenefiel Рік тому +1

      I prefer Phil Ochs to Dylan any day, but Townes was brilliant.

    • @zoeyshoots
      @zoeyshoots Рік тому

      Dylan sold his soul to satan. Freely admits it. I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire.!!

    • @walliegirl2
      @walliegirl2 Рік тому +1

      I prefer Marty Robbins to Dylan.

  • @stevemartin9670
    @stevemartin9670 Рік тому +8

    An amazing song writer and performer! Only wish I could have seen him live!

  • @dmanwainright2132
    @dmanwainright2132 Рік тому +4

    Prolly the most underrated dude ever...wish I could see him sing White Freightliner on ACL..

  • @nehpetsttocsnosirrag6227
    @nehpetsttocsnosirrag6227 Рік тому +5

    Holy fluppin sheeaht!!
    What a gem of a video.
    This is super classic.

  • @larryenglish7366
    @larryenglish7366 Рік тому +2

    Many others recorded this, but this is my FAVORITE, clean , heartfelt , Genuine , Smooth to the soul ..

  • @cynthiawilson4500
    @cynthiawilson4500 Рік тому +6

    Emmylou harris sang this song the first time I heard it. She has a lovely voice.
    Its nice to hear the song writer sing it. It sure is making the man behind him emotional.

    • @davidholton9667
      @davidholton9667 Рік тому

      Hello how are you? So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song

  • @RandomNEGuy
    @RandomNEGuy Рік тому +5

    still my favorite song of all time.. thank you so much.

  • @Oliver_Cumberland
    @Oliver_Cumberland 9 місяців тому

    Thanks. His "Live at the Old Quarter" is one of my favourite albums and it's nice to see a live performance with decent sound.

  • @5thEstatePress
    @5thEstatePress Рік тому +39

    The first time I watched this I was affected emotionally by the tears apparently shed by by uncle Seymour at a critical point in this song. Much later I discovered that the footage in this section was spliced from a different song, "Waiting around to die" which was in the movie "Heartworn Highways", whereas "Pancho & Lefty" was an outtake and is not featured in the movie.

    • @Unplugged70
      @Unplugged70 Рік тому +11

      Insane that this was an outtake in anything.

    • @bigrig4385
      @bigrig4385 Рік тому +4

      ​@@Unplugged70 The opening credits is an amazing performance of L.A. Freeway by Guy Clark.

  • @CK-dd7eq
    @CK-dd7eq 8 місяців тому +4

    The old man crying was beautiful 💚

  • @elliottlaughlin7551
    @elliottlaughlin7551 Рік тому +3

    My dad love this song. By Townes no one else. There’s a story on a road trip but we will leave it there.

  • @PatrickWooten-wo1jf
    @PatrickWooten-wo1jf 10 місяців тому

    I've never heard your sound before...Love it!!You have it!!Kick Ass on the acoustic and chilling voice!! Thank you...

  • @samuelcarvalho542
    @samuelcarvalho542 Рік тому +7

    Um mostro o maior compositor da América!

  • @rtg1960
    @rtg1960 4 роки тому +11

    This is just beautiful. Beautiful!

  • @aarond23
    @aarond23 Рік тому +8

    So heartfelt and raw....one of the best bits of music ever filmed.

  • @johntracy9753
    @johntracy9753 4 роки тому +5

    One of a kind. Made me cry too. Strikes cord in you heart.

  • @willmiddleton9199
    @willmiddleton9199 Рік тому +6

    No words.... This is *powerful* and *beautiful* beyond words, RIP

  • @davidmurray5399
    @davidmurray5399 4 місяці тому

    I and two of my friends from the University Rodeo Team, road tripped down to Austin to hear some of the music we liked in a live concert. A guy we talked with got us to travel down to Houston to a place called the "Old Quarter", and in that small, crowded room we heard Townes play this song and many others.

  • @monsieurgidge8028
    @monsieurgidge8028 11 місяців тому

    i watch this video at least once every 2 weeks . and it makes me feel the same way every time i watch it. it's just something about the song

  • @HelloGoodby
    @HelloGoodby Рік тому +5

    I don't know why but this song always reminds me of my first husband and his partner (cops) patrolling the border of Mexico in the back country of San Rafael Valley.... Rest in peace both of you.

  • @MrJcosta97
    @MrJcosta97 4 роки тому +52

    Great work. The Townes clips stole that whole documentary/film. "I'll play a medley of my hit.."

    • @un7t783
      @un7t783 4 роки тому +1

      a Medley Of your Hit!?

    • @mario7frankielee
      @mario7frankielee 4 роки тому +4

      @@un7t783
      yeah he said that😅
      must watch the whole movie

    • @ElisonJackson
      @ElisonJackson 4 роки тому +3

      that guy clark clip 'old time feeling' is another great moment

    • @kevindrago2701
      @kevindrago2701 4 роки тому +5

      I’ll play a medley of my hit!!
      Classic Townes!!
      I love when he sings waiting around to die an old man Seymour starts crying

    • @un7t783
      @un7t783 4 роки тому +1

      @@mario7frankielee i did watch it :) there is a guy that says the same thing he says right after he says it

  • @BeauPayne-x5c
    @BeauPayne-x5c Рік тому +3

    Good God, what a song, what a rendition !!!

  • @tdw57
    @tdw57 Рік тому +4

    That's really fine. So many covers just skip over the words with no emotion...Only Townes can do it justice.

  • @JosephJohnson-it2dh
    @JosephJohnson-it2dh 9 місяців тому +2

    Loved this. What a National treasure

  • @ThomasSarantos
    @ThomasSarantos 4 роки тому +34

    The part of the video where the older man is crying is from a different performance, actually. It's from when he plays "Waiting Around To Die".

    • @9eyeh8chu9
      @9eyeh8chu9 3 роки тому +5

      yes it was

    • @mrtips2175
      @mrtips2175 3 роки тому +5

      Thanks , this edit pisses me off .

    • @deemdoubleu
      @deemdoubleu 3 роки тому +4

      @@mrtips2175 yeah it's a bit dishonest if that's what they did

    • @alsharpe
      @alsharpe Рік тому +2

      @@mrtips2175 Calm down, the uploader explained why they made the edit in a comment. It wasn’t for any nefarious purpose

    • @mikemorgan5015
      @mikemorgan5015 Рік тому +4

      @@alsharpe His explanation doesn't justify pulling video from a completely different segment that brought a man to tears and plugging it back into a song that didn't. If you haven't already, search and play the other ones from this same sitting and tell me what you think. Certainly the sound is better, I just think it's wrong to do it this way. This cut implies for future generations that THIS song made old Uncle Seymour cry when, in fact, it didn't. That may not be a big deal to you, but it is to me.

  • @richardshirley2786
    @richardshirley2786 Рік тому +1

    “Like a gift you’re still bringin,”Guy Clark.Thanks old friend.

  • @joeljoel5061
    @joeljoel5061 Рік тому +47

    Townes and Bob Dylan are both proof, you don't need a great voice... You need a real voice, and something to really sing about.

    • @andrew3606
      @andrew3606 9 місяців тому +4

      I think Townes does have a great voice too tbh

    • @shittysunglasses
      @shittysunglasses 9 місяців тому +1

      100%. I love unconventional voices

  • @hughbarton5743
    @hughbarton5743 Рік тому +2

    Nothing better.I was crying like old guy sitting to Town's right....

  • @thomasdupont7186
    @thomasdupont7186 Рік тому +6

    Masterpiece......Musically but also as a piece of film. Great testimony. Very authentic. Even I (the French number one "redneck" hater ) could not unheard or unsee what I just witnessed, I'm still under the spell. oh man.... The love and understanding in the eyes of this woman (the way she moves and feels the rhythm of the ballad), "Uncle Seymour" who lived thru segregation and yet preserved his soul from any anger or hate, and decided to focus on wisdom (you can tell). The affection these 3 seems to have for each other... So simple and yet beautiful... Even the acoustic is perfect, the raw beauty of his singing. This is truly something.....

    • @thomashamby1236
      @thomashamby1236 Рік тому

      You couldn’t have told it a better way

    • @thomasdupont7186
      @thomasdupont7186 Рік тому

      @@thomashamby1236 Hey ! Thank you Thomas (we do have the same name^^).,English is not my native tongue, I know it is far from perfect but I tried to express it as best as I could. I'm still obsessed with these folk heroes. Are you from the USA ?

  • @Dfnormile
    @Dfnormile Рік тому +2

    The most moving performance and footage of all time

  • @chrisstiles374
    @chrisstiles374 Рік тому +2

    “They only let him go so wrong… out of kindness I suppose”
    Just in one line, he says so freaking much.

  • @Senior215
    @Senior215 11 місяців тому +2

    Notice the old-timer's eyes and face shift at 0:38, at the mention of his mother crying. YOU FEEL THAT SHIT.

  • @RamdyEvans
    @RamdyEvans 9 місяців тому

    Glad u took it, what an incredible once in a lifetime experience I wish I had it. Townes van Zandt, John prine, guy Clark all my top favorites ❤ also would have loved to have met Seymore

  • @rubbabubba6489
    @rubbabubba6489 Рік тому +4

    A man, a guitar, and a great song

  • @mllemdp2010
    @mllemdp2010 Рік тому +7

    Great song. What a beautiful restoration! Great job!!!

  • @orvpibbs2905
    @orvpibbs2905 Рік тому +5

    Townes was such a great songwriter ! r.i.p. ; (

  • @johnorgan3
    @johnorgan3 9 місяців тому

    My daughter and I would play Pancho, by Emmy Lou, and we wept Every time. Real tears for real music.

  • @maskedmofomike
    @maskedmofomike Рік тому +1

    Lots of big love. Thanks for the upload. Bless you

  • @charleswilliams3988
    @charleswilliams3988 2 роки тому +8

    I worked for his uncle and went with his cousin. Back in the early 1980's something happened and the law was after him. He came down to San Antonio to hide out at his uncle's house. He had lawyer working on it so he need some where to hide out. Townes was there around a month. He played guitar every day. And slow on drinking some times. He could play guitar. He could play alot of old country songs. He was quite the character. He could stop playing guitar. But the guitar or a story in his mind. He could be talking to all of the and get up walk away and go somewhere to play a song or a tune it was the guitar that was his mind. It was like 24/7 guitar that was Townes life.

    • @suzramuse
      @suzramuse Рік тому +2

      Thank you for sharing. The way you put it seems so real I can just imagine. Lucky you!

    • @duke40229
      @duke40229 Рік тому +1

      Chopping onions at 7 am.😢

  • @davidparnell1893
    @davidparnell1893 Рік тому +2

    Townes had the heart of a nation...sometimes profound in its silence...but assured in his voiced words. The expansive west delayed revolutions to be faced when imposters of wealth and power sought their fortunes over the ordinary citizens.

  • @EffSharp
    @EffSharp 11 місяців тому +1

    I used to cover this song and I could almost not get through the last verse. Brilliant. ❤️

  • @TennRides
    @TennRides День тому

    Something about that song always chokes me up.

  • @jonlambert76
    @jonlambert76 Рік тому +2

    Good stuff! I remember hearing this on repeat back in the 80s on my dad's Willie Nelson tracks. Only now in 2023 did I get to hear the original writer/singer.

  • @xanther97
    @xanther97 Рік тому +2

    Thanks for your electronic mixing and restoration on this--not a simple matter!

  • @lindaxyz7646
    @lindaxyz7646 9 місяців тому

    I met him shortly before this when my boyfriend interviewed him for The Daily Texan. Glenn Jones (RIP) was my ticket to ... the rest of my life. I will always love him for (screw)ing up and us getting to move to San Francisco in January 1975 to, in his words, "keep an eye on the situation down in Carmel." Therein lies a tale; I'll have to wait to tell it. I pray there's time and an easing of statutes of limitations ... Texas woulda still had me jailed. Rest in Peace, Fat Charlie (Pritchard). Now that you and Glenn are both gone and Rhett Beard has joined you on the other side too, there's just me left to tell our story. I still laugh and cry.

  • @MichaelKurse
    @MichaelKurse Рік тому +5

    This is the first time I heard this Legend ....He did not disappoint.😲😲😯

  • @emanuelsoares9331
    @emanuelsoares9331 2 роки тому +12

    Amo essas músicas do velho oeste bela história me emocionei.

  • @sirchsirchtopher4772
    @sirchsirchtopher4772 27 днів тому

    Oh my watching that old man cry what a true soulful song majestic

  • @hughbarton5743
    @hughbarton5743 Рік тому +1

    See you on the other side of that dark river, Mr.VanZandt.
    Perhaps we might sing a song or two.
    Good luck and a fine New Year to you and yours.

  • @joehall3264
    @joehall3264 7 місяців тому

    "...she began to cry when you said 'goodbye"... did you see the guy in the background, his eyes and smile. He lived that. He felt those lyrics. Whoa

  • @terryblankenshipmusic1322
    @terryblankenshipmusic1322 4 місяці тому

    I met you when you were about 14 and you were working as a Roadie / guitar tech for your Dad but you told me then you had aspirations of having your own career , damn if you didn’t do it , RIP Brother

  • @TPOELKS
    @TPOELKS Рік тому +1

    A true treasure……we are so fortunate to have this forever….

  • @420snoogins
    @420snoogins Рік тому +1

    Incredible. Moving. Timeless.

  • @jonahmcguire
    @jonahmcguire Рік тому

    He starts with the intro from Dead Flowers, not his studio intro for Poncho and Lefty -- on another note this is the greatest video I've ever seen wowowow

  • @willperryman4559
    @willperryman4559 Рік тому +1

    Such a great video of one of my favorite songs ever🎶🕊️💜🕊️🎶 Thank you for sharing it 🙏

  • @timallen5917
    @timallen5917 10 місяців тому +1

    Brings a tear everytime I listen

  • @RainShadow22
    @RainShadow22 Рік тому +1

    This old hippie girl born a decade too late absolutely clings to everything Townes

  • @adamprozak9409
    @adamprozak9409 11 місяців тому

    When you get that black man nodding in approval and shedding a lone tear, you're tapping deep into the universal soul

  • @wanderer0617
    @wanderer0617 4 роки тому +4

    This is so special, thank you ❤

  • @robertlewis6543
    @robertlewis6543 Рік тому +1

    Such great songwriting! 🫶🏻 🎸🤠 🎶📝

  • @sunuvliberty_III
    @sunuvliberty_III Рік тому +5

    This song was quoted in my murder trial: “he wore his gun outside his pants, for all the honest world to feel…”. This man sang real life. …not guilty. “and that’s the way it goes.”

  • @jimi99colorado
    @jimi99colorado Рік тому +10

    He was a local hero in Houston in late '60s early '70s...radio, concerts, albums

  • @ronpfeiffer9157
    @ronpfeiffer9157 Рік тому +1

    Nothing but tears here when this song lives