Townes Van Zandt, Our Mother The Mountain album cover One day God touched me on the shoulderand said…‘SON, WRITE THESE SONGS.’So I did.—Townes Van Zandt Anyone who has heard a Townes Van Zandt song knows that he is singing from a God-ordained place. He chronicles the human condition like no other. He sings with an…
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Songs about the homeless: A Call for Compassion — Friday Favorite Feature 45
“Homeless,” by Ylli Haruni Not sure how I came up with the idea for a playlist on homelessness. Oh, yes, I do. After hearing Johnny Flynn’s song, “The Box.” He was the seed from which the playlist grew. Homelessness is real. It’s in your face every time you go out into a city street or…
#FF — Flyin’ Shoes
PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot Over-tired eyes glued to work screen, my peripheral vision snags a figure floating past outside. It’s a Hopper, as evidenced by the telltale rippling blur effect of the traveler about to leave, or just roll into, now. Twenty years ago, Richard begged me to join Corps with him. “We can…
Thursday Inspiration 29 — Pancho Needs You
I swore I would never go back again. Each of us knew some element of divine grace allowed us to walk away from each other back then, and at the time each of us were thankful for a blank slate. Then Lefty walked into my joint one afternoon. Although his once smooth baby face was…
#SLS — Townes VanZandt — Pancho & Lefty
Jim Adams is the dedicated host of Song Lyric Sunday, which has been in existence for over three years now. Thanks to you, Jim, for continuing this fun challenge after Helen Vahdati needed to step down, as it brings music lovers together to share their favorites with each other. This week, Jim says: Song Lyric…
Coloring Club Plus — 6/19/19
Step Inside This House is the seventh album by Lyle Lovett, released in 1998. In contrast with his earlier albums, populated mostly by songs penned by Lovett, House is a double-length album of cover songs written by fellow Texans. In choosing songs to record, Lovett favored songwriters whose works influenced his own style instead of…
SLS — The Catfish Song by Townes VanZandt
Jim Adams is the host for today’s Song Lyric Sunday. Today’s theme is a good one: “River/Stream/Creek/Brook” per wikipedia: “The Catfish Song” is from the album, “At My Window”, an album released by… Townes Van Zandt in 1987. This was Van Zandt’s first studio album in the nine years that followed 1978’s Flyin’ Shoes, and…
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