{"product_id":"townes-van-zandt-townes-van-zandt","title":"Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e767981108315\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor the Sake of the Song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Columbine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Waiting Around to Die\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Don't You Take It Too Bad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Colorado Girl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lungs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I'll Be Here in the Morning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e (Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e None But the Rain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTownes Van Zandt's third recording is an early guitar-and-voice singer-songwriter classic laden with memorable originals. Start with \"For the Sake of the Song,\" an oft-recorded classic here enlivened by tasteful percussion. Move on to a couple of Van Zandt's gritty, death's door laments--\"Waiting Around to Die\" (where the ex-con protagonist finds a friend in codeine) and a miner's sad tale, \"Lungs.\" \"Colorado Girl\" is another in a career-long series of paeans to Colorado, where Van Zandt went to college. \"I'll Be Here in the Morning\" is a tender love song, while the Dylanesque \"Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel\" is almost playful. Like most Van Zandt albums, this one has the obligatory buried-but-beautiful small masterpiece, in this case the undeniably gorgeous \"(Quicksilver Daydreams of) Maria.\" The closer is another oft-covered piece of scrimshawed tunesmithery, \"None but the Rain.\" This 1969 effort is the first of several essential Van Zandt albums. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Robert Baird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fat Possum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51994637336877,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/2469\/4089\/files\/Townes_Van_Zandt_ee68bcd9_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1776364216","url":"https:\/\/solstarecords.com\/products\/townes-van-zandt-townes-van-zandt","provider":"SolSta Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}