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Biography

Fort Worth TX, United States (1944 – 1997)

Townes Van Zandt (John Townes Van Zandt, born at Fort Worth, Texas, March 7, 1944 and died at Smyrna, Tennessee, January 1, 1997). He was a country and folk singer and poet.

While alive, Van Zandt was labelled as a cult musician. Though he had a small and devoted fanbase, he never had a successful album or single, and even had difficulty keeping his recordings in print. Many of his songs, including “If I Needed You,” “To Live Is To Fly,” and “No Place to Fall” are considered standards of their genre. AllMusic has called him “one of the greatest country and folk artists of his generation.”

Top Tracks

1	If I Needed You	337
2	Waitin' Around To Die	278
3	For The Sake Of The Song	271
4	Tecumseh Valley	205
5	Lungs	203
6	To Live Is To Fly	194
7	Kathleen	172
8	Our Mother The Mountain	165
9	Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel	163
10	Dead Flowers	158
10	Pancho And Lefty	158
12	Dollar Bill Blues	156
13	St. John the Gambler	154
14	Be Here to Love Me	153
15	Colorado Girl	151