Live at the Old Quarter
Townes Van Zandt
Label: Fat Possum Records
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Live at the Old Quarter is simple and spare, capturing Van Zandt in a 1973 solo performance at a Houston saloon with just his acoustic guitar for company, and the engineering ably captures the ambience of the room, with the audience clearly caught up in the spell of these songs. The set features 26 songs, all originals except for covers of "Cocaine Blues," "Nine Pound Hammer," and "Who Do You Love," and Van Zandt brigs these tunes to life with an easy grace that's a striking complement to the emotional gravity of his lyrics, though he also gives his lighter side an airing here, occasionally cracking jokes and offering a pair of funny talking blues numbers, "Talking Thunderbird Blues" and "Fraternity Blues." If the renditions of "Pancho & Lefty," "If I Needed You," "Rex's Blues," "For the Sake of the Song," and "Tecumseh Valley" aren't quite definitive, they're beautiful and affecting, and thanks to the sharp performances, on-point vocals, and superb set list, this is a superior document of Townes Van Zandt on-stage, and is a fine introduction to his body of work.
-- -- Mark Deming, All Music
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Tracklist
01
Side 1
02
Announcement
03
Pancho & Lefty
04
Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold
05
Don't You Take It Too Bad
06
Two Girls
07
Fraternity Blues
08
If I Needed You
09
Side 2
10
Brand New Companion
11
White Freight Liner Blues
12
To Live Is to Fly
13
She Came and She Touched Me
14
Talking Thunderbird Blues
15
Rex's Blues
16
Nine Pound Hammer
17
Side 3
18
For the Sake of the Song
19
Chauffeur's Blues
20
No Place to Fall
21
Loretta
22
Kathleen
23
Why She's Acting This Way
24
Side 4
25
Cocaine Blues
26
Who Do You Love?
27
Tower Song
28
Waiting 'Round to Die
29
Tecumseh Valley
30
Lungs
31
Only Him or Me
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