A new book called A Deeper Blue: The Life and Music of Townes van Zandt by Robert Earl Hardy was released this month. And, according to the inside cover, it’s “the first serious biography of a man ...

The well-worn grave marker in a remote cemetery near Eagle Mountain Lake draws thousands of visitors. They leave liquor, or cigarettes, or charcoal or crayons from gravestone rubbings. “To Live’s To ...

Townes Van Zandt didn’t divide life into categories. He didn’t have a career, a personal life, and a social life. To him, they were all one and the same. “I set out to be a broke-down, rambling, ...

While they wait on that at-bat, Kevin Eggers is still in the best position to set the tone for Van Zandt’s recorded legacy; Tomato will follow the release of Texas Rain and The Best of Townes Van ...

An encounter with the Violent Femmes led songwriter John Kruth to make his home in Milwaukee. Kruth has since returned to NYC where Da Capo press published his biography on Townes Van Zandt and his ...