Townes Van Zandt 1944-1997
Robert Gordon, MOJO, March 1997
AT TOWNES VAN ZANDTS FUNERAL, HIS longtime friend and fellow songwriter Guy Clark stepped to the microphone and, adjusting a guitar around his neck, said, "I guess I booked this gig 30-some years ago."
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