To live's to fly : the ballad of the late, great Townes Van Zandt / John Kruth.

• The first biography of the musician who influenced an entire generation of country songwriters as his life became the stuff of legend. Here is the authorized biography of Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997), who wrote such unforgettable songs as Pancho & Lefty and If I Needed You. Born to a wealthy oil family in Ft. Worth, Texas, hounded by alcoholism and an unshakable depression, Van Zandt pursued a nomadic existence following his muse, whatever the cost to himself, friends, and family. Based on exclusive interviews with everyone who knew Van Zandt, including his best friend Guy Clark and colleagues like Steve Earle and John Prine, this is a portrait of a complex, haunted artist 

Ämnesord

Countrymusik  (sao)

Countrymusiker  -- Texas (sao)

Country music  (lcsh)

Genre

Biografier  (saogf)

Personnamn

Van Zandt, Townes, 1944-1997

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Ijz Musik: särskilda tonkonstnärer

Ijxgb Musik: country & western

Klassifikation

782.421642092 (DDC)

Ijz Van Zandt, Townes (kssb/8)

Ijxgb (kssb/8)