Emmylou Harris, Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker

Steve Earle offered to "stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots" to declare him the world's greatest songwriter. In concert, Lucinda Williams often dedicates "2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten" to him...( read more  read more... ). Artists, as diverse as Emmylou Harris and The Meat Puppets, have recorded his songs. The late Townes Van Zandt was the kind of artist who is always more famous dead than alive. Born into wealth, Townes was an outsider from the get-go. Clinical depression steered the ragged course as did his appetite for drugs and alcohol. Determined to be a success, Townes eventually had a hit. The royalty checks were welcome, but this mainstream cameo seems to have been awkward for him, and there's tangible discomfort and detachment from it all.

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DVD Release Date: March 14, 2006

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  • June 3, 2008
    A great student documentary about possibly the greatest American songwriter to live.
  • March 28, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • October 30, 2008
    Interesting but disjointed biography about overlooked songwriter
  • August 20, 2007
    Could be worth watching. Will find and devour with my eyes!
  • August 13, 2007
    Who knew folk singers were as dark and troubled as rock stars? Townes Van Zandt's music always sounded a little heavy and self-aware to me. This documentary backs up those thoughts. "Flyin' Shoes" sounds much different when you find out about Townes falling off a two story bui...( read more)lding.
  • July 23, 2007
    seen it...it was fair...long but fair.
  • January 16, 2007
    my hero mr. Townes Van Zandt
  • December 11, 2006
    I wonder what this is about, i think ill see it!
  • December 10, 2006
    Weak movie. VERY WEAK
  • June 17, 2006
    wow, I like hearing more about singers and their lives, and basically any artist, so I would like to know more about this one.

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December 2, 2005
Kyle Smith, New York Post

The songs burn with a dark fire, yet there are moments when Van Zandt is less Bob Dylan than David St. Hubbins. full review

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