Re: Probably Not A Comedy

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Very cool. I used to bartend at one of TVZ's old regular haunts in Austin, and the other bartenders that had been there for a decade had great stories about the hell he used to raise, and their laughable attempts to keep him sober. They'd do an annual tribute concert and all the old-time Austin musicians and his son would sit around and play his songs and tell wild Townes stories. There's no shortage of those, it seems.


Posted by: susan | Link to this comment | 06-27-05 9:21 AM
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I don't have any great Townes anecdotes—I went to that bar, too, mostly to get free beer from Sue—but the documentary sounds good.


Posted by: Kriston | Link to this comment | 06-27-05 9:45 AM
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Thanks, that looks interesting.


Posted by: NickS | Link to this comment | 06-27-05 11:37 AM
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Another good doc now out on dvd is Heartworn Highways. It covers a lot of the "outlaw country" songwriters in Nashville and Austin including Townes, Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell, and a (very) young Steve Earle. Lots of killer performance footage.

There's a scene where Townes is giving the film crew a tour of his run-down house and showing off his 12 cent royalty check that's funny as hell. Unfortunately, this one isn't much of a comedy either upon reflection. Just makes the loss seem that much greater.


Posted by: scott | Link to this comment | 06-27-05 1:22 PM
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