Audio CD review:
Townes Van Zandt - The Highway Kind

Townes Van Zandt - The Highway Kind

Band: Townes Van Zandt Title: The Highway Kind Rating: Release Date: 18 March, 1997 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Still Lookin' For You 2: Dublin Blues 3: Lost Highway 4: A Song For 5: The Hole 6: Highway Kind 7: (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle 8: No Deal 9: Blaze's Blues 10: Darcy Farrow 11: My Proud Mountains 12: Wreck On The Highway 13: Rake 14: Ira Hayes

Editoral Review All but three of the tracks are cut live, but these selections represent a weathered and weakened man. When considering the catalog of the late, great Townes Van Zandt, The Highway Kind is a dicey matter. His picking isn't quite so fleet; his phrasing is fleeting. Listen to his version of Texas sidekick Guy Clark's "Dublin Blues" to hear a man not long for this world. Still, somehow the notes that fall flat are the ones that ring most true. Which just goes to show that perhaps the best epitaph for Townes Van Zandt is the same he'd given the outlaw Lefty in his most famous song: "They only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose. " --Steven Stolder .. You can see a complete list of all Townes Van Zandt discography, or go back to the Townes Van Zandt tabs