NP: townes van zandt

[Thomas Eckhardt]

Very much appreciated, David. I also believe it is "Pancho was a bandit, 
boys", not "Pancho was a bandit boy", which adds another twist to this 
endlessly fascinating song.

Among my most cherished relics I have a copy of "The Late Great Townes 
Van Zandt"-CD with Townes' autograph and his trademark drawing of a road 
and a cactus. A few years ago, two or three years after van Zandt's 
death, Michael Hurley played the song for a group of twenty to thirty 
people in a small club in Bonn. He did not comment upon it, but it was a 
moving tribute.

I know Tracy Grammer from her collaboration with the late Dave Carter. I 
am especially fond of "Tanglewood Tree".

Dave, if you are interested in getting to know more songs by van Zandt 
besides the Tindersticks' cover of the devastating "Kathleen": I think 
the place to start is "Live at the Old Quarter".

Thomas