Townes Van Zandt - LIVE AT THE OLD QUARTER [Vinyl]

Solo performer: Townes Van Zandt (vocals, acoustic guitar).Producer: Earl Willis.Reissue producer: Kevin Calabro, Katja Maas.Recorded live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas in July 1973. Includes liner notes by Chet Flippo.All tracks have been digitally remastered.From the opening club announcements about the locations of the bathrooms to the smattering of applause when the artist is announced, you know this is not a standard live recording. Low-key and basic as an artist can be, Townes Van Zandt proves that a man and his guitar can easily compete against a rowdy honky-tonk crowd with a plaintive voice, incisive songs and mesmerizing style.He starts the concert by apologizing for the air conditioning being turned off, and then immediately cools the crowd off with his much-covered, icy Western narrative "Pancho & Lefty." Culled from Van Zandt's years of independently released country-folk records, the austere collection of songs here serves, in effect, as a greatest-hits package, a