JDaniel
Super Member
I had a few hours alone today. I stood at the music rack, looking at hundreds of LPs, CDs, and DVDs trying to decide what to listen to. I saw this Slim DVD case, unlabeled, and pulled it out to re-discover Townes Van Zandt - Be Here To Love Me. A fellow AKer, GuyNoir, recorded it for me back in the summer. I watched it then, and sadly, as is the case with a lot of my music, it just got lost on the rack.
So I watched this excellent TVZ documentary again today. It fit the bill perfectly for a cold winter's day. To hear so many of my musical heroes (Guy Clark, Joe Ely, Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker etc..) talk about Townes' influence is a delight.
I think my favorite story in the movie was by Joe Ely. He said he's driving out in the country around Lubbock one day when he picks up a tall, scarecrow looking hitch-hiker. He's carrying a guitar and backpack. He gives this guy (TVZ) a ride, and finds out he's hitch-hiking his way back from San Francisco where he's made his first album. Joe Ely drops him off at another cross-roads where he can hopefully hitch another ride. TVZ reaches into his backpack, and Joe Ely comments there are no clothes in there. Just LPs. He thanks him for the lift, and gives him an album. Ely says he takes the album back to his apartment, and he and Jimmy Dale Gilmore play it and are amazed. He said they played it over and over for weeks, and it made them change the way they went about writing songs and playing music.
If you haven't seen the documentary, I highly recommend it. As I also do Heartworn Highways, which is also excellent. There are excerpts from Heartworn Highways on "Be Here To Love Me".
Thanks again GuyNoir.
JD
So I watched this excellent TVZ documentary again today. It fit the bill perfectly for a cold winter's day. To hear so many of my musical heroes (Guy Clark, Joe Ely, Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker etc..) talk about Townes' influence is a delight.
I think my favorite story in the movie was by Joe Ely. He said he's driving out in the country around Lubbock one day when he picks up a tall, scarecrow looking hitch-hiker. He's carrying a guitar and backpack. He gives this guy (TVZ) a ride, and finds out he's hitch-hiking his way back from San Francisco where he's made his first album. Joe Ely drops him off at another cross-roads where he can hopefully hitch another ride. TVZ reaches into his backpack, and Joe Ely comments there are no clothes in there. Just LPs. He thanks him for the lift, and gives him an album. Ely says he takes the album back to his apartment, and he and Jimmy Dale Gilmore play it and are amazed. He said they played it over and over for weeks, and it made them change the way they went about writing songs and playing music.
If you haven't seen the documentary, I highly recommend it. As I also do Heartworn Highways, which is also excellent. There are excerpts from Heartworn Highways on "Be Here To Love Me".
Thanks again GuyNoir.
JD
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