Roadsongs

Infobox Album
Name = "Roadsongs"
Type = live
Artist = Townes Van Zandt


Released = 1993
Recorded =
Genre = Folk/Country
Length = 1:03:38
Label = Sugar Hill
Producer = Townes Van Zandt
Reviews =
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 Robert Palmer, [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/93401/review/5944502/roadsongssugarhill "Review: Townes Van Zandt - "Roadsongs"] , "Rolling Stone", 514, June 30, 1994]
Last album = ""
This album = "Roadsongs"
Next album = "The Nashville Sessions"

"Roadsongs" is an album released by folk/country singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt in 1993.

"These songs were recorded over a number of years in joints all over America. I wish I'd written every one. No such luck. This collection represents a lot of love and fun."

"Cody became a baker. Ruester's going back to school. Mickey's gone straight. Jimie's laying low. I'm a dad."

Track listing

#"Ira Hayes" — (Peter La Farge) 3:45
#"Dead Flowers" — (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) 4:47
#"Automobile Blues" — (Lightnin' Hopkins) 5:24
#"The Coo Coo" — (T. C. Ashley) 4:42
#"Fraulein" — (Luther Williams) 3:10
#"Hello Central" — (Lightnin' Hopkins) 4:10
#"Indian Cowboy" — (Joe Ely) 2:43
#"Racing In The Streets" — (Bruce Springsteen) 3:03
#"My Starter Won't Start This Morning" — (Lightnin' Hopkins) 3:21
#"Texas River Song" — (Traditional) 2:32
#"Wabash Cannonball" — (A. P. Carter) 3:31
#"Short-Haired Woman Blues" — (Lightnin' Hopkins) 3:39
#"Man Gave Names To All The Animals" — (Bob Dylan) 4:27
#"Little Willie The Gambler" — (Bob Dylan) 3:45
#"Cocaine" — (Traditional) 4:05
#"You Win Again" — (Hank Williams) 3:19
#"High, Low and In Between" — (Townes Van Zandt) 5:01
#"When He Offers His Hand" — (Townes Van Zandt) 3:21

Credits

Musicians

* Townes Van Zandt — vocals, acoustic guitar
* Owen Cody — fiddle
* Jimie Gray — acoustic bass, vocals
* Mickey White — acoustic guitar
* Ruester Rowland — acoustic guitar

Production

* Produced by Townes Van Zandt & Harold F. Eggers Jr.
* Mastered by Charlie Hollis at Mars Studio, Austin, TX

Artwork

* Photography (German Version by Normal) — Bernd Jonkmanns
* Cover design (German Version by Normal) — Olaf Meyer

External links

* [http://ippc2.orst.edu/coopl/tvzguide.html Townes Van Zandt — A guide to his songs and recordings] (links to discography & lyrics)

Notes & sources