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Townes Van Zandt died in the early morning hours of January 1, 1997, at the age of 52. His official cause of death was "natural" cardiac arrhythmia. [45] Two services were held for Van Zandt: one in Texas for family, and another in a large Nashville church, attended by friends, acquaintances, and fans. [9]
But the family history goes back to the Republic of Texas. Townes Van Zandt’s great-great-grandfather, Isaac Van Zandt, was the Republic’s ambassador to the U.S. There’s a county named for him.
Townes Van Zandt was a well-regarded and influential musician and songwriter. [4] The film follows his life as an artist, and documents the impressions he made on other musicians, his commitment to a mental facility, involvement in music, drugs and alcohol, departure from his family, several of his live performances, and general life on the road.
Van Zant's younger brother, Johnny, took over as the new lead singer when the band reunited in 1987. Ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King recalls the intense sadness of Van Zant's funeral, noting that people in attendance were so overcome with grief that they were literally falling down. [9] Van Zant was buried in Orange Park, Florida, in 1977
The documentary, Without Getting Killed or Caught, tells the story of three immensely talented and interconnected artists: Guy Clark, his best friend Townes Van Zandt and Susanna Clark, who loved ...
Van Zandt married Frances Lipscomb in 1833. Van Zandt died during a yellow fever epidemic in Houston while campaigning for governor in 1847. The Van Zandt family donated their plantation as the site for the College of Marshall (now East Texas Baptist University) in 1912. In 1936, a memorial was constructed in Canton, the seat
He grew up listening to Kenny Rogers and Willie Nelson, and later, Jerry Jeff Walker and Townes Van Zandt, all of whom seemed like mythical figures to a kid from the suburbs. His family wasn’t ...
John Lomax III (born August 20, 1944) is an American journalist, music distributor and manager who has worked with many country music and folk music musicians, such as Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, David Schnaufer, The Cactus Brothers, Kasey Chambers and many others.