The Luv Doc: She Eats Like a Fraternity Boy

Use your pie hole for its intended purpose

"...gullet, STAT. In the words of the great poet Townes Van Zandt, “We all got holes to fill, and..."

May 30, 2025 Column by The Luv Doc

Adapting “Weirdness” at SXSW 2025

Amid changes and challenges, the Festival attempts to preserve Austin’s spirit

"...you know, some of those musicians [he pointed to Townes Van Zandt, Janis Joplin, and Bob Schneider] weren’t born..."

March 14, 2025 Music Feature by Caroline Drew

Hangin’ Your Life on the Wall

"...Doc: The Edge of the Earth," Columns, Dec. 6]. Townes Van Zandt’s song “Fraternity Blues” has that exact line..."

Dec. 18, 2024 Postmarks

The Luv Doc: The Edge of the Earth

A place previously known only for its stray dogs and meth scabs

"...pointed out this quote should have been attributed to Townes Van Zandt. We apologize for the error!..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Charley Crockett Honors His Country Roots in Front of Electrified Crowd

The $10 Cowboy turns jukebox for enthralled Austin audience

"...Hand (“Baby, Baby, Baby (Don't Tell Me That)”) and Townes Van Zandt (“Tecumseh Valley”)...."

Sept. 13, 2024 Music Post by David Brendan Hall

The Luv Doc: Locker Room Cellphone Etiquette

It doesn’t exist – nor should it

"...would when you were putting together your "Best of Townes Van Zandt" compilation, and you're going to want to..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Nanci Griffith Songs Come Alive at the Cactus Cafe

The annual tribute show celebrates more than just her music

"...is tempting to lump covers of Cactus legends like Townes Van Zandt into the set, doing so would miss..."

July 9, 2024 Music Post by Amber Williams

The Off Beat: Hole in the Wall Celebrates 50 Years of Being an Austin Music Incubator

The Drag’s final girl plots a monthlong golden anniversary celebration

"...Townes Van Zandt drank there. Spoon got their start there...."

June 7, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

A.L. West at a Bookstore, and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Stop by Stalefish’s album release or Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap

"...new memoir. In one section she ties together themselves, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, then later Nanci Griffith and..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Ruth Ellsworth Carter, Austin Songwriter Who Wrote Hits for Stevie Ray Vaughan, Has Died

The "soup chef" co-composed with her husband Bill Carter

"...Awards Hall of Fame. They then took home the Townes Van Zandt Award for songwriting at the 2020 AMAs...."

Jan. 5, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Nemegata's Folkloric Futurism Boosts Austin's Budding Colombian Music Scene

Local trio powers up its magnetic roots fusion in new release Voces

"...swing, Brazilian psych, New Orleans pianism, and Margaret Brown's Townes Van Zandt doc, Be Here to Love Me. Mugshots..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Water Damage, TisaKorean, a tribute to Mandy Mercier, and more recommended shows

"...shows with and in the bands of artists like Townes Van Zandt, Lucinda Williams, Butch Hancock, and Jimmie Dale..."

May 12, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Mandy Mercier, Force of Nature in the Austin Singer-Songwriter Scene, Died on Her 74th Birthday

Fiddler/guitarist played with Lucinda Williams and Blaze Foley

"...shows with and in the bands of artists like Townes Van Zandt, Lucinda Williams, Butch Hancock, and Jimmie Dale..."

March 31, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

A Look Inside South Congress’ New Superstition Nightclub

C3-Backed dance venue pays homage to Seventies disco

"...and Kenny Loggins. Across the room, Willie Nelson and Townes Van Zandt album covers faced the bar in frames..."

Dec. 29, 2022 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Meet UT Math Professor and Spellbinding Songwriter Sean Keel

The seldom-performing educator's fragile voice breathes bittersweet nostalgia

"...and see the whole universe. In the traditions of Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, he has a talent..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Feature by Jack Corcoran

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Courtney Barnett, Kid Cudi, Butch Hancock, Marisa Nadler, Robert Earl Keen, and more

"...this South Austin one-off to fulfill fantasies of seeing Townes Van Zandt at the Cactus Cafe. – Raoul Hernandez The..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Music Column by Alejandra Ramirez

Steve Earle, Fresh Off Jerry Jeff Tribute, Deepens Songbook at Gruene Hall

Vagabond resilience & bristling resistance potently commune

"...four albums eulogize deep song tributaries: Guy Clark, Justin Townes Earle, and now Jerry Jeff Walker. Friday night, at..."

June 27, 2022 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...but banned from showing up, maybe because he and Townes Van Zandt backed an RV over the overflowing outdoor..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

To Oblivion and Beyond: A Breakdown of the Bands at Oblivion Access

Translating the scrolls at Austin’s most interesting festival of the year

"...included both a solo set devoted to Texas icon Townes Van Zandt's catalog and a guest appearance with Panopticon..."

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Listen to This: Nick Garza’s Get Along Goes “Out of Her Mind”

Tex-Mex waltz continues to dig into songwriter's San Antonio roots

"...Garza could play Townes Van Zandt in a biopic just by looks alone,..."

April 13, 2022 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Faster Than Sound: Changes at Two Campus Cafes

The latest on Cactus Cafe and Spider House

"...known as the storied listening room for stars like Townes Van Zandt and Lucinda Williams?..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...II with safety-pin-festooned lips. Monk hustled them into a van, circled JFK three times, lost the press, then deposited..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Beaumonster: A Memoir by Jesse Dayton

The rockabilly rebel, outlaw country artist, session guitarist to the legends, and low-budget horror auteur looks back

"..."Born With a Tail" goes bluegrass! They rest alongside Townes Van Zandt's "White Freightliner Blues," as they should in..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Disko Cowboy Discusses the Cross-Cultural Vision of Vinyl Ranch

"It's kind of like a pop culture blender of analog culture and postmodern memes."

"...to Y2K rave culture to Stevie Ray Vaughan and Townes Van Zandt and Dirty South Houston and the Hill..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Powerfully Poetic Folk and Country Songwriter Nanci Griffith Has Died at Age 68

Song-crafter’s career spanned Hole in the Wall to Carnegie Hall

"...a standalone episode. She’d also been part of a Townes Van Zandt tribute in 1998, a songwriters special in..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

TC Superstar, Swass Night, Tune-Yards, and more recommended shows

"...Emily Whetstone writes buoyant confessionals as Van Mary and Harrison Anderson brings psychedelic rhythms to SMiiLE,..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Without Getting Killed or Caught

The troubled life and haunted love of Guy Clark, the Dean of Texas songwriters

"...and future wife, Susanna Talley, and their best friend, Townes Van Zandt. That triumvirate is a part of musical..."

July 23, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Team Behind the Dean of Texas Songwriters

Tamara Saviano and Paul Whitfield explore artistic collaboration in Without Getting Killed or Caught

"...between Guy Clark, his best friend and fellow musician Townes Van Zandt, and most especially his wife, Susanna Clark...."

July 23, 2021 Screens Feature by Cody Song

The Flatlanders Create a Defining Album During Their Pandemic Pause

West Texas trio unearths a Treasure of Love

"...Lubbock singer-songwriters since the early Seventies. Ever on point, Townes Van Zandt and Bob Dylan make the cull, but..."

July 9, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Flatlanders Album Review

Treasure of Love (Rack’em Records/Thirty Tigers)

"...Brothers break-in "Long Time Gone," Hancock crystallizes his go-to Townes Van Zandt element "Snowin' on Raton," and Ely copyrights..."

July 9, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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