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Steve Earle Paid Tribute To Townes Van Zandt With Touching Lyrics About the Common Roads They Traveled

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How Townes Van Zandt Forced Himself To Write “Pancho and Lefty” (And How He Got Out of a Ticket the Next Day)

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  • Ben Harper Featured on Singer/Songwriter Birdthrower’s Sparse Cover of the Townes Van Zandt Classic “If I Needed You”

    Ben Harper Featured on Singer/Songwriter Birdthrower’s Sparse Cover of the Townes Van Zandt Classic “If I Needed You”

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