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by John Kruth
©2005
John Kruth
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release: read excerpt: click here "A fervent tribute to a true legend of American songwriting. John Kruth has tracked the back story of Townes Van Zandt like a manic bloodhound without spoiling the mysteryof the man. You still might find yourself wondering how any human could have written something so perfectly beautiful as 'Pancho & Lefty'" - Sam Shepard "Townes Van Zandt was an ornery, unpredictable genius, a songwriter whose gift offered him salvation and damnation in equal doses. In John Kruth he has found a biographer well-suited to his eccentricities and rough edges, a man who understands him and who brings light into his dark places." -- Anthony DeCurtis, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone "With the possible exception of Willie Nelson, no songwriter in his generation conveys the Texas id better than Townes Van Zandt." - Dan Rather |
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AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK
from DeCAPO PRESS 2008
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Articles & Interviews |
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| Gregory Nunzio Corso | |||
| Bachir Attar | Ekayani |
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| Albert Ayler | Chris Fiore | ||
| Adrian Belew | George Harrison | ||
| Taj Mahal | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | ||
| Joel Dorn | Yusef Lateef | ||
| Steve Earle | Omar Faruk Tekbilek | ||
| Steve Lacy | Townes Van Zandt | ||
| Les McCann | |||
| Elliott Sharp | |||
| Steve Turre | |||
| James 'Blood' Ulmer | |||
| Townes Van Zandt | |||
| Eric Von Schmidt | |||
| Bernard Stollman | |||
| John Prine | |||
| David D. Longey | |||
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Kruth gets an It's tough sluggin' it out with the big wigs like Camille Paglia, Greil Marcus, Bob Christgau and David Ritz, but John Kruth did get honorable mention this year in Da Capo's Best Music Writing Anthology for 2005 for his article Townes Van Zandt: the Self Destructive Hobo Saint published in Sing Out! 2004. Kudos to Editor Paul Bresnik for his exceptional good taste! |
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Modern Heaven out of print
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