"In dedication to Townes, who awakened my spirit, fed my soul, and flew away with my heart"
--Jeanene Van Zandt
Latest Updates:
Townes on Vinyl!
We're happy to announce we now have the self-titled album Townes Van Zandt and
Delta Momma Blues available on vinyl. The LPs are limited edition 180-gram releases from Fat Possum Records.
Check out our online store for details!
Townes Covers!
We here at TVZ Central wish to thank and express our appreciation to Frans Bevers & Hans Golverdingen for their many long years of work collecting information on over two thousand recordings of Townes' songs by other artists. Thanks so much guys! You Rock! Click here for the list of Townes covers!
The 2008 ASCAP Award for Best Music Book of the Year goes to...
John Kruth for "To Lives To Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt" published by Da Capo. Awards Ceremony on Tues, Dec 9th at Lincoln Center. Congratulations, John!
To Live's to Fly: Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt now available in Paperback!
John Kruth's excellent Townes biography is now available in paperback! Get it here!
Rear View Mirror released on TVZ Records!
TVZ Records, which is owned by the Van Zandt family, announces its first release: Rear View Mirror! This CD is newly remastered and features redesigned artwork from the original photo shoot! Get it here at TVZ Central before it hits the streets.
Official release date is January 22, 2008.
We also have a great T-shirt to go with it. It has a full-color image of the album's front cover and comes in Men's and Women's short sleeved in white.
Dreams of Townes Van Zandt
There's a new page on the site dedicated to Dreams of Townes. Check it out!
New T-shirts Available!
We've got a whole new selection of t-shirts available for purchase in our online store. More pictures are coming soon, but you don't have to wait for that!
The Townes in Amsterdam DVD is BACK! A TVZ Fan Favorite. Two hours of Townes live on stage, with 38 of his classic songs!
Recorded in Amsterdam at De Melk Weg (The Milky Way) on 11/12/91.
If you never got to see Townes play live, this is the next best thing. This is the only film footage of an entire Townes concert known to exist and is available exclusively from TVZ Records.
Townes' early studio albums are now available!
Townes' early studio albums (For the Sake of the Song, Our Mother The Mountain, Townes Van Zandt, Delta Momma Blues, and Flyin' Shoes) have been re-issued on Fat Possum Records and are in stock! Visit the online store to purchase.
Rolling Stone Dec 17, 2007 The Top 50 Albums of 2007
24Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Raising Sand(Rounder)
Led Zeppelin's golden god made two sets of headlines this year: with his old band's reunion and this collaboration with bluegrass princess Alison Krauss. They harmonize with natural worry and warmth against a midnight-Mississippi chill in songs by Tom Waits, the post-Byrds Gene Clark and country singer Mel Tillis. And Townes Van Zandt's abject jewel "Nothin'" is Zeppelin's "Kashmir" reset in Death Valley, with distorted guitars and Krauss' sustained, funereal bowing hanging over Plant's riveting, moanlike final judgment.
Will Van Zandt, Townes's son, has a new web site at willvanzandt.com, showcasing all his artwork. Check it out!
Katie Van Zandt's site
Katie Belle Van Zandt (Townes' daughter) and her best friend Ashley Pritchett have a new Myspace page featuring their photography at myspace.com/katieandashphotography. Check it out!
The Estate of Townes Van Zandt & Publishers sue for Legacy
Click here (.pdf) to read the complaint filed in NY Federal Court.
Click here (.doc) to read the First Amendend Complaint.
Click here (.pdf) to read the Partial Summary Request.
Click here (.pdf) to read "Court Denies all of Kevin Eggers' Motions".
Click here (.txt) to read the Final Summary Judgement Argument Transcript.
Click here (.pdf) to read "Summary Judgement against Kevin Eggers".
Click here (.pdf) for the case Estate of TVZ v. Harold Eggers Jr.
Click here (.rtf) for the Second lawsuit against Harold F. Eggers, Jr.
"Home at Last"
Re-Membering Townes Van Zandt - 20"X 24" Oil On Canvas
Copyright 1998, Veronica Anne Piastuch Find the thirteen mystery song clips located in the painting!
