Hey, y'all!

 

Townes Van Zandt (1944 - 1997) was a Texas singer-songwriter-poet, whose music has touched a deep chord (pun intended) amongst many of us here at CBN. No, he's not related, except perhaps very distantly, to those other musical Van Zandt boys many of us also love. Townes was hailed, back in 1985 by none other than another gifted songwriter, Steve Earle, as "the greatest songwriter in the world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that!" Whether or not you agree with ol' Steve, there is a deep knowledge of the blues, heartache, pain and melancholy in Townes' songs. For those of you unfamiliar with his work, please visit his estate's website to get to know him better (all proceeds go to support his children and his second wife, Jeanene):

 

https://townesvanzandt.com/

 

Several of us here at CBN (myself, Uncle John, Turtlehead, and maybe some others I haven't seen or heard - I know the owner of Diamondbackguitarshop and beStillroy are also huge fans) have done videos of us playing our versions of Townes' songs, many of which came out nearly 40 years ago. We realized that the CBG may be the perfect instrument on which to reinterpret and breathe new life into Townes' songs. In fact, we've been kicking the idea around in the Comment section of Uncle John's video rendition of "Flying Shoes" for the last coupla weeks (check it out), and came up with the idea for a tribute album, using only CBGs (I know, I know: Townes never played one, to my knowledge, and I and perhaps many others of you learned "Pancho and Lefty" on a 6-stringer, but still...).

 

So, if you're still with me, we're looking for MP3 submissions from those who play Townes' songs, wanna try 'em on CBG, may have never heard of him but like what they hear - any and all are welcome. His catalogue is pretty deep, so I'd like to lay claim to "If I Needed You" right here, right now! (hmmm. Jesus Jones...nah) ;-) We're also looking for someone willing to create some original cover art. The idea behind this is not to make money. We wouldn't want to charge for these songs or this album. We just wanna get 'em out to the larger CBN audience. As currently envisioned, it would be of a similar nature to the free download Robert Johnson tribute album, or the various CBN Christmas albums. It is not designed to detract from, or compete with, the Blues Album Dan Sleep is currently putting together for CBN, which many of us here are also contributing to. All we ask, like the judges on American Idol, is that you make your submitted TVZ song your own.

 

For those who are interested, you can add MP3 files using the Attach Files or Upload Files link at the bottom left to this Discussion. Record 'em however y'all feel comfortable: lo-fi, hi-fi, wi-fi, or in-fi, doesn't matter. You can PM me here at CBN for any offline technical or otherwise discussions. I will, eventually, get back to you.

 

 

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Gents (and ladies),

 

There is definiely still interest in you (turtlehead) doing Pancho and Lefty! If you mean, do we wanna combine, give veryone a verse - of course, I think everyone is still interested! We're just trying to finish up the choir bit for Two Hands to get Thorsten set, and then we move on to P&L.

 

Also, I think real life is getting in the way for most of us (it certainly is for me right now). But I'm determined to cut my Two Hands vocal track tonight, as well as If I Needed You (I played it Wednesday night for a harp-playing friend of mine, who blew a very sweet accompaniment to it - so sweet that I wanna record him doing it.)

Turtle, if you put the time in to record it i'll sing on it I already know the song so there's no time involved. I'd like to slap a whole band song together for this. Sitting in that chair for a few hours isn't as fun as it once was. Just need some new motivation insperation constipation. Tip for writers block read a book you don't like. Listen to music you don't like, because what you like isn't working.

Ditto me.

Good to hear guys.  I was just checking before I dig in. 

Ron, you're definitely right that real life's getting in the way (doesn't it always), but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The show I was directing went up this week, and while it was all a little stressful due to technical problems, it wasn't at all bad (if I do say so myself). 

I'm still up for a bit of Pancho & Lefty action. Turtle, if the backing track I did a while a go isn't up to scratch or is causing problems, don't be afraid to chuck it out. By the way, only just listened to your vocals and bass line for Two Hands, and they're very cool.

Having to listen to your own voice with no accompaniment is tough, it lays bare all those little niggley things you don't like about your voice. But, it's exactly those things that make your voice unique to you. 

"Having to listen to your own voice with no accompaniment is tough, it lays bare all those little niggley things you don't like about your voice. But, it's exactly those things that make your voice unique to you." 

 

That's why Jimmy Iovine invented reverb >:-E

True!

I'm going to try to give it a go with your version Vinyl.  It's such a solid foundation and better than I can do.  I was just making sure that others were still in.  Now that I think about it we still have time, I just didn't want to end up doing it solo.

The voice thing is humbling, but you're exactly right - it's what makes us all unique.  Every song I do I have more respect for the truly great singers who can carry a tune acapella.

Thanks for the kind words.

Hello boys.

 

Vinylhed has already posted a backing version for pancho. Go back to page 13 or 14 of this discussion.

 

Thanks for all the recorded voices for two hands so far (and as well for bass, clapping etc.).

The chorus is just amazingly massive - if I add some reverb it sounds like in church. I will probably have to cut the verses as some interpretations differ slightly  - but everyone will get a part of a verse!  So I'm looking forward to the next vocal recordings.

THorsten,

 

Thanks for the reminder! With over 200 replies and nearly 3000 page views, it's getting harder to keep track. BTW, I will be uploading my Two Hands vocals tonight.

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