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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Hi Ron, thank you for all of them. I have gathered all tracks so far but not the guitar instrumental by RTZ - But nevertheless thanks a lot.

here it is Thorsten

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Thank you RTZ - thank you Ron and all the others. I'll put everything together next Tuesday (will be off for some mountain holidays with my family and good friends for a couple of days).

So if anybody wants to join "two hands" - feel free.

Ill work on it today have it out to you shortly.

Awesome, looking forward to it!

Hi, y'all!

 

Submission deadline is rapidly approaching (and I'm trying to get one more track in myself!!!). Jun 15 is our deadline, so if anyone wants to add anything, get your mp3 files submitted here ASAP. I'm still missing submissions from Turkeychicken, Voodoo Highway, Mr. C and myself. THorsten is trying to wrap up Two Hands, and we need to get vocals in for one of the heds' (either turtle or vinyl, can never keep 'em straight, maybe they're twins:-) ) Pancho and Lefty backing track.

 

Let's get tracking, people!

Hey, y'all!

 

Time's awastin! I finished up my backing vocal tracks last night for Two Hands and Pancho and Lefty. Anyone wanting to do P&L, getcher vocals to Vinyl's backing track in pronto, otherwise, you're just gonna hafta listen to me all on my lonesome ;-).

 

Thorsten,

 

Sorry for missing your deadline by a day, but I got 'em done; please see below (singing deep basso to Two Hands was a lot of fun; just wish I coulda done it in the AM instead of late PM:-) ):

 

 

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Sorry I've been gone for a while people.  Life has taken precedence over CBGs for a few weeks...

I've kind of dropped the ball on Pancho, but if there are any vocals in addition to Oilys, I'll put them on top of Vinyls guitar track.  I'll have some time tomorrow and Wednesday to work on it.

Don't know if I'll have time to add any instrumentation though.

Again, apologies for being out of the loop on this one for a while....

No worries, th. I think you can take a little extra time to get this one right. Most famous TVZ song, and all. Just need to see more contributions to it. We're in the final stretch on the album, and over 4300 page views says there's an audience waiting on us.

Cool vocal track, Ron. I was very surprised how much power one can put into a deep voice. I was busy mixing the files at lunchtime today. Will go on tomorrow morning and hope to present it soon. I'd also add some sliding to Pancho (and harmony voice) - but won't be ready before Thursday/Friday if that isn't too late. Who's going to put Pancho together?

For Two hands I have my slide-track, RTZ's guitar, Turtlehead's bass, Turtle and RTZ clapping hands, Ron, UJ, Hedley, Louise, RTZ and Turtle on vocals. Hope I haven't missed anyone.

Thorsten,

Thanks! That was me just sitting down on the couch (not the best singing position) about 2 feet away from the iRig mic into my iPad. Almost overloaded it a coupla times. You can't really swallow it the way you might onstage with an SM 58. Standing, I normally (when my sinuses aren't clogged and I've been singing / rehearsing for a couple weeks every other day) can fill a 500-1000 seat hall, with audience, without amplification. I have a, ahem, large resonating chamber. And I had several great music teachers growing up who taught me how to project (something as an actor / director I'm constantly challenging my casts, as well as myself, to improve).

Turtlehead mentioned above that he might have a bit of time to work on Pancho...why don't you two work out the details between you? Just let me know how much time you might think you need. I don't wanna delay longer than the end of this month, and would prefer as close to the 15th as we can get ( a few days past doesn't bother me, if that's what is needed). Remember, we're all volunteers and amateurs - in the sense that we are doing this for love of the music.

I still have to work up one more song. Should have it by next weekend. Oh, and I think Letha Allen mentioned she wanted to contribute some harmonies to Two Hands, but she's busy right now with her new grandson. Let's give her a coupla days, maybe? I aso haven't heard from Voodoo Highway about Waitin' Round To Die; will try to contact 'em via e-mail tomorrow as I know they are out on tour, and see where they stand.

Yeah, there'll be space for Letha's voice. I'd like to record some bass (with my hot cigar box ukulele) for Pancho as well as some sliding. Hope I can manage it on Thursday. So I can see what turtle will have done then. Will also add some harmony vocals if needed

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