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Fifteen years on, Brian T. Atkinson’s I’ll Be Here in the Morning: The Songwriting Legacy of Townes Van Zandt spotlights the elegant (“To Live’s To Fly”) and engaging (“For the Sake of the Song”) lyricist’s significant impact on songwriting peers and followers. “‘Pancho and Lefty’ changed—it unchained—my idea of what a song could be,” folk icon John Gorka says midway through the new book, a tightly woven collection of more than 40 interviews with artists deeply impacted by Van Zandt’s singular poetry.

Several living legends – including Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell, Kris Kristofferson, Lyle Lovett and Lucinda Williams – analyze Van Zandt’s breathtakingly beautiful lyrics throughout the book and share poignant stories of witnessing the troubled troubadour’s rise and fall. Atkinson doubles down on these recollections with new insight from younger artists such as My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, The Avett Brothers’ Scott Avett, Grace Potter, Josh Ritter and Kasey Chambers to present a nuanced view of Van Zandt’s unparalleled body of work, his reckless lifestyle and his long-lasting influence.


<strong>"Waiting Around To Die"</strong>
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<a href="http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/04/townes-van-zandt-influences/">Past history</a>