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A Hard Road, Seldom Taken | ||
"If Townes Van Zandt had lived 40 years ago, he might be as revered, and as widely known, as Hank Williams is today. The comparison isn't farfetched. Both men live in their music, as if singing and writing and being human were the same thing, and all as natural as breathing. Their song- writing craft and vocal musicianship are exceptional, but what you hear is beyond all that; it seems to be the direct, untrammeled expression of a man's soul . . . Hank Williams died in 1953, in the back seat of a Cadillac. But figures like Mr. Van Zandt remind us that the wandering bard, that American archetype, is still very much with us. He's the guy in the cowboy hat, sitting in the corner of the bus station with his beat-up guitar case. And his music will live long after the voices that declare it in or out of fashion have been stilled and forgotten."
-from "A Hard Road, Seldom Taken" by Robert Palmer |
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Townes Van Zandt vocals, acoustic guitar Mickey White acoustic rhythm, lead & slide guitar Donny Silverman saxophone, flute Jack Clement acoustic guitar, dobro Jim Rooney acoustic guitar Mark Howard acoustic steel & gut string guitar Charles Cochran piano, DX-7 Mark O'Connor fiddle, mandolin Mickey Raphael harmonica Joey Miskulin accordian Roy Huskey, Jr. acoustic bass Kenny Malone drums, percussion |
produced by Jack Clement & Jim Rooney recorded & mixed at Jack Clement'S Cowboy Arms Hotel & Recording Spa, Nashville, TN engineered by Jim Rooney, assisted by David Ferguson & Rich Adler remix engineering by Rich Adler mastered at Masterfonics, Nashville, TN photography by McGuire cover design by Raymond Simone special thanks to Jeanene Van Zandt, Guy & Susannah Clark, Jerry Jackson & Kathy Merola |