Cowboy Junkies: Townes Van Zandt well covered

a compilation of Townes Van Zandt songs covered live by the Cowboy Junkies


Townes' Blues - Written by Michael Timmins about touring with Townes Van Zandt
Cowboy Junkies Lament - Written by Townes Van Zandt during the time before Black Eyed Man when Townes' was opening for the Junkies shows.
Blue Guitar - Part of the lyrics (Goodbye to the highway, goodbye to the sky, I'm headed out, goodbye, goodbye) are from an unfinished song by Townes Van Zandt(lyrics by Townes Van Zandt and Michael Timmins,music by Michael Timmins ).

'If I Needed You' is listed in the www.junkiesfan.com/Song_Database.htm
as 'In Concert Only - Never Released';
no sources with the song are listed in the db.etree database


01.Townes' Blues (The Fillmore, San Francisco 2004-08-15)
02.Cowboy Junkies Lament (Hoyt Sherman Auditorium, Des Moines 2000-02-09)
03.Highway Kind (Kleine Musikhalle, Hamburg 2001-10-26)
04.Waitin' Around To Die (Borders Bookstore, Chicago 2001-05-19)
05.Rake > Flyin' Shoes > Marie (El Rey Theater, Los Angeles 2007-04-11)
06.Lungs (The Kent Stage, Kent 2006-10-26)
07.To Live Is To Fly (The Pageant Theatre, St. Louis 2004-08-03)
08.Blue Guitar (Blue Jordan Music Festival, Sharonville 2000-09-16)



Waitin' Around To Die 2001-05-19 is hissy, it's the only source in circulation


Cowboy Junkies are :

Margo Timmins - vocals
Michael Timmins - guitars
Peter Timmins - drums
Alan Anton - bass

always supported by Jeff Bird - mandolin, electric mandolin, harmonica, percussion
occasional supported by Jaro Czerwinec - accordion
occasional supported by Karin Bergquist - vocals, acoustic guitar and Linford Detweiler - keyboards


Thanks to the Cowboy Junkies for being the Cowboy Junkies and for being taper friendly !
Thanks to all the tapers for recording and sharing the live performances !
Thanks to archive org for hosting the Live Music Archive !
archive.org/details/CowboyJunkies

compilation edited in December 2012 by wobbegong
fade in/out added and different track levels adjusted with wavepad sound editor, sbe fixed with tlh

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Support the artists by attending live shows and buying their official releases and merchandise
latentrecordings.com/cowboyjunkies
townesvanzandt.com

The Nomad Series book and Nomad Series cd and vinyl box sets are now available from
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01.Townes Blues 2004-08-15 sourced from
archive.org/details/cj2004-08-15.flac16
taped by Steve Brown

02.Cowboy Junkies Lament 2000-02-09 sourced from
archive.org/details/cj2000-02-09.DesMoinesIA
taper unknown

03.Highway Kind 2001-10-26 sourced from
archive.org/details/cj2001-10-26.shnf
taped by Christian Spiess

04.Waiting Around To Die 2001-05-19 sourced from
archive.org/details/cj2001-05-19.shnf
WXRT FM source, transfered by Doug Moog

05.Rake-Flyin Shoes-Marie 2007-04-11 sourced from
archive.org/details/cj2007-04-11
taped by Jeff Lester

06.Lungs 2006-10-26 sourced from
archive.org/details/cj2006-10-26.moog.flac16
taped by Doug Moog

07.To Live Is To Fly 2004-08-03 sourced from
archive.org/details/cj2004-08-03.flac16
taped by Shane E. Calhoon

08.Blue Guitar 2000-09-16 sourced from
archive.org/details/cj2000-09-16.flac16
taped by Doug Nawrocki


Thanks to all the tapers !