Townes van Zandt
Great American Hall
San Francisco, CA
USA
Feb 16, 1995

Alejandro Escovedo was the opening act.

The guitarist with Townes - who joins the set at the beginning of CD 2 and is on the first 6 tracks of that CD - is MICHAEL JAMES.

Mickey White, Townes long time guitarist, first met Townes in 1970. He accompanied Townes on and off , mainly from 1981 up to the October 1988 New Zealand tour. Mickey played with Townes only once since then - at the Amsterdam show on 2 Nov 1991 when he happened to be in town performing with the Pat Mears (Mickey's ex-wife) band.


Disc One
1. Introduction 1:57
2. Two Girls 4:00
3. Intro: Snowin’ On Raton 0:51
4. Snowin' On Raton 4:10
5. The Hole 6:57
6. Jokes: At the doctor
Story: Pancho & Lefty 11:10
7. Pancho & Lefty 4:18
8. Intro: Katie Belle Blue 1:56
9. Katie Belle Blue 2:47
10. Talk
Joke: Three shots of gin
Talk: ‘No Deeper Blue’ Album/Ireland 8:44
11. Marie 5:03
Total time: 51:59

Disc Two
1. Townes introduces Michael James
Story: Lightnin’ Hopkins 2:15
2. Short-haired woman blues
(Lightnin’ Hopkins) 4:22
3. Guitar tuning with Michael James 2:58
4. You Win Again (Hank Williams) 3:14
5. More guitar tuning with Michael James 1:49
6. Loretta 3:18
7. Peter LaFarge story 3:26
8. The Ballad of Ira Hayes (Peter LaFarge) 4:29
9. A Song For 4:50
10. Jokes: Drunk and missing car
Three Penguins 6:12
11. To Live Is To Fly 6:24
12. If I Needed You 2:48
13. Story: Buckskin Stallion Blues 1:51
14. Buckskin Stallion Blues 3:28
Total time: 51:32