Steve Earle, Townes, is set to be highly anticipated follow-up of the Grammy Award winning album Washington Square Serenade. The 15-song set consisting of songs written by Earle s friend and mentor, the late singer-songwriter, Townes Van Zandt. Townes is also available as a deluxe two-CD set, and double-Limited Edition 180 gram vinyl.
The album was produced by Earle in his house in Greenwich Village, at Sound Emporium and the Chamber and the Board in Nashville, TN and the nest in Hollywood, CA. Lungs The track was produced and mixed by the Dust Brothers John King and features Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine / The Night Watchman on electric guitar. Earle s wife, the celebrated singer-songwriter Allison Moorer, is presented in the backing vocals on Loretta and To Live Is To Fly. Three songs cut in Nashville, White Freight Liner Blues, Delta Momma Blues, and Don t Take It Too Bad feature a bluegrass band consisting of Dennis Crouch, Tim O Brien, Darrel Scott and Shad Cobb.
With Earle Townes Van Zandt in 1972 to one of Earle s performances at The Old Quarter in Houston, TX. Van Zandt was in the audience and playfully heckled Earle wide performance for the song Wabash Cannonball Earle admitted that he did not know how to play the melody and Van Zandt replied incredible You call yourself a folk singer and you know not Wabash Cannonball? Earle then silenced him by playing the Van Zandt song Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold, no easy feat because of the rapidly changing mouthful of lyrics squeezed in just over two minutes of the song. Their bond was immediately formed. In Townes, Earle and his son, singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle (named after Van Zandt) trade verses on the melody, a number of whom two have been playing together since Justin was a teenager.
The songs selected for Townes were those who meant the most to Earle and he personally connected to (not including selections featured on previous albums Earle). Some of the selections were chosen songs that Earle played his entire career (Pancho and Lefty, the lungs, White Freight Liner Blues) and others to learn he had specially for recording. He learned the song (Quicksilver Daydreams of) Maria directly Van Zandt, and taught himself Marie Rake and especially for the album was recorded. Once a song he played during his live show, Earle unteach Colorado Girl in the original Open D tuning that Van Zandt played in. Earle recorded the New York solo sessions and then added the other instruments later on in the spirit of Van Zandt original solo performances to the best of his recollection.
Song Listings :
| 1. Pancho and Lefty |
| 2. White Freightliner Blues |
| 3. Colorado Girl |
| 4. Where I Lead Me |
| 5. Lungs |
| 6. No Place To Fall |
| 7. Loretta |
| 8. Brand New Companion |
| 9. Rake |
| 10. Delta Momma Blues |
| 11. Marie |
| 12. Don t Take It Too Bad |
| 13. Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold |
| 14. (Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria |
| 15. To Live Is To Fly |
This new music CD will be released on May 12, 2009
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