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April 24th, 1969: New album from Townes Van Zandt out today
The Texan country music singer Townes Van Zandt has released his second album, Our Mother The Mountain
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April 24th, 1969: 25 year old Texan singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt has released his second album, Our Mother The Mountain. Van Zandt's follow up to last year's For The Sake Of The Song was recorded in January in Nashville and Los Angeles.
Our Mother The Mountain features session musician Charlie McCoy who also played guitar on Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline in January this year.
The lead single from Our Mother The Mountain is "Second Lovers Song" with "Tecumseh Valley" on the B-Side. "Tecumseh Valley" was also released on Van Zandt's last album but apparently unhappy with the result he has re-recorded it.
Listen to "Tecumseh Valley" below via Spotify.
Our Mother The Mountain:
Side One
1. Be Here to Love Me
2. Kathleen
3. She Came and She Touched Me
4. Like a Summer Thursday" 3:04
5. Our Mother the Mountain" 4:22
Side Two
6. Second Lovers Song
7. St. John the Gambler
8. Tecumseh Valley
9. Snake Mountain Blues
10. My Proud Mountains
11. Why She's Acting This Way
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