(Re)Graded on a Curve: Townes Van Zandt, (s/t)
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John Townes Van Zandt In 1983, six years after Emmylou Harris had first popularized it, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard covered his song "Pancho and Lefty," scoring a number one hit on the Billboard country music charts. Despite achievements like these, the bulk of his life was spent touring various dive bars, often living in cheap motel rooms, backwoods cabins, and on friends' couches. alcoholism, When young, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and insulin shock therapy erased much of his long-term memory. Van Zandt died on New Years Day 1997 from health problems stemming from years of substance abuse. Norah Jones, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Cowboy Junkies, Andrew Bird, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss Gillian Welch, and Devendra Banhart.
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