Be Here to Love Me (Dig)

Townes Van Zandt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 4, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fat Possum Records
• ASIN: B000U1XIKI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,206 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. At My Window

2. Highway Kind

3. Rake

4. Pancho & Lefty

5. My Proud Mountains

6. Nothin'

7. Dollar Bill Blues

8. Waitin' Round to Die

9. If I Needed You

10. Where I Lead Me

11. Be Here to Love Me

12. No Place to Fall

13. My Starter Won't Start

Editorial Reviews

This is a double disc set consisting of the some of the best-known Townes Van Zandt and live recordings. It features original artwork and soundclips from the the Margaret Brown film off the same name.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Treading the line between despair & redemption, September 11, 2005

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punkviper (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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Not sure i've ever heard music that was so mired in an unyielding hopelessness, but every now & again you'd see some light get through, and in those moments you felt really good because the bad moments were so bad. I can't sum up Townes Van Zandt any better than that. These aren't songs that are gonna lift you up and carry you away on angels' wings. These are songs about being just about as low as one can get among the living. And make no mistake, these aren't hokey blues numbers with clever turns of phrase and wry lyrics. The heartbreak and loneliness bleeds through the music and pours out from between some lyrics that might not seem all that depressing, if not for the musical delivery of a man beset on every side by the typical demons of 20th century America. It is said that Jay Farrar has been heavily influenced by TVZ, and i can see that. The world-weary warble of Jay's voice is heavily informed by Van Zandt's dusty drawl. But what Jay can't touch (and i'm admittedly a huge fan of Farrar) is the honestly hopeless yet fearless, almost gothic, tone that always seemed to come so naturally to Townes Van Zandt. It wasn't an act, it wasn't a put-on. As for this release, it's apparently a companion piece to a documentary film about the man, a work i have not seen but can believe in it's vitality. The songs included on this 2-disc set seem chosen to accentuate the tragedy of the artist, and the bleak world he called home. It's as good an introduction as i can think of.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you've never heard Townes . . ., November 17, 2005

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Edward J. Whitelock (Barnesville, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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If you're looking for a collection that captures the breadth of Van Zandt's recording career, I'd recommend the double-disc "Texas Troubador" collection. If you're looking for a collection that captures the depth of his troubled soul, this is the one. Utterly beautiful in its darkness. Perhaps the most consistnetly eerie and true collection of TVZ yet released.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the greatest song and melody writers, March 12, 2006

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M. dillon - See all my reviews
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I had first heard his hauntingly georgeous, stand-out songs,on lyle lovett's "step into my house" cd, and then experienced the genius's work in this album. here is a songwriter of incomparable talent giving us the blue print for eternal gems to be heard throughout time, irregardless of what voice sings the song. his melodies are immortal. a poet of the soul expressing through music.