No Deeper Blue

Townes Van Zandt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 23, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sugarhill
• ASIN: B000000EX9
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,555 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. A Song For

2. Blaze's Blue

3. The Hole

4. Marie

5. Goin' Down To Memphis

6. Hey Willy Boy

7. Niles River Blues

8. Billy, Boney And Ma

9. Katie Belle Blue

10. If I Was Washington

11. Lover's Lullaby

12. Cowboy Junkies Lament

13. BW Railroad Blues

14. Gone Too Long

Customer Reviews

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Back From the Desert, June 7, 2001

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This review is from: No Deeper Blue (Audio CD)

I guess all those years on the road and hard living seemed to have taken their toll. His range has dimished, his voice cracks.He sounds brittle, dry as kindling. Prematurely old some would say, but others would argue that Townes Van Zandt was always ahead of his time.

Lyrically speaking he's as sharp as ever. Think of this one as a kind of comeback record after years of wandering the desert with nothing but amnesia and a bottle of gin for company.

Next to woeful classics likes "Tecumseh Valley" or " Waiting Around To Die", "Marie" has to be one of the bleakest & most heartwrenching songs Van Zandt has ever penned. "If I Were Washington" shows he hasn't lost his sense of humor while, " Billie Bones & Ma" coupled with "The Hole" rank as two of the oddest & most grotesque songs in his formidable catalog. Each unforgettable in their eerieness.

"Katie Belle Blue", " A Song For" & " Lover's Lullabye" are ample proof there's more than a few ballads left in him. " Blaze's Blue" is a fitting tribute to friend and fellow songwriter, Blaze Foley. Like Townes, a troubled soul who's end came too soon.

As far as I can gather, NO DEEPER BLUE is the last record of original material Townes laid down before his death. In light of his erratic output throughout the 80's, it serves as a more than decent final word.

Still, despite my enthusiasm, I wouldn't recommend this one as a fitting introduction to his work. You're much better starting off with REARVIEW MIRROR,or some of his earlier fare. For those well acquainted, this one's kind of special. The scars may show, but he hasn't lost it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, of course, August 25, 2011

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R.J.N. (Everywhere) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Deeper Blue (Audio CD)

I am shaking my head as I write this review, shaking it because I am just stunned at how great Townes Van Zandt was. This is the first time I have ever heard this album (I am on my second straight listen) and it is brilliant.
First of all what a band he has with him here, this album was recorded in Ireland with Irish musicians and they are outstanding.
And as usual tremendous lyrics written by TVZ, the greatest American songwriter ever, not a weak song in the batch, this guy was amazing.
I had heard the song Marie on the Steve Earle album, "Townes" and thought it was great and then I heard Townes version and it just blows Earle's version away, and I am not trying to put Steve down I love him but the original Marie is one of the best songs I have ever heard, right up there with anything he ever wrote.
It's too bad that more people do not know about TVZ, I was one of them until recently, now I can't stop listening to him. I know the guy had demons but as a songwriter he is unparalleled , one of those special artists that comes alog once in a lifetime. Now I know what all the fuss was about when people talked about him, and this album, "No Deeper Blue" is one of his best.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars there is No Deeper Blue - this disc is great!, September 10, 2004

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I've heard all of TVZ and this album is wonderful!

1994-1995 were very good years

this one is a must have!