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Live at the Jester Lounge-Houston, Texas 1966

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Townes recorded at the Jester Lounge, Houston, in 1966--this is the place were Townes started singing,joking,to an audience-the recording, considering the date is excellent--tunes include covers,talking blues, and some early Townes songs.If you love Townes as so many do,you need this,it is a part of Texas music history, and it gets no more better than that. Support this release--who knows what else is out there?

An early live glimpse of singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt. The audio is good with probable primitive recording sources concealed in this honky-tonk called the Jester Lounge. Van Zandt was the house band here telling his usual jokes, covering songs of The Carter Family, Hank Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Jimmie Rodgers, and eight Van Zandt originals are heard here on this import from Germany. Listen for the "Talkin Karate Blues", "Mustang Blues", "Black Crow Blues", some songs are accompanied with harp... not as essential as Live At The Quarter, nevertheless, a real interesting listen for Townes Van Zandt followers. It's amazing listening to this early recording of Townes, the polish of his skills are clearly evident on a high level (vocals, guitar, writing) even at this stage, at the age of 22.