Be Here to Love Me
Friday, December 02, 2005
Bob Dylan and Steve Earle are fans. And Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard had a number one hit with Townes Van Zandt's "Pancho and Lefty." But the man that many musicians count as the best singer-songwriter of all time, never had a hit himself. A new documentary, "Be Here to Love Me," explores the life of the troubled artist.
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Music: Tomato records, Townes van Zandt, Be Here to Love Me: disc 1 track 5, disc 2 track 8
ยป More on "Be Here to Love Me"
Music: Tomato records, Townes van Zandt, Be Here to Love Me: disc 1 track 5, disc 2 track 8
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