Townes Van Zandt
Live at The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas
(Tomato)
First Appeared at The Music Box, February 2003, Volume 10, #2
Written by John Metzger
Live at The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas isn’t the first concert recording
to be released from Townes Van Zandt, and it certainly won’t be the last. Since
his untimely death in 1997, his legend has grown, spurred on by a myriad of
releases and reissues on a variety of record labels. All, of course, have
something to offer — it would be difficult, nay impossible, to ruin any
collection of the master songwriter’s tunes. Nevertheless, Van Zandt’s studio
recordings were overproduced and his concert releases were less than inspired
with puzzling regularity. That’s what makes Live at The Old Quarter, Houston,
Texas so special. It is unquestionably the definitive document, featuring
the troubadour’s finest songs delivered about as perfectly as one can imagine. 
Of Further Interest...
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Ratings
1 Star: Pitiful
2 Stars: Listenable
3 Stars: Respectable
4 Stars: Excellent
5 Stars: Can't Live Without It!!
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