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Statesman Staff, January 31, 2004, http://insurgentcountry.net/blazefoley-15.htm. Ibid. Niles Fuller, from “Have Your Say—Albums: Blaze Foley, Oval Room,” BBC Folk and Country Review, www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/x5f9/. Susanna Clark, author’s interview. Andy Langer, “Townes Without Pity.” This would have been the show at the Great American Music Hall the previous November. Guy Clark confirms Townes’ version of the writing of this song in the film Be Here to Love Me (2005). A dozen tracks were released in 2001 as Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings on Kevin Eggers’ resurrected Tomato label. Neil Strauss, “The Pop Life” (column), New York Times, November 24, 1994. Michael Timmins, author’s interview, January 18, 2000. Townes Van Zandt, interview with Larry Monroe, KUT radio, December 1993. Michael Timmins’ comments in the author’s interview suggest that Townes was “cheating” somewhat, at least during the later part of the span. Bob Moore, in his interview with the author, states with authority that Townes was sober for eleven months after his release from the Huntsville treatment center. Keith Glass, personal correspondence with the author, 2002. The author knows of no other live recordings of this song. Michael Hall, Texas Monthly, “The Great, Late Townes Van Zandt,” March 1998.
Chapter 14 1. The author was privileged to view the wrapping paper during Danny Rowland’s interview, April 22, 2001. 2. Bob Moore also observed his poor physical state: “I was selling vintage denim … and he would tell me he needed a certain size of pants, and it was tough to find them because he had a 34-inch inseam, and it hit the point that he got down to below a 30-inch waist.” 3. The sources of comments and observations on Townes’ live performances here and elsewhere are in the recordings listed in Audio and Video Sources. 4. Reviews of shows from this period indicate the depths to which a performance could sink. This one is from 1994: This was a tough show for me because it became pretty clear that at this stage in Townes’ career, sobriety is a physical problem.… It’s likely that Townes will see better days. Until then, be forewarned. bigstar@augustus.csscr.washington.edu (J Paschel), “Review: Townes Van Zandt in Seattle,” Article 36249 from Newsgroups: rec.music. folk, May 23, 1994. 5. Will Van Zandt remembers with fondness touring with his father: “Some of my first memories are real good stuff…. I remember Yellow-