Lyle Lovett - Flyin' Shoes (Townes Van Zandt Tribute)
Hey folks, I made this video to honour the great singer&songwriter Townes Van Zandt, who passed away on New Years Eve 1997. The music comes from Lyle Lovett, who made an excellent coverversion of a TVZ song called "Flyin' Shoes" - hope you like it!
This is on a 2 disc set that is a tribute to all of Lyle's favorite songwriters. I believe it is called "Step Inside This House", named for a Guy Clark song covered on there. Lovett's voice really is so sweet singing this song, it's my favorite Townes song.
4L60E(November 26, 2008 at 9:50 pm)
"cause it's a tribute from Lyle
ckoldham(November 17, 2008 at 5:04 am)
Townes was the greatest songwriter of his generation. The best way to honor him is to keep singing and playing his songs. I first saw him at the Saxon Pub on 38th and IH35 in about 1966.He sang Mr. Gold and Mr. Mud,one of the most amazing songs I have ever heard, before or since. He hated to see me show up, because I always wrote that on a napkin as a request, and he hated to have to try to remember it all. But he always did, and always perfectly, no matter how wasted he was. I miss him.CKO
macunaima(November 13, 2008 at 1:05 pm)
Nice video. But why not use the original song?
hausenharry(November 8, 2008 at 2:09 am)
love it!!!
theda09(November 6, 2008 at 8:18 pm)
hello ... has anybody an idea where i can get this song from? which album does it contain?
Tipledan(October 2, 2008 at 9:19 am)
Excellent.
dasche(September 27, 2008 at 8:09 pm)
my favorite song
mysteria31(September 22, 2008 at 11:30 am)
Lyle sang this a Townes' funeral. He kept looking away. Guy came on to sing and naturally made a joke. He made folks laugh so as to try and draw attention away from the fact that he turned his back and cried. Katie belle walked from person to person handing out flowers.
4L60E(September 12, 2008 at 10:07 pm)
I feel so bad about the way Townes lost his long term memory w insulin shock therapy. It seems like he just stayed so sad after all of that. He sure brought a truckload of soul into the songs he wrote. I'm glad that Lyle did this one. Hurricane Ike is coming in. I gotta shut down now, before that monster gets here.
manwithnoname123(September 11, 2008 at 5:30 pm)
Kudos for putting this beautiful tribute together for all of us who miss Townes so much. And i couldn't think of a better singer than Lyle Lovett to cover one of his most affecting songs- it definitely brought a tear to my eye. but as i watched this i couldn't help but thinking of the irony now that the first album i ever bought of his work was entitled "The Late Great Townes Van Zandt". that's for sure! it's no wonder that with his songwriting genius, so many other performers are in awe...
