Lyle Lovett - Flyin' Shoes (Townes Van Zandt Tribute)

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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!

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If you watch Townes ... ( 6 months ago by number1scatterbrain)

If you watch Townes VZ play it on YouTube, it is G-Am-F & so on, but I was trying to pick it up by ear, and my twelve-string acoustic is
tuned down a whole step. That's how the confusion began. Tabs aren't always accurate, but they can be a help.

By Jove, I think ... ( 6 months ago by number1scatterbrain)

By Jove, I think I've got it. Find Townes VanZandt's version on YouTube and check to see
if it's G-Am-D-G-Am-F-C-Am-G-Am. He seems to mess up a couple of times, but I'm 99% sure that this is the correct progression.

well I hope gods ... ( 5 months ago by driverain2)

well I hope gods happy..I've just been reduced to tears......thank you Lyle..

maybe it's more ... ( 5 months ago by mysteria31)

maybe it's more like if you can feel it, you're lost.

if this is a video ... ( 5 months ago by LakeTahoeGem)

if this is a video to honour the great singer & songwriter Townes Van Zandt, how come some one elses song and singing are used?

Are the ... ( 5 months ago by fewf2435)

Are the Instrumental in this song a samlpe??
Beautiful song! RIP T.V.Z.<3

Flying Shoes is ... ( 5 months ago by Foggienotion)

Flying Shoes is Townes' song. Lyle simply does a beautiful rendition of it. I think that this is a very touching tribute to one of America's greatest song writers.

to think a time ... ( 5 months ago by 9erfandex)

to think a time existed that towns van zandt had not entered my personal musical consciousness and no reverential superlatives were uttered by yours truly concerning the enormous talent of lyle lovett, thank god time changes us one and all. god bless you tube for presenting this to one and all. all of step inside this house is nothing short of wonderful, as always, rock on shindiggers!

Amazing! I could ... ( 4 months ago by Samanthaz22)

Amazing! I could listen to this for hours.
thank you.

what a great ... ( 3 months ago by nitetrainwayne)

what a great rendition of a great TVZ song. i had never heard Lyles version

I have been a Lyle ... ( 3 months ago by rayrgm9)

I have been a Lyle fan but had never heard of Townes until a few months ago. I truly am appreciative of the technology that introduced me to this great artist.

Thank you for the ... ( 3 months ago by ziagayle)

Thank you for the photos. You might be careful regarding scanning those record or cd covers, they are copyrighted. But you still did a good job. I knew Townes and he was a good man and in the top five songwriters of our generation. Not the best singer in the world, but what poetry. I will always miss him. There is a great tribute cd of all sorts of folks singing his stuff.

Nicely done. A ... ( 3 months ago by RickHempy)

Nicely done. A great tribute to an amazing artist. Any Townes fan that has not seen the documentary "Be here to love me", by Magaret Brown, needs to find it and watch it.

We are posting ... ( 3 months ago by thpaine1950)

We are posting copyrighted music and you worry about copyrighted album covers?
;-)

lyles pretty smokin ... ( 3 months ago by walterbrob)

lyles pretty smokin too..too good for country radio

Very beautiful. ... ( 3 months ago by rierun)

Very beautiful. Transported me to another place, another time. Thanks so much.

incredible song and ... ( 2 months ago by coolanddark)

incredible song and video!thanks for sharing!

Very nice job on ... ( 2 months ago by 4L60E)

Very nice job on this video!!

Great video and ... ( 2 months ago by StollyDolly)

Great video and tribute to the unique Townes. Thank you Blumfeld.
Love from Spain xx

Absolutely Awesome ... ( 1 month ago by rbuse46)

Absolutely Awesome ! I've watched it at least 25 times. Thanks for the picture memories of Townes. There will never be another like him.

Kudos for putting ... ( 3 weeks ago by manwithnoname123)

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...

I feel so bad about ... ( 3 weeks ago by 4L60E)

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.

Lyle sang this a ... ( 2 weeks ago by mysteria31)

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.

Excellent. ( 6 days ago by Tipledan)

Excellent.

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