Townes Van Zandt: Next Steps

Country singers worship Townes Van Zandt and his effortless Texas twang for good reason. He was a natural songwriter and his catalog is a treasure trove of masterpieces. You'd be hard-pressed to find a song more desolate than the doomed Western soliloquy “Waitin' Round to Die.” “For the Sake of the Song” delivers the sorrow more gently, but no less effectively.