I have never much listened to Townes Van Zandt or for that matter Steve Earle.Then last week we got in “Townes” , a cover album by Steve. My boss played it and as soon as I heard it I was in love. It was great country from the year 2009 (that’s when they were recorded) and it wasn’t radio friendly shit. It’s good to see/hear that some people still care about country music. That is how this album makes mee feel, Steve Earle cares!

Most of the songs are somber tunes about the west and women from Colorado and it makes my heart ache. That is exactly what I’m looking forward too when i listen to country. Broken hearts and the urge to drop everything and get drunk. Steve livens up some tracks to a somewhat Alt Country feel, but it is acceptable. So all that said, Mr. Earle does a great job making a good cover album. I don’t know if I’ll be listening to Steve any time soon (aside from this release), but there is definitely some Townes in my listening future……