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New Townes Van Zandt Memoir Released

November 5, 2018/by Lorie Hollabaugh

A new memoir on Townes Van Zandt, My Years with Townes Van Zandt:  Music, Genius, and Rage, by Harold F. Eggers, Jr. and L.E. McCullough, released in October on the Hal Leonard Backbeat Books imprint.

Eggers’ own personal journey of loss and redemption through music was entwined with that of his friend and business partner, Van Zandt. A veteran music industry executive in Nashville and Austin, Eggers worked with Van Zandt for 20 years as road manager and co-producer, helping bring the songwriter’s music to live audiences across Europe and North America.

A longtime musician and music journalist with a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology, L.E. McCullough has penned hundreds of articles on music and the music industry. While serving as country music columnist for the Austin American-Statesman in the 1980’s, he met Van Zandt and recorded with him on a Texas music anthology CD.

In a little over three decades, Van Zandt wrote  over 130 songs, recorded 22 albums and toured constantly around the globe. His songs have been recorded by nearly 500 performers in over 40 countries worldwide, including Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Don Williams, Ricky Skaggs, Cowboy Junkies, Guy Clark, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Norah Jones and more. In 2017, his “Buckskin Stallion Blues” was featured in the Oscar-winning film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

“The story of Townes and Harold is glorious, tragic and ultimately uplifting,” says L.E. McCullough. “It’s the story of a generation of American Romantics and the price they paid for holding on to their ideals and never letting go.”

“Townes often stated that his main musical mission was to write the perfect song that would save someone’s life,” says Eggers. “Like the master song craftsman he was, he was never truly satisfied with the final product but always kept giving it one more shot, one extra tweak, one last effort.”

 

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Lorie Hollabaugh
Lorie Hollabaugh
Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at [email protected].
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