Townes van Zandt
Studio sessions, Memphis, TN
late 1996
01 Old Satan
02 Old Satan
03 Old Satan
04 Sweet The Time (spoken)
05 Harm’s Swift Way
06 RM Too
07 Townes’ Blues
08 Snow Flake (spoken)
These tracks are probably from studio sessions Townes did with Steve Shelley’s (Sonic Youth) band Two Dollar Guitar. In the spring of 1996 Townes was contacted by Steve Shelley, who informed Van Zandt that he was interested in recording and releasing an album for him on the band’s Ecstatic Peace label, funded by Geffen.
On December 19 or 20, Townes fell down the concrete stairs outside his home, badly injuring his hip. Townes refused medical treatment but showed up to the Memphis studio being pushed in a wheelchair. Shelley canceled the sessions due to Townes’ erratic behavior and drunkenness.
Harm’s Swift Way is likely the last song Townes wrote.
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