20 Years with Townes Van Zandt
by Harold F. Eggers, Jr.
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Mickey White, HFE, TVZ, etc, 1978, Pennsylvania University
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Harold - TVZ - 1978, Pennsylvania University
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Signed Back Cover of "At My Window"
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Kevin Eggers, TVZ, Steve Mendel, HFE at Fire Station Studio, San Marcos. During recording of 60 song anthology.
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Cactus Cafe Poster
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Recording of "No Deeper Blue", Zerox Studios Limerick, Ireland, TVZ, Engineer, Harold, Philip Donnelly, Donovan. Townes was on the edge of death during these sessions.
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Rear View Mirror Poster
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No Deeper Tour Poster
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HFE, TVZ, York England. Townes was beyond his usual madness - he went over the wall in this walled city.
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Harold, TVZ : Switzerland
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"Alone and Forsaken" and "Stopping Off Place" recordings for "In Pain" album. Wolfgang Pracht, ?, Harold, Claudia Winterer, TVZ : Germany. Some of Townes' fondest memories of the road were with friends in Germany.
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Harold and TVZ, Germany. Townes was a music mafia Godfather of his own rank.
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TVZ - Marilyn Monroe. Townes showed up with Marilyn one night at my condo in Austin and they never left.
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Ann Arbor, Michigan ?, Harold, TVZ. Townes played a heart-wrenching and mesmerising show at "The Arc".
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Galway, Ireland TVZ, Modlock, Travis Clark, Guy Clark. A London company was filming for a documentary on Townes.
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HFE, TVZ, Barb Donovan at Driscoll. Townes was performing at Jerry Jeff Walker's Birthday Bash at the Paramount Theater.
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Harold, Rick Danko of "The Band", TVZ during a tour with Rick's trio in Italy. Rick was talking to Townes about both of them recording an album together in Woodstock, NY in his studio.
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Germany TVZ, Harold, Wolfgang Pracht. Townes and Charlie Chaplin were kindred comedians, with a dry sense of humor.
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Galway Bay, Ireland : Harold, TVZ. Touring with Townes, we were always on the brink of being shot or arrested.
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Perdernales Recording Studio, near Austin, TX, TVZ, Harold. Townes was recording a track with a Tomato recording artist.
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Johnny Cash at one of fifty interviews for "Willie Nelson Heartworn Memories" book by Susie Nelson. Harold Eggers secured book publishing deal as literary agent.
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Brownie McGee, Harold, TVZ San Francisco. Brownie was telling Townes of having changed his hard living ways that were kiling him and destroying his life.
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Harold - cindy soo - TVZ - 1995
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Bergen, Norway ?, Harold, TVZ. Townes was cold as hell in this waist-deep snowed-in city.
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Guy Clark, TVZ, HFE, Larry Monroe at the Driscoll Hotel, Austin. Guy Clark and Townes were performing at a Nancy Griffith special at the Paramount Theater.
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KUT, Austin, Texas with Richard Dobson, ?, Harold, TVZ. Townes and Richard had just performed on a radio show with Larry Monroe.
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London, England : Last Gig. HFE, Mary Costello (renowned London DJ) and TVZ. The intensity of this performance still haunts me today.
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Seattle, Washington, Mickey Newbury's home
Harold, Michey Newbury, TVZ.
Mickey became close friends with Townes and his music at the begining of Townes' career, in Houston.
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HFE, Bob Johnston, Larry Monroe at KUT. Bob and Larry are friends whose hearts and souls are consumed with music.