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Our Mother The Mountain album for sale by Townes Van Zandt was released May 15, 2007 on the Fat Possum label. One of the best of Van Zandt's early albums. Our Mother The Mountain songs Like all his late-'60s/early-'70s recordings for the Poppy label, it's full of ostensibly incongruous overproduction. Our Mother The Mountain album for sale As on the early albums of Leonard Cohen and others, though, these light arrangements gain in hindsight, via their earnest elegance and the contrast they provide to the songwriter's dark visions. It sounds as though Townes' handlers were intent on marketing him as some strange combination of Bob Dylan, Glen Campbell and Bob Lind (not an entirely unjustifiable assessment), but the occasionally ominous, visionary songpoetry is too powerful too be pushed under the table by futile stabs at a hit single. ...See Full Description

Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother The Mountain Album Track Listing

Trk	Song	Time	Price	Buy MP3
1	Be Here to Love Me See All 12
2	Kathleen See All 19
3	She Came and She Touched Me See All 10
4	Like a Summer Thursday See All 4
5	Our Mother the Mountain See All 13
6	Second Lovers Song See All 4
7	St. John The Gambler See All 12
8	Tecumseh Valley See All 28
9	Snake Mountain Blues See All 16	3:30	$0.99	(Available)
10	My Proud Mountains See All 6
11	Why She's Acting This Way See All 10

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This is one of the best CDs I have heard. Play this when you have time to sit and listen and your house is quiet.
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Haunting Work
I've never heard a folk singer chronicle the visions of a nightmare so captivatingly as Van Zandt does in "Our Mother the Mountain".
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Our Mother The Mountain songs Product Details

CD Universe Part number	7419639
Label	Fat Possum
Orig Year	1969
Catalog number	1090
Discs	1
Release Date	May 15, 2007
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Recording Time	40 minutes
Personnel	Charlie Mccoy - guitar, harmonica, keyboards, bass James Burton - guitar, dobro Jack Clement - guitar David Cohen Chuck Domanico - bass Don Randi - keyboards Townes Van Zandt - vocals, guitar Jules Jacob - flute Mike Deasy Sr. Donald Frost - drums Lyle Ritz Ben Bennay - harmonica Harvey Newmark - bass guitar John Clauder
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