University of North Texas Press,U.S. Deeper Blue

Like Jimmie Rodgers, Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams, Townes Van Zandt was the embodiment of that mythic American figure, the troubled troubadour. This title traces Van Zandt background as the scion of a prominent Texas family and his troubled early years and his transformation from a pre-law student to a wandering folk singer.