Townes Van Zandt — Best Of (2-LP)

Double LP on 140-gram vinyl

Sometimes underappreciated, often melancholy but always bone-chillingly brilliant, Townes Van Zandt is one of the rare masters of American songwriting — right up there with the Bob Dylans, Tom Waits’s and Kris Kristoffersons of the world. If you’re a sucker for brilliant fingerpicking and rich, poetic lyrics delivered with a Texan twang, you’re going to love this one. This 16-song collection includes some of his best songwriting and playing, including Waiting Around to Die, Pancho and Lefty and Tecumseh Valley.