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Steven W. Strnad | Hollister, California | 12/05/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have owned this as an LP, a casette, and now as a CD. Problem is, every time I play it for someone who has never heard of Townes, they are so blown away by the very first hearing that I become absorbed into their enthusiasm and I end up giving them the LP, or casette, or CD. What I want them to do is spread the word. Like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Leonard Cohen, Townes was probably warned early on not to persue a singing career. In fact, his voice is beautiful, with a quality of melancholy. It is warm ("brooding," as someone has said). The acoustic guitar is perfectly played, with outstanding finger picking. And of course, Townes was an extraordinary lyricist. Every song on this album is great. It is so sad that he never had a wider audience, but then, how often does something this good acheive such an audience? You can't go wrong with this work."