Live at McCabe's (Townes Van Zandt album)

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Live at McCabe's
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ReleasedNovember 27, 2001
RecordedFebruary 10, 1995
Label Return to Sender
Producer Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt chronology
Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings
(2001)
Live at McCabe's
(2001)
A Gentle Evening with Townes Van Zandt
(2002)
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Live at McCabe's is a live album recorded by singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt in 1995 and released in 2001. It was recorded at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, California and is a limited edition. Only 2000 copies were printed.

Contents

Van Zandt is joined on stage by slide guitarist Kelly Joe Phelps.

Track listing

All songs written by Townes Van Zandt unless otherwise noted.

  1. "The Hole" – 6:43
  2. "Pueblo Waltz" – 3:41
  3. "Pancho and Lefty" – 5:32
  4. "Short Haired Woman Blues" (Lightnin' Hopkins) – 7:49
  5. "Shrimp Song" (Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper) – 4:14
  6. "Snowin' on Raton" – 7:20
  7. "Katie Belle Blue" – 3:20
  8. "Dollar Bill Blues" – 3:37
  9. "A Song For" – 5:30
  10. "Banks of the Ohio" (Traditional) – 5:25
  11. "Wabash Cannonball" (Traditional) – 4:47
  12. "Marie" – 5:45

Personnel

Production notes

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