Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.
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Theme: Pancho & Lefty and Other Songs of Townes Van Zandt.
Townes Van Zandt – who was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1944 and died in Smyrna, Tennessee on January 1, 1997 at age 52 – was one of the greatest Texas singer-songwriters. Many of his songs are enduring classics still sung by many artists.
Townes Van Zandt, Freddy Fender, Rubin Ramos & The Texas Revolution, Doug Sahm & Augie Meyer- Pancho & Lefty
Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings (Tomato)
Nanci Griffith & Arlo Guthrie- Tecumseh Valley
Other Voices/Other Rooms (Elektra)
Bob Jensen- Colorado Girl
For the Sake of the Song (Bob Jensen)
Matthew Barber & Jill Barber- If I Needed You
The Family Album (Outside Music)
Catherine MacLennan- When She Don’t Need Me
When the Wind Blows: The Songs of Townes Van Zandt (Appaloosa)
The Wainwright Sisters- Our Mother the Mountain
Songs in the Dark (MapleMusic)
Townes Van Zandt- Kathleen
Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (Tomato)
David Olney with Daniel Seymour- For the Sake of the Song
Evermore: The Final Live in Holland Sessions I (Strictly Country)
Kate & Edith- Rex’s Blues
Live at Kelso Hall (Kate & Edith)
Saul Broudy- No Lonesome Tune
Travels with Broudy (Saul Broudy)
The Be Good Tanyas- Waiting Around to Die
Chinatown (Nettwerk)
Townes Van Zandt- Columbine
Townes Van Zandt (Tomato)
David Broza- Night Dawn (Silver Dollar)
Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt (S-Curve)
Gretchen Peters & Tom Russell- Snowin’ on Raton
One to the Heart, One to the Head (Frontera/Scarlet Letter)
John Gorka- Snow Don’t Fall
Writing in the Margins (Red House)
Townes Van Zandt- Sad Cinderella
The Late Great Townes Van Zandt (Tomato)
Lucy Kaplansky- No Place to Fall
The Lucy Story: unreleased and rare tracks, 1976-2023 (Lucyricky)
Steve Earle- (Quicksilver Dreams of) Maria
Townes: The Basics (New West)
Guy Clark- To Live is to Fly
Old Friends (Sugar Hill)
Townes Van Zandt & Kimmie Rhodes- Brother Flower
Texas Rain: The Texas Hill Country Recordings (Tomato)
Colleen Rennison- White Freightliner
See the Sky About to Rain (Black Hen Music)
Emmylou Harris- Pancho & Lefty
Luxury Liner (Warner Bros./Rhino)
Next week: Part 1 – If It Were Up to Me; Part 2 – Songs of Cole Porter.
--Mike Regenstreif
