Traveling on the road often leads to less-than-ideal lodging accommodations, which is where Townes Van Zandt was when he forced himself to write what would become one of his most iconic and ...

Townes Van Zandt and his band thought they might be in for a night at the Washington County Jail in Brenham, Texas, until they realized the officers who pulled their two-car caravan over proudly ...

In 1972, a quietly released song would go on to become one of country music's most enduring classics, though its biggest success wouldn't come until years later. "Pancho and Lefty," written and first ...

You’ve probably heard someone, maybe a friend, say something like this: “I like every type of music except for country music.” It’s all about beer, trucks and girls, they might say. Or it’s for inbred ...

Harris had been famously mentored by the late Gram Parsons, but by now she was outside the country-rock pioneer’s shadow, standing on her own as a country hit-maker and rule-bender. While both of her ...

Welcome to the Texas Canon, a series that dives into the movies, TV shows, books, albums and more that represent us and reach far beyond the Lone Star State's borders. Today, we look at Townes Van ...