Routes & Branches 3/7/15

Well when I looking up my birthday notes I noticed that today was Townes Van Zandt's birthday, so he became my featured artist for today's show. I'm not sure when I started listening to Townes, probably around the same time I started listening to Steve Earle, which was so long ago that I couldn't put a date on it. My favorite recording of Townes is actually one in which he shares the stage with Earle and Guy Clark. Recorded in September of '95 Together At the Bluebird Café was a benefit organized by Susanna Clark (Clark's wife) as a benefit for the Interfaith Dental Clinic of  Nashville of which Townes had benefited from because of loosing a gold tooth which he mentions during the show. A great recording of three songwriters and friends.

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
The Infamous Stringdusters - Where The Rivers Run Cold - Let It Go
Townes Van Zandt - Katie Belle - Together At The Bluebird Cafe
Guy Clark - The Cape - Together At The Bluebird Cafe 
Steve Earle - Delta Mama Blues - Townes
The McCrary Sisters - By the Mark - Let's Go 
Iris DeMent - Sing The Delta - Sing The Delta 
Pieta Brown - Mercury - Mercury
Townes Van Zandt - Tecumseh Valley - A Gentle Evening With Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt - Black Jack Mama - In The Begining
Townes Van Zandt - Walbash Cannonball - Live At McCabe's
Paul Thorn - Old Stray Dogs & Jesus - Too Blessed To Be Stressed

4pm
Josh Buckley - 4am - Blind Side of the Heart
Guy Clark - Dublin Blues - Together At The Bluebird Cafe
Steve Earle - I Ain't Ever Satisfied - Together At The Bluebird Cafe
Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty - Together At The Bluebird Cafe 
Greensky Bluegrass - Wings for Wheels - If Sorrows Swim
Cahalen Morrison & Country Hammer - Nighttime Is Here on the Valley - The Flower of Muscle Shoals
Screen Door Porch - Poor Elijah / Tribute to Johnson - Modern Settler 
The Better Halves - Wish We Could Go Out Tonight - All Over the Map 
Susie Fitzgerald - Restless - Restless
Zoe Muth - Too Shiny - World of Strangers
Steve Earle - Mr. Mudd And Mr.Gold - Townes
Townes Van Zandt - Waitin' For The Day - In The Begining
Townes Van Zandt - Ain't Leavin' Your Love - Together At The Bluebird Cafe
Steve Earle - White Freightliner Blues - Townes