I'll Be Here in the Morning: The Songwriting Legacy of Townes Van Zandt

The Writer Of Such Influential Songs As Pancho And Lefty, To Live's To Fly, If I Needed You, And For The Sake Of The Song, Townes Van Zandt Exerted An Influence On At Least Two Generations Of Texas Musicians That Belies His Relatively Brief, Deeply Troubled Life. ... In This ... Book ... Atkinson Interviews Both Well-known Musicians And Up-and-coming Artists To Reveal, In The Performers' Own Words, How Their Creative Careers Have Been Shaped By The Life And Work Of Townes Van Zandt. ...--book Jacket. Prelude: Vince Bell -- Guy Clark -- Ray Wylie Hubbard -- Peter Rowan -- Rodney Crowell -- Kris Kristofferson -- Verse: Cory Chisel -- Billy Joe Shaver -- Chip Taylor -- Tom Russell -- Graham Leader And Heartworn Highways -- Steve Young -- Verse: Jay Farrar -- Ramblin' Jack Elliott -- David Olney -- Todd Snider -- Shawn Camp -- Chorus: Ben Nichols -- James Mcmurtry -- Lucinda Williams -- Lyle Lovett -- John Gorka -- Bridge: Bianca Deleon -- Michael Timmins -- Kelly Joe Phelps -- Steve Turner -- David Broza -- Michael Weston King -- Verse: Jewel -- Dave Alvin -- Josh Ritter -- Scott Avett -- Jim James -- Adam Duritz -- Kasey Chambers -- Chorus: Darden Smith -- Kevin Russell -- Terri Hendrix -- Butch Hancock -- Jack Ingram -- Coda: Grace Potter. Brian T. Atkinson. Includes Bibliographical References, Discography (p. [237]-238), And Index.