Flyin' Shoes
His first album of new material in five years, with many songs first recorded for a shelved record.
Townes Van Zandt, 1978
- Released
- May 1978
- Recorded
- January 1978
- Studio
- American Studios, Nashville
- Label
- Tomato
- Producer
- Chips Moman
Many of its songs were first recorded for an album called 7 Come 11, which stayed unreleased after a dispute between Jack Clement and Kevin Eggers. Chips Moman produced these remakes with Gary and Randy Scruggs, Spooner Oldham and Philip Donnelly among the players, and Townes arrived with a broken strumming hand from a car wreck. Loretta, No Place to Fall, Rex's Blues and Who Do You Love had already appeared on Live at the Old Quarter. The line about Susanna and Guy in Pueblo Waltz refers to Guy Clark and his wife.
AllMusic called it a collection with "not a dud in the bunch." John Kruth thought Townes sounded lost in a fog of vodka. Lyle Lovett covered the title song on Step Inside This House in 1998, and John Prine recorded Loretta for the Poet tribute.
Track listing
- Loretta3:45
- No Place to Fall3:28
- Flyin' Shoes4:21
- Who Do You Love3:58
- When She Don't Need Me3:09
- Dollar Bill Blues2:59
- Rex's Blues2:28
- Pueblo Waltz3:00
- Brother Flower2:52
- Snake Song2:27
Personnel
- Townes Van Zandt acoustic guitar, lead vocals
- Philip Donnelly acoustic and electric guitar, background vocals
- Chips Moman guitar, producer
- Randy Scruggs acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Tommy Cogbill bass
- Spooner Oldham piano
- Gary Scruggs harmonica
- Eddy Anderson drums, percussion
More from Townes Van Zandt
For the Sake of the Song (1968), Townes Van Zandt (1969), Our Mother the Mountain (1969), The Late Great Townes Van Zandt (1972), Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (1977), At My Window (1987), Rear View Mirror (1993), The Nashville Sessions (1993), No Deeper Blue (1994), Sky Blue (2019), Delta Momma Blues, High, Low and In Between
Sources
- Flyin' Shoes, Wikipedia
- Flyin' Shoes, Discogs