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| 1944 | 3 | 7 | LE | Townes van Zandt is born | Fort Worth | TX | | several | Townes parents were : Harris Williams & Dorothy Townes van Zandt | 1 | | |
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| 1952 | | | LE | the van Zandt family moved to Midland -TX | Midland | TX | | several | several sources available | 2 | exact date unknown | |
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1952-xx-xx -Harris Fort Worth Texas City Directory |
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| 1953 | | | LE | the van Zandt family moved to Billings -MT | Billings | MT | | several | several sources available | 2 | exact date unknown / Townes father Harris was in the Billings City Directory from 1954 until late 1957 or early 1958 | |
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1953-xx-xx -Harris Midland Texas City Directory |
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| 1956 | 9 | early | LE | Townes started @ Lincoln Junior High School | Billings | MT | | several / Townes sister : Donna Spence | | 2 | exact date unkown | |
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| 1956 | 9 | 9 | LE | Townes saw Elvis Presley appearing @ the Ed Sullivan Show | Billings | MT | | several / Townes sister : Donna Spence | | 1 | | |
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| 1956 | 12 | 25 | LE | Townes received his first guitar as a Christmas gift | Billings | MT | "his father asked Townes to learn play ""Fraulein"" > he could play it already before newyearsday" | several / Townes sister : Donna Spence | """Fraulein"" written by Lawton Williams was a big hit for Bobby Helms then" | 1 | | |
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1956-12-25 Townes first guitar under the Christmas tree |
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| 1958 | | | LE | the van Zandt family moved to Boulder-CO | Boulder | CO | | several | several sources available | 2 | exact date unknown | |
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1958-xx-xx -Donna Boulder High School class photo |
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1958-xx-xx -Donna Boulder High School class photo |
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1958-xx-xx -Harris Boulder Colorado City Directory |
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| 1958 | 9 | early | LE | Townes started @ Boulder High School | Boulder | CO | | several | several sources available | 2 | exact date unknown | |
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| 1959 | | | LE | the van Zandt family moved to Barrington-IL | Barrington | IL | | several | several sources available | 2 | exact date unknown | |
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1959-xx-xx -Donna Boulder High School graduation page 1 |
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1959-xx-xx -Donna Boulder High School graduation page 2 |
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1959-xx-xx -Donna Boulder High School graduation page 2 |
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1959-xx-xx -Harris Boulder Colorado City Directory |
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1959-xx-xx -Harris Boulder Colorado City Directory |
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1959-xx-xx -Sam-Lightnin-Hopkins |
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| 1959 | | | LE | Townes started @ Barrington-IL Highschool | Barrington | IL | | several | several sources available | 2 | exact date unknown | |
| 1960 | 9 | early | LE | Townes started @ the Shattuck Military Academy | Faribault | MN | | photo with text available | photo + several sources available | 2 | exact date unknown | |
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1960-xx-xx -Barrington HighSchool-Barrington-IL |
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1960-xx-xx -ties |
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1960-xx-xx -ties or 1970ties unknown year-a young TVZ |
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1960-xx-xx -ties Shattuck High School-townes-van-zandt-04 |
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1960-xx-xx -ties Townes archive photo 1 |
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1960-xx-xx -ties-Townes archive Photo 2 |
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1960-xx-xx -ties TVZ |
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1960-xx-xx -ties-TvZ-Unknown Year 1a |
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1960-xx-xx -ties-TvZ Unknown Year 1 |
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1960-xx-xx -Townes Barrington |
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1960-xx-xx -Townes Barrington |
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1960-xx-xx -Townes Boulder High School class photo |
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1960-xx-xx -Townes Boulder High School class photo |
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| 1961 | 2 | 10+11 | O/P | Shattuck's Shumway Auditorium | Faribault | MN | "performances of Kurt Weill's folk opera ""Down In The Valley"" with other Shattuck students " | the Daily Inter Lake 1961-01-27 page : 6 | JPEG available | 1 | | |
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1961-02-10 and 11 Shattucks Shumway Auditorium |
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1961-xx-xx -Rambling Jack Elliot and Woody Guthrie |
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1961-xx-xx -Shattucks St. Mary School |
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1961-xx-xx -Shattuck-St Marys School |
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| 1962 | late spring | | LE | Townes is graduated @ Shattuck | Fatibault | MN | | several | several sources available | 2 | exact date unknown | |
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1962-xx-xx -Graduation photo-Shattuck yearbook |
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1962-xx-xx -Townes Shattuck graduation-cropped |
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1962-xx-xx -Townes Shattuck graduation |
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1962-xx-xx -Townes Shattuck graduation |
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| 1962 | summer | | LE | Townes worked at the Pecos-West Texas oilfields | Pecos | TX | during this weeks visited Townes old friends from his Faribault period (Luke Sharpe and others)in Dallas-Fort Worth or Oklahoma | A Deeper Blue page : 32 | | 2 | exact date unknown | |
| 1962 | 9 | early | LE | Townes started @ the University of Colorado | Boulder | CO | | several | several sources available | 2 | exact date unknown | |
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| 1962 | 10 | 8 | LE | Townes had a false start @ the U of C and quietly withdrew from school after barely a month of classes | Boulder | CO | | A Deeper Blue page : 33 | | 1 | | |
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| 1963 | 1 | xx | LE | Townes started a second attempt @ the University of Colorado | Boulder | CO | also this second attempt was problematic > Townes was almost always to drunk to follow the lessons | A deeper Blue page : 34 | | 2 | exact date(s) unknown | |
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| 1963 | 1 | late | LE | Townes fell (or jumped) from his 3th Floor Varsity Manor apartment balcony | Boulder | CO | in a recorded interview with Bill Hedgepath Townes later tells he lived on the fourth storey | several + photo of the balcony | photo available | 2 | exact date unknown | |
| 1963 | 9 | xx | LE | Townes saw Fran Petters @ Tulagi's | Boulder | CO | Townes worked there as doorman/bouncer | several + photo of Tulagi's | | 2 | exact date unknown | |
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| 1963 | xx | xx | P | Barefood Charley's | Boulder | CO | several (amateur) performances his friend & roommate Bob Myrick managed this venue | A Deeper Blue & To Live's To Fly | Townes wrote here his first songs (among others Black Crow Blues and Fraternity Blues) | 2 | exact date(s) unknown / Bob Dylan's One To Many Mornings was one of the songs Townes played many times | |
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| 1964 | 1 | early | LE | the Bird Lounge : while visiting Houston on break from college,saw Townes Lighning Hopkins playing for the first time | Houston | TX | Townes sat mesmerized,as he watched Lightnin' when he played his old Gibson guitar and sang about real people and events that directly shaped his live ! | To Live's To Fly page : 29 | To Live's To Fly page : 29 + a JPEG of the Bird Lounge concert | 2 | exact date unsure | |
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| 1964 | 1 & 2 | xx | P | Barefood Charley's | Boulder | CO | several (amateur) performances his friend & roommate Bob Myrick managed this venue | A Deeper Blue page : 40 & 41 | | 2 | exact dates unknown | |
| 1964 | 3-4-5-6 | Mar 14 until Jun 19 | LE | the Titus Harris Clinic | Galveston | TX | insulin coma & electro shock therapy > almost 40 treatments | article | | 1 | | |
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| 1965 | 3 | 7 | LE | the family fishing camp / boathouse | Galveston | TX | quiet celebrate of Townes 21th birthday with his family | A Deeper Blue & To Live's To Fly | | 1 | | |
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1965-xx-xx -xx-xx-Sand Mountain Coffeehouse-Houston-TX |
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| 1965 | 8 | 25 | LE | the Petroleum Club | Houston | TX | celebration Townes & Fran's marriage | several | | 1 | | |
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| 1965 | 8 | 25+26 | LE | River Oaks Baptist Church-Townes married Fran Petters * | Houston | TX | | the Houston Chronicle 1965-08-26 page : 67 | the wedding ceremony took place @ 25 aug.> the celebration party @ 26 aug.* | 1 | *because of an new military daft law taking effect the 26th of august > otherwise Townes possibly had to go to Vietnam | |
| 1965 | 9 | xx | LE | Townes is excepted into the University of Houston pre-law program | Houston | TX | | several times @ the Houston Chronical's | | 2 | exact date unknown | |
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| 1965 | 10 or 11 | xx | LE | Townes met Guy Clark during a pickin' party at Pete Gardner's House | Houston | TX | | Without Killed or Caught by Tamara Saviano | | 2 | exact date unknown | |
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| 1965 | 10 | 24-25-26-27-28 | P | the Jester Lounge | Houston | TX | with Allen Damron & Susan Spaw | the Houston Chronicle 1965-10-28 page : ?? | PNG available | 1 | | |
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| 1965 | 11 | xx | P | unknown location possibly Pete Gardner's house | Houston | TX | with Pete Wheeler (?) ,Paul Johnson ,Amy Goodenough ,Guy Clark & Sarah Wiggins | setlist available | Txt file available | 2 or 3 | venue & exact date unknown | |
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| 1965 | 11 | 7-8-9-10-11 | P | the Jester Lounge | Houston | TX | with Bill Moss & Pozo Seco | the Houston Chronicle 1965-11-06 page : 02 | PNG avalaible | 1 | | |
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| 1965 | 11 | 21-22-23-24-25 | P | the Jester Lounge | Houston | TX | with Bill Moss & Susan Spaw | the Houston Chronicle 1965-11-18 page : 50 + other dates | PNG's available | 1 | | |
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| 1965 | 11 | 28-29-30 | P | the Jester Lounge | Houston | TX | with Bill Moss & Susan Spaw | the Houston Chronicle 1965-11-25 page : 25 + other dates | PNG's available | 1 | | |
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| 1965 | 12 | 01 & 02 | P | the Jester Lounge | Houston | TX | with Bill Moss & Susan Spaw | the Houston Chronicle 1965-11-25 page : 25 + other dates | PNG's available | 1 | | |
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| 1965 | 12 | 12-13-14-15-16 | P | the Jester Lounge | Houston | TX | with Jerry Jeff Walker & Susan Spaw | the Houston Chronicle 1965-12-09 page : 52 + other dates | PNG's available | 1 | | |
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| 1965 | 12 | 13 | P | the Sampler Show live recorded @ Pete Gardner's house & broadcasted (1965-12-15) @ KRBE-fm ** | Houston | TX | also Carolyn Terry ,Don Evans ,Bob Gaston ,Robin Rinker ,Dickinson Glee with Mandoline Soceity and Tom Reid performed | list of dates + the setlists available | PNG + setlist available | 1 | ** The Sampler Show was a weekly at Monday live recorded and at Wednesday broacasted show on KRBE fm -hosted by Pete Gardner | |
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1965-12-13 Pete Gardners House-live at the Sampler Show |
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1965-12-13 the Sampler Show-Houston-TX |
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| 1965 | 12 | 19-20-21-22-23 | P | the Jester Lounge | Houston | TX | with Jerry Jeff Walker & Susan Spaw | the Houston Chronicle 1965-12-16 page : 99 + other dates | PNG's available | 1 | | |
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| 1965 | 12 | 26-27-28-29-30 | P | the Jester Lounge | Houston | TX | with Jerry Jeff Walker & Susan Spaw | the Houston Chronicle 1965-12-23 page : 10 + other dates | PNG's available | 1 | | |
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| 1965 | xx | xx | P | the Jester Lounge | Houston | TX | several performances-sometimes opening for Ligtnin' Hopkins !?! | A Deeper Blue & To Live's To Fly | both books available available | 2 | unknown dates | |
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| 1965 | xx | xx | P | Sand Mountain Coffeehouse | Houston | TX | several peformances > Sand Mountain opened mai 1965 > Townes and Fran lived in the small appartment above this venue for a couple of years ( 1965 + 1966 ) | the Daily Texan 1970-11-11 | PDF available | 2 | unknown dates > performances(in this venue) already in 1965 are a little unsure / Townes was sort of a janitor or night watch man during that time !! | |
| 1966 | 1 | 2-3-4-5-6 | P | the Jester Lounge | Houston | TX | with Jerry Jeff Walker -Baxter Taylor & Bob Bodine | the Houston Chronicle 1965-12-28 page : 12 + other dates | PNG available | 1 | here not Townes but his official name John van Zandt | |
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1966-xx-xx -1822 Broadway during the mid and late 1960ties the location building of the Beaumont Halfway Cafe on the second floor |
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1966-xx-xx -the Jester Lounge-Houston-TX-1966 |
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| 1966 | 1 | 3 | P | the Sampler Show live recorded @ Pete Gardner's house & broadcasted (1966-01-05) @ KRBE-fm | Houston | TX | also Bob Gaston ,Beverly Wehking ,Carolyn Terry ,Carl Snyder and Jerry Jeff Walker performed | available list with dates @ the Houston Folk Music Archives | PNG available | 1 | the Sampler Show was a weekly on Monday live recorded and at Wednesday broadcasted show at KRBE fm hosted by Pete Gardner live from his house | |
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1966-01-03 live at Pete Gardners House-the Sampler Show at KRBE fm |
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| 1966 | 1 | 9-10-11-12-13 | P | the Jester Lounge | Houston | TX | with Paul J Johnson & Susan Spaw | the Houston Chronicle 1966-01-06 page : 23 + other dates | PNG available | 1 | here not Townes but his official name John van Zandt | |
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| 1966 | 1 | 10 | P | the Sampler Show live recorded @ Pete Gardner's house & broadcasted (1966-01-12) @ KRBE-fm | Houston | TX | also Amy Goodenough ,John Lomax ,Susan Spaw ,Paul Johnson and Jerry Jeff Walker performed | A list with digital tapes made by Pete Gardner donated by the Gardner family to the Houston Folk Music Archives | PNG available | 1 | the Sampler Show was a weekly on Monday live recorded and at Wednesday broadcasted show at KRBE fm hosted by Pete Gardner live from his house | |
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1966-01-10 live at Pete Gardners House-the Sampler Show at KRBE fm |
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1966-01-10 the Sampler Show-Houston-TX |
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| 1966 | 1 | 15+16 | P | the Beaumont Halfway Coffeehouse | Beaumont | TX | | Townes tells this at the 1966-01-03 recorded version of Pete Gardner's Sampler show | Txt file available | 1 | | |
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| 1966 | 1 | 22+23 | P | the Beaumont Halfway Coffeehouse | Beaumont | TX | | Townes tells this at the 1966-01-03 recorded version of Pete Gardner's Sampler show | Txt file available | 1 | | |
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| 1966 | 1 | 25 | LE | Townes father : Harris Williams van Zandt died suddenly | Houston | TX | Harris died early in the morning in his house | the Texas death index 1903-2000 + the Austin American Statesman 1966-01-27 page : 20 | PDF + PNG available | 1 | | |
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1966-01-25 Townes father dies suddenly |
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1966-01-25 Townes father Harris Van Zandt died suddenly |
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| 1966 | 1 | 26 | LE | Funeral services for Townes father. | Houston | TX | the funeral /services was in the River Oaks Baptist Church | the Austin American Statesman 1966-01-27 page : 29 | PDF available | 1 | | |
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| 1966 | 1 | 27 | LE | Funeral @ Forest Park Lawndale | Houston | TX | the funeral was at Forest Park Lawndale | the Austin American Statesman 1966-01-27 page : 29 | PDF available | 1 | | |
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| 1966 | 2 | 7 | P | the Sampler Show live recorded @ Pete Gardner's house & broadcasted (1966-02-09) @ KRBE-fm | Houston | TX | also Gary White ,Don Sanders and Jerry Jeff Walker performed | A list with digital tapes made by Pete Gardner donated by the Gardner family to the Houston Folk Music Archives | PNG available | 1 | the Sampler Show was a weekly on Monday live recorded and at Wednesday broadcasted show at KRBE fm hosted by Pete Gardner live from his house | |
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| 1966 | 2 | 14 | P | the Sampler Show live recorded @ Pete Gardner's house & broadcasted (1966-02-23) @ KRBE-fm | Houston | TX | also Gary White ,Susan Spaw ,Amy Goodenough and Jerry Jeff Walker performed | A list with digital tapes made by Pete Gardner donated by the Gardner family to the Houston Folk Music Archives | PNG available | 1 | the Sampler Show was a weekly on Monday live recorded and at Wednesday broadcasted show at KRBE fm hosted by Pete Gardner live from his house | |
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1966-02-14 live at Pete Gardners House-the Sampler Show at KRBE fm |
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| 1966 | 2 | 24 | P | Jewish Community Centre | Houston | TX | with Jerry Jeff Walker | To Live's To Fly + a list with digital tapes donated by Pete Gardner to the Houston Folk Music Archives | PNG available | 1 | **Pete Gardner House is were Townes and Guy Clark met late 1965 | |
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1966-02-24 JCC Centre-Houston-TX |
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1966-02-24 Jerry Jeff Walker and Townes Van Zandt at the Jewisch Community Centre-Houston-TX |
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| 1966 | 3 | 14 | P | the Sampler Show live recorded @ the home of Rick & Louise Ack & broadcasted (1966-03-23) @ KRBE-fm | Houston | TX | also Susan Spaw ,Pete Gardner ,Carolyn Terry and Gary White performed | A list with digital tapes made by Pete Gardner donated by the Gardner family to the Houston Folk Music Archives | PNG available | 1 | the Sampler Show was a weekly broadcasted show hosted every Monday by Pete Gardner live from his house and broadcasted at KRBE fm | |
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1966-03-14 live at Pete Gardners House-the Sampler Show at KRBE fm |
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| 1966 | xx | xx | LE | Sand Mountain Coffeehouse owner Mrs Carrick introduce Wrecks Bell to Townes | Houston | TX | | To live's To Fly page : 49 | To Live's To Fly is available | 2 | exact date unknown | |
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| 1966 | xx | xx | P | "during these years played Townes relative multiple private gigs in Sand Mountains ""main"" room" | Houston | TX | with different others but many times with Kathy Rote | Kathy Rote in an interview with Houston Folk Music Archives 's Norie Gutrie | interview available | 2 | exact dates unknown / there were also several other locations in Texas were Townes (and Kathy) did private performances | |
| 1966 | xx | xx | P | the Jester Lounge | Houston | TX | several performances | official released :live @ the Jester Lounge-sometimes opening for Lightnin' Hopkins | recordings available | 2 | exact dates unknown | |
| 1966 | xx | xx | P | Sand Mountain Coffeehouse | Houston | TX | several performances | To Live's To Fly -sometimes Wrecks Bell opened | A Deeper Blue available | 2 or 3 | exact dates unknown | |
| 1966 | xx | xx | P | (David Hargis's) Beaumont Halfway Coffeehouse | Beaumont | TX | several performances | available articles -other regular performers Guy Clark,Jery Jeff Walker,Janis Joplin & others | article available | 2 or 3 | exact dates unknown | |
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| 1966 or 1967 | xx | xx | O + P | the Zodiac | Oklahoma City | OK | with Guy Clark & Doc Watson | during one of the late 1966 Oklahoma gigs metted Townes Richard Gammon who was the manager of the 11th Door venue in Austin -TX | | 2 | Wikipedea | |
| 1967 | 1 or 2 ?? | xx | P | the Second Fret | Philadelphia | PA | opening for Todd Rundgren's Woody's Truck Stop | Ray Benson (Asleep At The Wheel) article + Space Place and Protest 1968-1978 page : 169 | PDF + article & possible poster (without Townes name)available | 2 or 3 | exact date unknown/ but must have been in or before May >In May left Todd Rundgrenn Woody's Truckstop to form the psychedelic rockband Nazz | |
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1967-xx-xx -Cado Parish Studdard III and TVZ at the 11th Door-Austin TX |
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| 1967 | 3 | 13+14+15+16+17+18+19+20+21+22+23+24+25+26 | P | the 11th Door | Austin | TX | with Allen Damron >during 1967 was Townes house act @ the 11th Door/ sometimes in the weekends accompanied by the the Delta Boys | the Rag 1967-03-13 page : 8 + the Austin American Statesman 1967-03-16 page : 43 | PDF's available | 1 | | |
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| 1967 | 4 | 25+26+27+28+29+30 | P | the 11th Door | Austin | TX | with Bill Moss | the Rag 1967-04-24 page : ?? + the Austin American Statesman 1967-04-28 page : 29 | PDF available | 1 | | |
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| 1967 | 5 | xx | P | Ohio State Folk Festival @ the University of Ohio | Athens | OH | | Eric Andersen in Blue River | article available | 3 | exact dates unknown but the festival was in other years always in early or middle may ! | |
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| 1967 | 6 | 06+07+08+09+10+11+12+13+14+15+16+17+18 | P | the 11th Door | Austin | TX | first week with Mike & Marylyn | the Austin Summer Texan 1967-06-06 page : + the Austin Summer Texan 1967-06-13 page : 13 | both available | 1 | | |
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| 1967 | 7 | 10 | P | 4th annual Austin Music Festival @ (Beverly S.Sheffield) Zilker Hillside Theater | Austin | TX | summer music festival-KHFI FM(know as 96.7 KISS.FM)also Kenneth Threadgill -Sandy Rhodes & Allen Damron performed > organised by Rod Kennedy !!! | the Austin American Statesman 1967-07-10 page : 20 + the Austin American Statesman 1967-07-14 page : 19 | PDF's available | 1 | | |
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1967-07-10 4th annual music festival at Zilker Hillside Theatre-Austin-TX |
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| 1967 | 7 | 11+12+13+14+15+16 | P | the 11th Door | Austin | TX | with Carol Hedin | the Austin American Statesman 1967-07-17 page : 30 | PDF available | 1 | | |
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| 1967 | 7 | 18+19+20+21+22+23 | P | the 11th Door | Austin | TX | with Carol Hedin | the Rag 1967-07-17 page : 11 | PDF available | 1 | | |
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| 1967 | 8 | 14+15+16+17+18+19 | P | the 11th Door | Austin | TX | with Bill Moss | the Austin American Statesman 1967-08-18 page : 29 | PDF available | 1 | | |
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| 1967 | 8 or 9 | xx | P | "the trailer were Townes & Fran lived at the time > "" the Trailer Tapes""" | Houston | TX | "C.L.Milburn recordings known as ""the Trailer Tapes""" | the Austin American Statesman 1967-08-18 page : 29 + recordings & several other items by C.L.Milburn | PDF ,recordings ,contract & other rare items available | 2 | exact dates unknown , but in an article in the Austin American Statesman 1967-08-18 page :27 is written that Townes goes back to Houston (after that weekend) to record an album !! | |
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| 1967 | 10 | 02+03+04+05+06+07+08 | P | the 11th Door | Austin | TX | with P.J. & Amy Johnson | the Austin American Statesman 1967-10-07 page : 34 | PDF available | 1 | | |
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| 1967 | 10 | 20 | P | the 5th annual Corpus Cristi college Folk show(Del Mar Young Lions Hootenanny) @ Del Mar Auditorium | Corpus Cristi | TX | with Russ Thornberry & the Sundown Delegation -Todd Jones - Eule & Ron + the Vox Harmonic | the Austin American Statesman 1967-10-27 page : 36 + the Corpus Cristi Caller 1967-10-21 page : 19 | PDF available | 1 | | |
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| 1967 | 11 | 20+21 | P | the 11th Door | Austin | TX | with Paul Johnson | the Rag 1967-11-20 page : 15 | PDF available | 1 | | |
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| 1967 | 11 | 23+24+25+26 | P | the 11th Door | Austin | TX | with Paul Johnson | the Rag 1967-11-20 page : 15 | PDF available | 1 | | |
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| 1967 | 12 | 19+20+21+22+23+24 | P | the 11th Door | Austin | TX | with Bill Moss | the Rag 1967-12-18 page : 15 | PDF available | 1 | | |
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| 1967 | 12 | 26+27+28+29+30+31 | P | the 11th Door | Austin | TX | with Bill Moss | the Austin American Statesman 1967-12-29 page : 25 | PDF available | 1 | | |
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| 1967 | xx | xx | P | Sand Mountain Coffee House | Houston | TX | | several sources | | 2 or 3 | exact dates unknown | |
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| 1967 | xx | xx | P | San Jacinto college | Pasadena | TX | Carlos Calbillo opened | "a facebook comment by ""opener"" Carlos Calbillo" | | 3 | exact date unknown-no other information | |
| 1968 | 1 | 02+03+04+05 | P | the 11th Door | Austin | TX | with jazz pianist Sean Seagle & P.J.Johnson | the Austin American Statesman 1968-01-07 page : 75 | PDF available | 1 | | |
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1968-xx-xx -The Poppy Foundation-TvZ and Mandrake Memorial |
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1968-01-xx -the Good News Coffeehouse-San Antonio-TX |
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1968-07-xx -Jack Clement flew to Los Angeles to help produce a two record LP for Townes-Page-0052 |
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| 1968 | 1 | 08+09+10+11+12+13+14 | P | the 11th Door | Austin | TX | with Richard Dean | the Rag 1968-01-08 page : 16 | PDF available | 1 | In Januari -short after these gigs is the 11th Door venue closed/A couple of weeks later reopened as the Insomnia. | |
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| 1968 | 1 | 15+16+17+18+19+20 | P | the Good News Folk Club & Coffeehouse | San Antonio | TX | with Hank & Diane + Carol Cisneros opening | the Trinitonian 1968-01-16 page : 4 | PDF available | 1 | | |
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| 1968 | 1 | late | P | (Doyle) Jones studio | Houston | TX | "recording a demo record produced by Mickey Newbury & his partner Jay Boyett > probably the basic recordings for ""In The Beginning"" ??" | A Deeper Blue & To Live's To Fly & several other sources | Mickey and Townes became good friends & Mickey & Jay became TvZ's first managers* | 2 | exact dates unknown -Jay did all the work-Mickey keeped this secret for TvZ | |
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| 1968 | 1 | late | P | (Doyle) Jones studio | Houston | TX | "Townes met ""Cowboy""Jack Clement through Mickey Newbury and signed a publishing contract with Hall-Clement" | A Deeper Blue & To Live's To Fly & several other sources | Jack Clement's friend Lamar Fike introduced Townes to Kevin Eggers | 2 | exact dates unknown | |
| 1968 | 2 | early | LE | Townes signed a recordingcontract with Kevin Eggers Poppy label | New York City | NY | Kevin also partly took over the managment from Newbury/Boyett | A Deeper Blue & several other sources | late januari or early februari 1968 > first recordings already @ 1968-02-19 | 1 or 2 | exact dates unknown | |
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| 1968 | 2 | 19 | P | "MGM studios > recording sessions of 2 songs for Townes first single >also used at ""For The Sake Of The Song""" | New York City | NY | "recording sessions of 2 songs-possible for a single & his first album ""For The Sake Of The Song""" | """the MGM Labels 1961-1982"" by Michel Ruppli-pages 367 /368 " | map with annotation | 1 | recorded songs :Waiting Around To Die & Talking Karate Blues -Townes was accompanied by Mickey Newbury who was Townes first great fan !!! | |
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| 1968 | 3 | 07+08+09 | P | the Good News Folk Club & Coffeehouse | San Antonio | TX | | the Trinitonian 1968-03-08 page : 7 | PDF available | 1 | | |
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| 1968 | 3 | 14+15+16 | P | the Good News Folk Club & Coffeehouse | San Antonio | TX | also Caddo Parish & the Delta Mamma Boys - Neil Smeltzer & others performed | the Trinitonian 1968-03-15 page : 6 | PDF available | 1 | | |
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| 1968 | 4 | 3 | P | "MGM studios > recording sessions of 7 songs ""For The Sake Of The Song"" produced by Jack Clement and Jim Malloy" | New York City | NY | "recording sessions of 7 unrecorded songs for ""For The Sake Of The Song""" | """the MGM Labels 1961-1982"" by Michel Ruppli-pages 372 /373 /374" | map with annotation | 1 | recorded songs :Tecumseh Valley -Sad Cinderella -Many A Fine Lady -Sixteen Summers,Fifteen Falls-I'll Be There In The Morning -All Your Young Servants & the Velvet Voices | |
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| 1968 | 4 | late | O | Townes first single Waiting Around To Die/Talking Karate Blues released on Poppy Records | New York City | NY | B side : Talking Karate Blues > also produced by Jack Clement & Jim Malloy | the Billboard 1968-05-11 page : 22 + the Cash Box 1968-05-18 page : 36 | | 1 or 2 | exact date unknown | |
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| 1968 | 4 or 5 | xx | O | "Owen Bradley's ""Quonset Hut"" studio" | Nashville | TN | "mastering of the songs for ""For The Sake Of The Song""/First album > (over) produced by ""Cowboy""Jack Clement himself" | several sources > possible are the last 2 songs : Quicksilver Daydreams of Maria & For The Sake of The Song here recorded + mastered | | 1 or 2 | exact dates unknown- released early august 1968 >source billboard -1968-08-10 page : 62 | |
| 1968 | 6 | late | O | """For The Sake Of The Song /First album"" released on the Poppy label" | New York City | NY | * For The Sake Of The Song was the first released LP on the new Poppy Label ! | several sources | PDF available | 1 or 2 | exact date unsure | |
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| 1968 | 7 | middle | O | Jack Clement flew to Los Angeles to help produce a two record LP !! for Townes | Los Angeles | CA | "at first ""Our Mother The Mountain"" was planned to be a two disc's album. There are 18 songs recorded " | the Record World 1968-10-12 page :58 | PDF available | 1 | conclusion : Our Mother The Mountain was at first planned to be a two record LP | |
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| 1968 | 7 | 18 | P | MGM /Sunset studios | Hollywood/Los Angeles | CA | "recording sessions of 5 songs - for ""Our Mother The Mountain""at the MGM/Sunset studios" | """the MGM Labels 1961-1982"" by Michel Ruppli-page 591" | map with annotation | 1 | recorded songs :Apt.213* -Don't Take It Too Bad -Snake Mountain Blues- Be Here To Love Me & Why She's Acted That Way> * = Black Jack Mamma | |
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| 1968 | 7 | 22 | P | MGM /Sunset studios | Hollywood/Los Angeles | CA | "recording sessions of 4 songs - for ""Our Mother The Mountain""" | """the MGM Labels 1961-1982"" by Michel Ruppli-page 591" | map with annotation | 1 | recorded songs :Tecumseh Valley -My Proud Mountains-St.John The Gambler & Our Mother The Mountain | |
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| 1968 | 7 | 23 | P | MGM /Sunset studios | Hollywood/Los Angeles | CA | "recording sessions of 9 songs - for ""Our Mother The Mountain""" | """the MGM Labels 1961-1982"" by Michel Ruppli-page 591" | map with annotation | 1 | recorded songs :Black Widow Blues-Kathleen's Strings- Miss Carousel-Like A Summer Thursday -She Came And She Touched Me -Turnstyled Junkpiled -Second Lovers Song -Hunger Child Blues & Tower Song | |
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| 1968 | 7 | late | P or O ? | the Steve Allen TV Show(CBS TV)* | Los Angeles | CA | pre-recorded | the Chicago Tribune 1968-08-27 page : 47 + the Desert Sun 1968-09-10 page : 8 | PDF's available > broadcasted in several states on different dates | 2 | exact recording date unknown !! >other participaters were Joanne Woodward,Pat Harrington.Louise Hueber & the Irish Rovers | |
| 1968 | 8 + 9? | xx | O | "Townes lives for weeks in the Colorado mountains together with his""cowboy"" girlfriend Gretchen" | Boulder | CO | Townes and Gretchen spended many weeks with traveling on horses in the wilderness >Townes wrote his song Colorado Girl concerning Gretchen | some sources | | 1 or 2 | exact dates unknown | |
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| 1968 | 9 | 26 | P | the Folk Thing: benefit for Pacifica Radio Foundation @ the Cullen Auditorium at the Unversity of Houston | Houston | TX | headliner was Lightnin' Hopkins with Guy & Susan Clark(Spaw) ,Townes van Zandt, Frank Davis , John Carrick & others | the Houston Chronicle 1968-09-22 page : 172 + the Houston Chronicle 1968-08-27 page : ?? | PNG's available | 1 | | |
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| 1968 | 11 | 7 | P | MGM studios | New York City | NY | Bell Sound Studios > booked recording sessions for 10 songs- No other details are given | """the MGM Labels 1961-1982"" by Michel Ruppli-page 416" | map with annotation | 1 or 2 | no other information available ?? | |
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| 1968 | 12 | 11+12+13+14 | P | "Snackbar I @ the Lamar State College of Technology / ""What's Your Bag Folk Festival""" | Beaumont | TX | also Guy Clark-David Hargis & Beauregard performed > all four singers appeared at a different show every day | the Redbird 1968-12-06 page : 1 + the Redbird 1968-12-13 page : 8 | PDF's available | 1 | | |
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| 1968 | several | weekend's | P | the Sword in the Stone | Oklahoma City | OK | with Guy Clark | several sources | | 2 or 3 | dates unknown/ during these weekend mettet Guy Clark the Talley Sisters : First had Guy a long distance relation with Bunny > later Susanna became Guy's wife for over 40 years | |
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| 1968 | xx | xx | P | Sand Mountain Coffee House | Houston | TX | | several sources | | 2 or 3 | exact dates unknown | |
| 1969 | 2 | early | O | Second Lovers Song/Tecumseh Valley released as single on Poppy | New York City | NY | first sended as a double A side with one stereo and one mono side to DJ's > later copies had Tecumseh Valley as B side ! | the Cash Box 1969-02-01 page : 44 | PDF available | 1 | "with a double ""A"" side -one in stereo & one in mono-available for disjockeys" | |
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1969-xx-xx -1970-the Bitter End |
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1969-xx-xx -Sand Mountain Cofffeehouse |
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1969-xx-xx -the Poppy Foundation |
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1969-xx-xx -TvZ and Sam Lightnin Hopkins-in J.Lomaxs garden Houston-TX |
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1969-xx-xx -TvZ Fran Lohr-Darryl Harris-John Pops Julia Bibi and Mimi Lomax Lightnin and Antoinette Hopkins-Charles at John Lomaxs garden in Houston-TX |
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1969-xx-xx -TvZ with a Puppy |
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| 1969 | 4 | 11 | LE | Townes & Fran's son JohnTownes(J.T.) is born | Houston | TX | | several sources | | 1 | | |
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| 1969 | 4 | middle | O | """Our Mother The Mountain"" released on Poppy" | New York City | NY | | the Billboard's 1969-04-26 page : 67 + the Billboard 1969--05-03 page : 54 | PDF available | 1 or 2 | exact date unknown | |
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| 1969 | 5 | middle /late | P | "recording sessions @ Bradley's Barn for ""Townes Van Zandt""" | Nashville | TN | released septembre 1969 >produced by Jack Clement & Kevin Eggers | | official released recordings available | 1 or 2 | exact dates unknown | |
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| 1969 | 6 | 04+05+06+07 | P | Steve Paul's the Scene | New York City | NY | with the Children Of God - the Band Ralph opened | the Cash Box 1969-06-17 page : 20 + advertisment poster +the DVD Be Here To Love Me | PDF & add poster available | 1 | | |
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1969-06-04 05 06 07 08-TvZ at Steve Pauls the Scene-New York-NY with thr Children Of God |
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1969-06-04 until 08-Steve Pauls the Scene-Page-0020 |
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| 1969 | 6 | xx | P | the Woodrose Hall & Ballroom | Deerfield | MA | with Van Morrison | Velvet Underground gigposter(s) | posters available | 2 or 3 | exact dates unknown > written on the Velvet underground gigposter : Coming soon Townes van Zandt + Van Morrison | |
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| 1969 | 7 | 04+05+06+07+08 | P | Sand Mountain Coffee House | Houston | TX | with Don Sanders & Darryl S. Harris | Space City 1969-07-04 page : 24 | PDF available | 1 or 2 | total number of dates unknown > nightly during a longer period ?? | |
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| 1969 | 7 | 22 | P | Townes home : performance & interview for radio KPFA-fm Berkeley-CA | Houston | TX | """Townes at home""" | KPFA folio july 1969 page : 37 | JPEG available | 1 or 2 | possible pre-recorded ?? | |
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| 1969 | 7 & 8 | xx | P | the Old Quarter | Houston | TX | with Don Sanders & Rex Bell | Space City 1969-07-17 page : 24 | PDF available | 1 or 2 | total number of dates unknown > nightly during a longer period | |
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| 1969 | 8 | 30 | O | the Holy Rosary Church | Houston | TX | "Townes was @ the mariage of John Lomax III & Julia ""Bidy"" Taylor" | article available + photo available | | 1 | | |
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| 1969 | 9 | 11+12+13+14+15 | P | the Bitter End | New York City | NY | with Turley Richards | the Billboard 1969-09-20 page : 24 + advertisment posters | PDF + posters available | 1 | Townes should become $ 150 for playing the 5 days > because of the poor audience occupancy he recieved only $ 75 | |
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| 1969 | 9 | late | O | """Townes Van Zandt"" released on Poppy " | New York City | NY | | the Cashbox-1969-09-27 page : 22 | PDF available | 1 or 2 | exact date unknown | |
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| 1969 | 10 | 23+24+25+26 | P | the Main Point | Bryn Mawr | PA | with Andy Robinson | the Villanovan 1969-10-22 page : 7 +the Main Point performers list | PDF + performers page available | 1 | | |
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| 1969 | 11 | 26 | P | "revue ""Poppy Gives Thanks"" @ the Carnegie Hall" | New York | NY | with Mandrake Memorial & Dick Gregory | official released :A Gentle Evening with TvZ | recordings available | 1 | | |
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1969-11-26 A Gentle Evening with Townes van Zandt |
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1969-11-26 -Carnegie Hall-TvZ-Mandrake Memorial and Dick Gregory |
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1969-11-26 -Carnege Hall-New York City-NY |
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| 1969 | 12 | 31 | P | Whisky A Go Go Club | Hollywood | CA | opening for Johnny Rivers | a comment by Glenn Christmas on Blue Sky + Johnny Rivers appearances list | | 4 | very unsure !! We only have the comment and this date on Johnny Rivers touring list >there is no other information available !! | |
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| 1969 | first 7 months | xx | P | Sand Mountain Coffee House | Houston | TX | several appearances | A Deeper Blue | A Deeper Blue available | 2 or 3 | exact dates unknown | |
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| 1969 | from mai + later | xx | P | the Old Quarter | Houston | TX | several appearances >Wrecks Bell & his first partner Cecil Slayton bought the club spring 1969 > soon after Dale Soffar bought Cecil's part | Fran Petters/Lohr & Wrecks Bell in A Deeper Blue | A Deeper Blue available | 2 or 3 | exact dates unknown | |
| 1969 | xx | xx | P | Family Hand | Houston | TX | several Appearances | article live @ Liberty Hall | | 3 or 4 | exact dates unknown/no other information | |
| 1969 | xx | xx | P | Gerde's Folk City | Greenwich | NY | EmmyLou Harris opened | EmmyLou Harris in the film Be Here To Love Me | DVD Be Here To Love Me available | 3 or 4 | exact dates unknown/no other information | |
| 1969 | xx | xx | P | the Sword & the Stone | Oklahoma City | OK | with Guy Clark | several sources | | 3 or 4 | exact dates unknown/no other information | |
