TOWNES AND ME
Reflecting on my encounters with the late, great Texan singer and songwriter on the day he would have turned 80.
If Townes Van Zandt had lived a healthier life he would be celebrating his 80th birthday today (March 7). But those who were close to Townes surely doubted he would reach such an age, so fragile did he appear and so punishing was the lifestyle he embraced. Not that such thoughts crossed my mind when I encountered the man some now call “the Texan poet la…