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Townes Van Zandt

Live at Union Chapel, London, England

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2006

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You could go broke and mad navigating the many live releases from the Texas Dylan's final years. But in this 1994 show, on two CDs, the highs -- the loner's yearning in "If I Needed You"; the detailed warfare of the card game in "Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold"; the gripping darkness in "The Hole" -- far outnumber the strained notes. And you can't help admiring the poetry he tries to wring from "The Shrimp Song," a slice of idiocy from the Elvis Presley movie Girls, Girls, Girls -- and laughing along as he finally gives up.

DAVID FRICKE

(Posted: Mar 6, 2006)

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