Townes Van Zandt - Live at the Jester Lounge (Full Album) [1966]
Townes Van Zandt - Live at the Jester Lounge was recorded in Houston, Texas in 1966. This album, which may be the earliest live recording of Townes Van Zandt at a commercial performing venue, immediately brings to mind the fabled Sun Sessions of Elvis Presley.
Track Listing:
1. Colorado Bound
2. Hello Central
3. Cannon Ball Blues
4. Talkin' Birth Control Blues
5. Louisanna Girl Blues
6 I'm So Lonesome (I Could Cry)
7. Talkin' Karate Blues
8. Trouble in Mind
9. Black Crow Blues
10. T for Texas
11. Mustang Blues
12. Talkin' Thunderbird Blues
13. Badly Mistreated Blues
(plus three bonus tracks with jokes)
In 1966, Townes Van Zandt was learning his craft as a singer-songwriter and had landed a spot as a \"one-man house band\" at the Jester. The Jester was a small nightclub on Westheimer Boulevard in the city's Montrose section, the flamboyant bohemian quarter where young people and music lovers flocked to enjoy the sights and sounds of the mid-'60s counter culture, Houston-style. Townes had come to Houston the year before after dropping out of the University of Colorado and decided to seek his fortune as a musician. The Jester was, Townes recalled, \"the first place I ever got paid real money for singing.\"
