Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (2004)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Margaret Brown

Release Date:

22 December 2005 (Germany)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography | Music

Tagline:

What would you sacrifice to follow your dream?

Plot Keywords:

Concert Footage | Music Industry | Folk Music | Singer | Solo Performance

Cast

Townes van Zandt	...	Himself (archive footage)
Joe Ely	...	Himself
Guy Clark	...	Himself
Willie Nelson	...	Himself
Kris Kristofferson	...	Himself
Donna Spence	...	Herself
Ann Rice	...	Herself
Luke Sharpe	...	Himself
John Ruehl	...	Himself
Bob 'Maverick' Myrick	...	Himself
Frank 'Chito' Greer	...	Himself
Fran Lohr	...	Herself
Jerry Jeff Walker	...	Himself
Kevin Eggers	...	Himself
Wrecks Bell	...	Himself

Runtime:

99 min | Argentina:99 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Rake Films

Movie Connections:

Features Heartworn Highways (1981)

Soundtrack:

Rex's Blues

Townes Van Zandt: The best songwriter of the past 100 years

I can say without a doubt, that Townes Van Zandt is simply best American songwriter of the past century. He owes a lot to classic bluesmen like Lightnin Hopkins and country balladeers like Hank Williams, but for my money, he's the greatest. He has an economy of words and a poetry that none of his competition comes close to. Many people would site Dylan as the greatest, but I think Townes blows him out of the water. There is a rawness, and realness to Townes that you very rarely hear in music, period. You can feel the pain and longing that haunted this man, also the genius poet at work and occaissonally goofy fun lover in all his songs. I discovered Townes thanks to this movie, so I feel indebted to it for introducing me to some of the best music I've ever heard.