Be Here to Love Me [Fat Possum] (2007)

About this title: Be Here to Love Me is the official soundtrack from a docmentary film by Margaret Brown about Townes Van Zandt. The music on these two discs is largely taken from Van Zandt's catalog on Tomato, but there are a couple of live cuts and alternate versions of previously released cuts contributed by his longtime manager Harold F. Eggers. These include "Nothin'," "Black Crow Blues," and "To Live's to Fly." There are a few bits of movie audio offered by Brown. In sum, this is a two-disc compilation that feels like a road trip through the songwriter's life. There is love, drama, tragedy, and the ... read more

Tracks:

1. I've Designed It That Way
2. At My Window
3. Highway Kind
4. Rake
5. Pancho and Lefty
6. My Proud Mountains
7. Nothin'
8. Dollar Bill Blues
9. Waitin' Round to Die
10. If I Needed You
11. Where I Lead Me
12. Be Here to Love Me
13. No Place to Fall
14. My Starter Won't Start
15. Wild Crazy Things
16. Rex's Blues
17. Black Crow Blues
18. Don't You Take It Too Bad
19. When She Don't Need Me
20. Snake Song
21. Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold
22. Flyin' Shoes
23. Delta Momma Blues
24. Marie
25. To Live's to Fly
26. Brand New Companion
27. High, Low and in Between
28. St. John the Gambler
29. I Just Had to Fall

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.