My years with Townes Van Zandt - Harold F. Eggers

Other people locked themselves away and hid from their demons. Townes flung open his door and said
'Come on in.'
So writes Harold Eggers
Townes Van Zandt's longtime road manager and producer
in My Years with Townes Van Zandt: Music
Genius
and Rage
a gripping memoir revealing the inner core of an enigmatic troubadour
whose deeply poetic music was a source of inspiration and healing for millions but was for himself a torment struggling for dominance among myriad personal demons.Townes Van Zandt often stated that his main musical mission was to
write the perfect song that would save someone's life.
However
his life was a work in progress he was constantly struggling to shape and comprehend. Eggers says of his close friend and business partner that
like the master song craftsman he was
he was never truly satisfied with the final product but always kept giving it one more shot
one extra tweak
one last effort. A vivid
firsthand account exploring the source of the singer's prodigious talent
widespread influence
and relentless path toward self-destruction
My Years with Townes Van Zandt presents the truth of that all-consuming artistic journey told by a close friend watching it unfold.