American musician Townes Van Zandt (1944 – 1997) performs at the Sixth Annual Folk Heritage Day at the Roots of American Music Festival at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, New York, New York, August 27, 1989. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – OCTOBER 17: Townes Van Zandt, guitar and vocals, performs at the Paradiso on October 17th 1991 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Frans Schellekens/Redferns)
Singer and songwriter Rodney Crowell performs at an outdoor music festival in Agoura, California in early 1975 along with Emmylou Harris (Photo by Dan Reeder/Getty Images)
ATHENS, GA. – MAY 20: Singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt plays his guitar at writer Jim Pettigrew's apartment after performing at The Last Resort on May 20, 1973 in Athens, Georgia. (Photo by Tom Hill/WireImage)