Das Album „Nashville Sessions“ darf hier eigentlich nicht fehlen. Das wäre wohl auch mein Geheimfavorit.
Flying Shoes is interesting for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it showed that Van Zandt’s songs could really shine when left to their own devices, even if there’s an argument that the classic idea of just Van Zandt and his guitar is the best). Secondly, six songs here are revisions of cuts from The Nashville Sessions. Recorded in 1973, The Nashville Sessions languished in Poppy Records‘ bankruptcy limbo before finally being released in 1993, by which time most of its songs had been released elsewhere (Live at the Old Quarter featured four of them). It’s dominated by full country arrangements, and in the few short years between these recordings and „Flyin‘ Shoes, Van Zandt had trimmed songs like „Rex’s Blues“, „Pueblo Waltz“, „Loretta“, and „No Place to Fall“ of nearly all their fat.
http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/v/vanzandttownes-reissues.shtml
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