Light On Dark Water

I've been meaning to post a couple of these since the marvelous concert last weekend. Here she is with some guitar player, singing a song that leaves one with the question: would it be worth it to die young if somebody would sing about you like this afterward? (I've assumed that this song is at least partly about Gram Parsons–right-click here and open a new window if you want to read the lyrics while you listen.)

And here she is, much younger, doing one of the greatest songs of one of the greatest songwriters, Townes van Zandt:

And one of the greatest country-gospel songs:

If you like "Michelangelo," you really need to get the album Red Dirt Girl.

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