No Deeper Blue (Reissue)

When we think of Townes Van Zandt records, we tend not to cast our minds to the mid-1990s, but it was indeed some thirty years ago No Deeper Blue was born. This was Townes' tenth studio album, and the last to be released before his death a few years later. Recorded in Ireland after a dream inspired him to fly there, the album features gut punchers like A Song For, and lullabies for his children. A thoughtful end to his - Flying Out

No Deeper Blue is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt. This was Van Zandt's first studio album of original songs newly recorded in the seven years following At My Window, and the last to be widely released before his death on New Year's Day in 1997.

The album features fourteen brand new Van Zandt compositions. The singer's third wife Jeanene recalls in To Live's To Fly finding the lyrics to A Song For scribbled on a notepad and, after reading them, tearfully said, "Townes, this new song is so beautiful. It's bound to be my favourite," to which Van Zandt replied, "Song my ass...That's a suicide note." The album features some lighter moments, such as the comical Billy, Boney and Ma and the bluesy Goin' Down To Memphis, and some heartfelt moments as well, with Van Zandt including lullabies to his two youngest children, Hey Willy Boy and Katie Belle Blue (the liner notes include a dedication "to John (JT), Will, and Katie Bell"). In a 1994 interview, Van Zandt explained to Aretha Sills, "One is for my wife called Lover’s Lullaby. And one I wrote for money, about Will, who’s eleven. Got a phone call from a record company, said we’re putting together an album of lullabies. I said, 'I'm not sure I have any lullabies.' 'Well, there’s money in it.' 'Oh, Yeah! I got one. I got a good one!'

Tracklist:

1. A Song For 
2. Blaze's Blues 
3. The Hole 
4. Marie 
5. Goin' Down To Memphis 
6. Hey Willy Boy 
7. Niles River Blues 
8. Billy, Boney and Ma 
9. Katie Belle Blues 
10. If I Was Washington 
11. Lover's Lullaby 
12. Cowboy Junkies Lament 
13. BW Railroad blues 
14. Gone Too Long