Many people have mentioned Guy Clark - one of Townes's best friends. One name that hasn't yet been mentioned is Eric Taylor, a very talented and very intense songwriter from Houston. Some of Eric's songs have been recorded by Nanci Griffith, with whom he used to be married, but you can't beat his solo albums. If you can get ahold of his early album Featherbed, you should - but his new ones are almost as good.

Several of Townes's songs are in the Digital Tradition - I know, 'cause I put them there.

Dan Schatz