"James Szalapski's documentary Heartworn Highways. Recorded in 1975, released in 1981. Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard covered his song 'Pancho and Lefty,' scoring a number one hit on the Billboard country music charts. Despite achievements like these, the bulk of his life was spent touring various dive bars often living in cheap motel rooms, backwoods cabins, and on friends' couches. Van Zandt was notorious for his drug addictions, alcoholism, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and insulin shock therapy erased much of his long-term memory."
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YouTube: Heartworn Highways Trailer, Townes Van Zandt - Pancho and Lefty, Townes van Zandt - Waitin' Around To Die, Guy Clark - That old time feeling, Townes Van Zandt In His Element, David Allan Coe - I Still Sing the Old Songs, Rodney Crowell - Bluebird Wine, Richard Dobson - Hard by the Highway, , Uncle Seymour Washington gives some advice on life
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