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About Me

This page is maintained by Rakefilms, we produced BE HERE TO LOVE ME: A FILM ABOUT TOWNES VAN ZANDT. You can check out more at our website: TOWNESTHEMOVIE.COMAs a musician, Townes Van Zandt was legendary recording dozens of albums over a career spanning more than 30 years. Although he never had a hit, his work have been covered with great success by Willie Nelson and Emmylou Harrish and has inspired artists from Bob Dylan to Norah Jones. As a man, a husband, and a father his life was as tragic and as beautiful as the songs he wrote. Townes was an enigma to his family, pinned between a deep longing for home and the nomadic lifestyle that was necessary for his livelihood. Director Margaret Brown's BE HERE TO LOVE ME is an artful, expertly directed portrait of both of these sides of Van Zandt and ultimately serves as an insightful look at the sacrifices, challenges, and consequences faced in pursuit of a dream. Haunting and lyrical, BE HERE TO LOVE ME combines emotional interviews with friends and family with never seen footage of Townes Van Zandt, from rare performance and interview footage to intimate portraits shot in Van Zandts own home throughout the years. It also includes appearances by many famous musicians, including Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Kris Kristofferson, Steve Earle, and Emmylou Harris.

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Member Since: 10/20/2005
Band Website: townesthemovie.com
Band Members: T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE UNTIL THE END OF JULY!
Record Label: Tomato
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Okkervil River Video directed by Margaret Brown

Hi Friends,I'd love for you to take a look at this video that I directed -- up on Pitchfork as of yesterday. Hopefully it will be up on myspace soon!best,Margaret BrownDirector - Be Here To Love Mehtt...
Posted by Townes Van Zandt on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:40:00 PST

New T shirts on website

Hi, we've got some t-shirts that Jordan Mattos designed up on our website. I ran into him at a party at SXSW and he was wearing a Fassbinder "beware of the holy whore" tshirt that was hand-drawn with ...
Posted by Townes Van Zandt on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:56:00 PST

A Great Day in the UK

Hey, i just wanted to post this from Lucy Evans - the "graceless lady" of myspace fame - who organized a fabulous sold out event for the UK release of Be Here To Love Me last Saturday, and managed to ...
Posted by Townes Van Zandt on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:22:00 PST

Showcase Event for BE HERE Release in the UK

Tickets for this event are selling quickly!!! "Be Here To Love Me" A night celebrating the music of Townes Van Zandt. To tie in with the UK DVD release of Margaret Brown's critically acclaimed documen...
Posted by Townes Van Zandt on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:25:00 PST

Be Here To Love Me - Atlanta screenings and new t-shirts

Reminding y'all that there is a screening of Be Here To Love Me tonight at Cinefest in Atlanta 6pm - will Bill Hedgepeth speaking afterward. Please tell your friends. www.cinefest.com has the details ...
Posted by Townes Van Zandt on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:01:00 PST

Be here To Love Me - TV premiere tonight on Sundance Channel 9pm

Be Here To Love Me has it's US television premiere tonight.http://www.sundancechannel.com/docday/Also, at long last, we are finally showing the film in Atlanta. Here are the details:The film is showin...
Posted by Townes Van Zandt on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:53:00 PST

DVD raffle winners

Bruce McKiel and Clem Johnson were the winners of the autographed copies of Be Here To Love Me. Thanks to everyone who entered, we are about to announce another contest that will involve your writing ...
Posted by Townes Van Zandt on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:25:00 PST

Win a DVD of Be Here To Love Me

Heres how it works:Send an email to [email protected] - write "raffle-myspace" in the subject line. The winners will be announced in two weeks. We're going to be giving away some new tshirts and po...
Posted by Townes Van Zandt on Sat, 13 May 2006 10:05:00 PST

DVD FINALLY AVAILABLE

at www.townesthemovie.com
Posted by Townes Van Zandt on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:10:00 PST

Theatrical openings this weekend in Dallas, Houston, Winston-Salem, Bloomington and Denver.

We are opening in these cities today- please come out and spread the word.More information is on the website - www.townesthemovie.comHOUSTON TXAngelika Film Center510 Texas Avenue, 77002(Margaret Brow...
Posted by Townes Van Zandt on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:56:00 PST