Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (2004)

Directors

Margaret Brown

Cast

Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Joe Ely, Guy Clark, Lyle Lovett, Donna Spence, Ann Rice, Luke Sharpe, John Ruehl, Bob 'Maverick' Myrick

The story

Townes Van Zandt was a well-regarded and influential musician and songwriter. The film follows his life as an artist, and documents the impressions he made on other musicians, his commitment to a mental facility, involvement in music, drugs and alcohol, departure from his family, several of his live performances, and general life on the road. The film covers some of Van Zandt's time spent in Houston, Texas, where he began his musical development, though according to the film's DVD commentary, much was excluded from the early years, when he met many of his early influences and lifelong friends (Lightnin' Hopkins, Guy Clark, Steve Earle,…

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