Sunset, Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 07:29PM
BVD in Blue Ridge, J. Tillman, Sunset Paintings, Sunsetology, Townes Van Zandt, mountains, music, “My Proud Mountains”

William Theodore Van Doren. Painted at Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 16 x 20.

Thanks to J. Tillman, who I heard for the first time today, I also heard, for the first time, “My Proud Mountains” by Townes Van Zandt, from a tribute album by mostly newer artists called Introducing Townes Van Zandt Via The Great Unknown. The following may seem a little morbid, especially considering the course TVZ’s life took, but ... anyway ... by way of burial instructions, the song says, lay him down easy –

with only my mountains between me and the sun

Article originally appeared on The Very Rich Hours (http://www.theveryrichhours.com/).