Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p At My Window is an album released by Folk/country singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt in 1987. This was Van Zandt's first studio album in the nine years that followed 1978's Flyin' Shoes, and his only studio album recorded in the 1980s. Although the songwriter had become less prolific over the years, this release showed that the quality of his material remained high. The title track and "Buckskin Stallion Blues" in particular are frequently cited as standout tracks."Buckskin Stallion Blues" was later recorded and adopted as the title track of a 1994 collaborative EP by country singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore and grunge rockers Mudhoney. Other notable covers of these songs include Robert Earl Keen's take on "Snowin' on Raton" for his Gravitational Forces album and Pat Green & Cory Morrow's cover of "Ain't Leavin' Your Love" on Songs We Wish We'd Written.In addition to the songwriting, another highlight of this release is the cast of talented musicians. Features such as the fiddle and mandolin playing of Mark O'Connor and the harmonica playing of Mickey Raphael, all complement Van Zandt's songs in a way that string arrangements on some of his earlier recordings did not. With the exception of the re-recording of "For the Sake of the Song", the title track of Van Zandt's first album, these were all previously unreleased songs by the artist.The CD liner notes quote a 1987 New York Times review that draws comparisons between Van Zandt and Hank Williams, "...Their songwriting craft and vocal musicianship are exceptional, but what you hear beyond that: it seems to be the direct, untrammeled expression of a man's soul..." Comparisons of the lives of these two men continued to increase following Van Zandt's death on New Years Day 1997 — 44 years after the day of Williams' death.. }
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- At_My_Window_(album) abstract "At My Window is an album released by Folk/country singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt in 1987. This was Van Zandt's first studio album in the nine years that followed 1978's Flyin' Shoes, and his only studio album recorded in the 1980s. Although the songwriter had become less prolific over the years, this release showed that the quality of his material remained high. The title track and "Buckskin Stallion Blues" in particular are frequently cited as standout tracks."Buckskin Stallion Blues" was later recorded and adopted as the title track of a 1994 collaborative EP by country singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore and grunge rockers Mudhoney. Other notable covers of these songs include Robert Earl Keen's take on "Snowin' on Raton" for his Gravitational Forces album and Pat Green & Cory Morrow's cover of "Ain't Leavin' Your Love" on Songs We Wish We'd Written.In addition to the songwriting, another highlight of this release is the cast of talented musicians. Features such as the fiddle and mandolin playing of Mark O'Connor and the harmonica playing of Mickey Raphael, all complement Van Zandt's songs in a way that string arrangements on some of his earlier recordings did not. With the exception of the re-recording of "For the Sake of the Song", the title track of Van Zandt's first album, these were all previously unreleased songs by the artist.The CD liner notes quote a 1987 New York Times review that draws comparisons between Van Zandt and Hank Williams, "...Their songwriting craft and vocal musicianship are exceptional, but what you hear beyond that: it seems to be the direct, untrammeled expression of a man's soul..." Comparisons of the lives of these two men continued to increase following Van Zandt's death on New Years Day 1997 — 44 years after the day of Williams' death.".