J.T. Van Zandt -- If I Needed You
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JT Van Zandt performs "If I Needed You", written by Townes Van Zandt.
JT Van Zandt, son the legendary singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt, recently played at the 5th Annual Roky Erickson Psychedelic Ice Cream Social. The concert featured, Roky Erickson and the Explosives, Spoon, Robyn Hitchcock and Peter Buck, Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai, Tommy Hancock, Black lips
, Powell St. John, Sumner Erickson of the Texcentrics. The Concert was hosted by radio guru Jack Blood with special guest anti-psychiatry activist and author Leonard Roy Franks and Dr. John Breeding. The Roky Erickson Trust celebrated electroshock Therapy survivors. Roky Erickson, Townes Van Z
andt, Leonard Franks, Jim Franklin (poster artist for the event) are all electroshock therapy, ECT survivors. The Ice Cream Social is co-sponsored this year by the Coalition for the Abolition of Electroshock in Texas (CAEST). Many artists have been hurt over the years by the labels and biological
treatments of the mental health system. Roky Erickson, Townes Van Zandt and Jim Franklin are Austin music legends who suffered from psychiatric electroshock, also known as electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT. Families Rock Productions is also a co-sponsor. Stay tuned for more concert footage. Link
s Roky Erickson Trust http://www.rokyerickson.net/ Coalition for the Abolition of Electroshock in Texas http://www.endofshock.com/ Family's Rock http://www.familiesrock.com/ Video footage by Mary Marvel http://www.youtube.com/marymarvelworks Editing by Psychetruth http://www.youtube.com/ps
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| Awesome! ( 1 year ago by mrbaird) |
| Awesome! |
| I love this song. ... ( 1 year ago by starlight1946) |
| I love this song. Its my favorite song. My father was a Merchant Marine and I feel myself as his baby he came from the sea to be with me again. |
| it is so good and ... ( 1 year ago by kobesandusa) |
| it is so good and different then the music now a days |
| "I love this song. ... ( 1 year ago by copperthedog) |
| "I love this song. Its my favorite song. My father was a Merchant Marine and I feel myself as his baby he came from the sea to be with me again." WTF? |
| He rocks. ( 1 year ago by mulj0k) |
| He rocks. |
| This is touching as ... ( 1 year ago by bulbheadmyass) |
| This is touching as well as a great performance. |
| bienvenue au club ... ( 11 months ago by lechoixdansladate) |
| bienvenue au club 709. mik |
| Looks like TVZ, ... ( 10 months ago by mdt9391) |
| Looks like TVZ, sounds like TVZ... good stuff. |
| this is kinda freaky ( 10 months ago by rolltidemcs) |
| this is kinda freaky |
| godblessya and ur ... ( 9 months ago by parafleet) |
| godblessya and ur daddy |
| freaky? check back ... ( 9 months ago by parafleet) |
| freaky? check back in a decade or 2. u'll more get it then. |
| i was talking about ... ( 9 months ago by rolltidemcs) |
| i was talking about jt looking just like big JT |
| metoo. many kids r ... ( 9 months ago by parafleet) |
| metoo. many kids r born old-timers. |
| It takes a lot of ... ( 8 months ago by RossM3838) |
| It takes a lot of brass to follow int he same field as a brilliant father. JT, though is very good. Nicely restrained, beautifully sung, and deeply passionate. Same with his rendition of "Nothing" |
| Greatest American ... ( 8 months ago by shaman683) |
| Greatest American songwriter who ever lived. |
| My favorite song! ... ( 8 months ago by tylercanton) |
| My favorite song! What a great suprise, keep up the great work;-> |
| more please ( 7 months ago by leica3) |
| more please |
| He does look like ... ( 7 months ago by austinitesince1979) |
| He does look like his dad...and he's getting the pickin' down. Sweet. |
| slightly eerie- I ... ( 6 months ago by pandorasun6) |
| slightly eerie- I didn't know he had a son??and I thought I knew about Townes. One of my favorite songs |
| awesome cover of a ... ( 5 months ago by PlasticDave) |
| awesome cover of a great mans song. and yes he looks so much like dad. hes keeping that tradition going. thats a torch to keep burning forever. |
| weird this song was ... ( 4 months ago by jbdisi) |
| weird this song was written about his mom |
| RIP TOWNES!!!! ... ( 3 months ago by ldiedt) |
| RIP TOWNES!!!! Best songwriter in the last 50 years. And yes, Dylan is second. |
| I've dug his dad ... ( 1 month ago by Wisegeorge) |
| I've dug his dad since '70. |
| I"be here in the ... ( 5 hours ago by mikejoi) |
| I"be here in the here in the mornin" his best song |
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