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Townes Van Zandt

If I Needed You
1972 · via Lyle Lovett
Townes Van Zandt – If I Needed You
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Lyle's version is a good one, but start with the man who wrote it and cut it first in 1972. Then notice who kept passing it around: Emmylou Harris and Don Williams, Guy Clark, Emmylou again alongside Townes himself.

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Written by Townes Van Zandt.

First recorded by Townes Van Zandt in 1972.

Also recorded by Ray Benson (2001), Townes Van Zandt feat. Emmylou Harris (2001), Guy Clark (2009), Emmylou Harris & Don Williams (1981).

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