J.T. Van Zandt -- Clay Pigeon


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 activistand author Leonard Roy Franks and Dr. John Breeding.

The Roky Erickson Trust celebrated electroshock Therapy survivors.

Roky Erickson, Townes Van Zandt, Leonard Franks, Jim Franklin (poster artist for the event) are all electroshock therapy, ECT survivors.

The Ice Cream Social is co-sponsoredthis 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.

Links

Roky Erickson Trust
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Coalition for the Abolition of Electroshock in Texas
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Family's Rock
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Video footage by Mary Marvel
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Video Comments:
coffeescup (October 8, 2008 at 11:11 pm)
god bless blaze foley and so nice to see townes spirit shine through his son
Cinnamombunz (July 5, 2008 at 5:44 pm)
Sure good to see J.T. The last time I saw him was @ Executive Surf Club in Corpus about 6 months before his Pop died. J.T.'s a class act, all the way. We talked about Victoria, where I was living at the time,&after Townes played, I sang him a song I that I had written about him back in 1980. Glad they both got to hear it. Soundin' good, J.T.! Hope to see you sometime. Good choice of songs, too. Blaze&Townes were both 'a caution' but together ... words cannot express.
Galacticplane (June 27, 2008 at 8:50 pm)
Wow! JT sure has his fathers eyes, oh Lord I miss Townes....
austinitesince1979 (March 12, 2008 at 3:47 pm)
Turns out that I'm finding more and more music of Blaze's in existence. All his material is 5 stars out of five. Two of my favorites on the 'Wanted More Dead Than Alive' studio album are 'Down Here Where I Am' and 'Faded Love and Memories'. I knew his friend Jubal Clark who has also gone to the next life now.
ChefTillDeath (March 9, 2008 at 3:49 am)
great song out of the Austin scene, Blaze and Townes wrote great songs and lived drug filled, short lives... its a shame we lost both of them before their times
stopglobalswarming (February 12, 2008 at 10:56 pm)
RON PAUL 2008! Write him in whatever it takes!
lapsteelguy (January 24, 2008 at 2:02 am)
I recently heard John Prine sing this song. He gave proper credit and then just blew me away with his plain and soulful performance. The great song writers are out there. Sometimes they are hard to find though.
Snahbah (November 9, 2007 at 2:55 pm)
I watched Townes with may late father.

We told security a bunch of lies that we were press and gonna do an interview. Anyhow, I met the late great man, with my late great man. Seems like life goes on doesn't it? Bless you brother.
StarEssence (November 5, 2007 at 5:05 pm)
He did mention it was a Blaze Foley song. At the end, he said, "thank you, that was a Blaze Foley song". His dad would be very proud of him!
PETER1775 (November 2, 2007 at 4:12 am)
To bad he forgot to mention this Balze Foley's song.

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