![]() ![]() It seemed an impossible dream to book one of their musical heroes but on a hot Saturday night, July 20, 1996, Van Zandt took to the stage in Insch’s Station Hotel. Van Zandt’s songs have been hailed and covered by superstars from Bob Dylan and Emmylou Harris to Willie Nelson and Laura Marling and, despite his musical legacy of melancholic, poetic ballads inspiring generations of performers, his fans continue to lament a sidelined giant of country.Īfter a careering life, blighted by drink, drugs and mental health issues, Texas-born Van Zandt died at 52 in the early hours of New Year’s Day 1997.īut only a few months earlier, he had played in Insch at the club run by Deirdre and her then husband and musician Iain Macdonald in what would become the first stop on his last tour of Scotland. It has been 25 years since Townes Van Zandt played her Gadie Folk Club in Insch but Deirdre Macdonald still can’t quite believe it happened at all. The headliner? A lost legend of country music. ![]() The crowd might have struggled into triple figures. The venue was a folk club in a village hotel in rural Aberdeenshire. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Information An icon of an information logo. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. ![]()
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