Sky blue

"Unbeknownst to him at the time, it would be five difficult years from when Van Zandt quietly laid down these demos until he'd get to release his seventh album, and the road after that got no easier. The glimmers of brilliance captured on Sky Blue are just as equally dazzling and devastating as Van Zandt's story and the rest of the masterful catalog he left behind".

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"A posthumous 1973 solo album from the Texas singer-songwriter, released the week he would've turned 75, displays his careful sense of craft across a set of covers, favorites, and unheard songs ... Much of Sky Blue's charm derives from how it doesn't quite slide into any particular category. It's neither a live album nor an album of its own, yet it's also not a set of demos for a forthcoming record. Instead, it's a vivid snapshot of a particular moment, preserving a time when he had yet to fritter away his good will, and capturing Townes Van Zandt when it still seemed like he was on the verge of great things".

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"Sky Blue is a sorrowful confession as Van Zandt's candor is tender and hypnotizing. Undeniably, Sky Blue is another star in the artist's posthumous career".

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