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Townes Van Zandt was a songwriter whose songs have been recorded successfully by many musicians. The first record I bought by Mr. Van Zandt (on vinyl by the way) is a great live recording called Live and Obscure, which I highly recommend without reservations. It was on this record I first heard White Freightliner Blues. A White Freightliner, of course, is a truck. This song is very well recorded, and is often played by Bluegrass bands.

Here's a nice performance by Lyle Lovett, with Ricky Skaggs, Alison Krauss, Faith Hill and Jools Holland.


Here's the New Grass Revival, with some fancy picking.


And one more, a band called Redbird


Interestingly enough, on YouTube there are numerous versions of this tune, but none by the late Mr. Van Zandt.