# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/townes-van-zandt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:07:11.671Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/townes-van-zandt"
name: "Townes Van Zandt"
slug: "townes-van-zandt"
description: "John Townes Van Zandt was an American singer-songwriter. He wrote numerous songs, such as \"Pancho and Lefty\", \"If I Needed You\", \"Snake Mountain Blues\", \"Our Mother the Mountain\", \"Waitin' Round to Die\", and \"To Live's to Fly\". His musical style has often been described as melancholic and features rich, poetic lyrics. During his early years, Van Zandt was respected for his guitar playing and fingerpicking ability."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Townes_Van_Zandt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1944-03-07"
deathDate: "1997-01-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump