>>7300965Yep, Justin Townes Earle is named after TVZ; his father is Steve Earle who you also might want to check out if you haven't already. Townes is sort of an obsession of mine, so let me give you some recommendations based off of his music.
Blaze Foley - possibly the most genuinely down to Earth singer-songwriter there ever was, he was one of Townes' best friends and was the walking embodiment of too many stereotypes, positive and negative, about country music. Nothing in his music is of high technical quality, it's all soul, but really, that's what country music is all about.
Guy Clark - Townes other musical best friend. His music is also of the country kind but it's a more thought out than Blaze's and makes better use of storytelling. I don't find his songs as gripping as Townes' or Blaze's but they're still worth checking out.
Heartworn Highways - A documentary focusing on the underground country scene of the mid 1970s. Filled with hippies and hicks. Most of the time you can't tell the difference.
And finally:
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/MK_/like_the_music_of_townes_van_zandt__try_these_albums_/https://rateyourmusic.com/list/bebekakes/townes_van_zandt___influences/ 
