document.write('\x3cmeta http-equiv=\x22x-dns-prefetch-control\x22 content=\x22off\x22/\x3e\x3col class=\x22tumblr_posts\x22\x3e\x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eHouston, Texas and Galveston, Texas\x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cimg src=\x22http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la51yvdD3K1qzoyyxo1_250.jpg\x22 alt=\x22\x22 class=\x22tumblr_photo\x22/\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_video_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_video\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3ciframe width=\x22400\x22 height=\x22300\x22 src=\x22http://www.youtube.com/embed/ioJizJ93DdQ?wmode=transparent\x26autohide=1\x26egm=0\x26hd=1\x26iv_load_policy=3\x26modestbranding=1\x26rel=0\x26showinfo=0\x26showsearch=0\x22 frameborder=\x220\x22 allowfullscreen\x3e\x3c/iframe\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3eRex\x26#8217;s Blues from Townes Van Zandt\x26#8217;s Live at the Old Quarter double album. \u00a0Recorded in July 1973 at the Old Quarter when it was located in downtown Houston at the \x3ca href=\x22http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q\x26amp;source=s_q\x26amp;hl=en\x26amp;geocode=\x26amp;q=austin+at+and+congress+st,+houston+tx\x26amp;sll=29.757113,-95.362487\x26amp;sspn=0.010376,0.015321\x26amp;gl=us\x26amp;ie=UTF8\x26amp;hq=\x26amp;hnear=Austin+St+%26+Congress+St,+Houston,+Harris,+Texas+77002\x26amp;ll=29.762012,-95.357273\x26amp;spn=0.010375,0.015321\x26amp;z=16\x26amp;layer=c\x26amp;cbll=29.760173,-95.357274\x26amp;panoid=cepYcItOZ_Fi5ibEx7Ak0w\x26amp;cbp=12,178.18,,0,13.33\x22\x3ecorner of Congress and Austin\x3c/a\x3e.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eThe song is written for Rex \x26#8220;Wrecks\x26#8221; Bell, Townes\x26#8217; friend, frequent sideman on bass, and owner of the the Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe, then in Houston and now in Galveston.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_link_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3ca href=\x22http://www.houstonpress.com/2008-09-25/music/rex-wrecks-bell-is-just-playing/\x22 class=\x22tumblr_link\x22 \x3eRex \x26quot;Wrecks\x26quot; Bell is Just Playing\x3c/a\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_description\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3eA great piece from Houston, Texas writer John Nova Lomax on Wrecks, from around the time of Hurricane Ike, on Wrecks, his relationship with Townes, and the song.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eFrom the article on the song Rex\x26#8217;s Blues:\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cspan\x3e \x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x26#8220;Townes wrote that song about me, and it could have been about anybody,\x26#8221; Bell said. \x26#8220;It could have been about Blaze Foley, it could have been \x26#8216;Blaze\x26#8217;s Blues,\x26#8217; it could have been \x26#8216;Townes\x26#8217;s Blues,\x26#8217; it could have been a lot of people\x26#8217;s blues. And I hated that song.\u00a0\x3cem\x3eHated\u00a0\x3c/em\x3eit.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x26#8220;It\x26#8217;s really not flattering at all,\x26#8221; he continued. \x26#8220;But it\x26#8217;s so true. It really does depict Townes and I when we were doin\x26#8217; our drugs and drinkin\x26#8217; and all these dangerous things. He would always ask me to leave the stage when he would play it. I never did ask him why \u2014 I saw it as a good chance to go back to the green room and get a shot of vodka \u2014 but he never would let me play it with him.\x26#8221;\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cimg src=\x22http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la50z4gT3k1qzoyyxo1_400.jpg\x22 alt=\x22The Old Quarter in Galveston, Texas, October 2011\x22 class=\x22tumblr_photo\x22/\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3eThe Old Quarter in Galveston, Texas, October 2011\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_video_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_video\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3ciframe width=\x22400\x22 height=\x22300\x22 src=\x22http://www.youtube.com/embed/VF9PR9i3OwM?wmode=transparent\x26autohide=1\x26egm=0\x26hd=1\x26iv_load_policy=3\x26modestbranding=1\x26rel=0\x26showinfo=0\x26showsearch=0\x22 frameborder=\x220\x22 allowfullscreen\x3e\x3c/iframe\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3eWrecks Bell introduces and plays the song that Townes wrote about him.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cimg src=\x22http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la50n48zgi1qzoyyxo1_400.jpg\x22 alt=\x22\x22 class=\x22tumblr_photo\x22/\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eDesdemona, Texas\x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3eThe second track from a new album we\x26#8217;re working on is Desdemona.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eWrote this song after spending some time in a few of the old oilfield boomtowns of West and Southeast Texas.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_audio_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_audio_player\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cscript type=\x22text/javascript\x22 language=\x22javascript\x22 src=\x22http://assets.tumblr.com/javascript/tumblelog.js?724\x22\x3e\x3c/script\x3e\x3cspan id=\x22audio_player_1263626337\x22\x3e[\x3ca href=\x22http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22\x3eFlash 9\x3c/a\x3e is required to listen to audio.]\x3c/span\x3e\x3cscript type=\x22text/javascript\x22\x3ereplaceIfFlash(9,\x22audio_player_1263626337\x22,\'\\x3cdiv class=\\x22audio_player\\x22\\x3e\x3cembed type=\x22application/x-shockwave-flash\x22 src=\x22http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/1263626337/tumblr_l9xo8ap9zn1qzoyyx\x26color=FFFFFF\x22 height=\x2227\x22 width=\x22207\x22 quality=\x22best\x22 wmode=\x22opaque\x22\x3e\x3c/embed\x3e\\x3c/div\\x3e\')\x3c/script\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3e\x3cspan\x3eDesdemona\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cspan\x3eGabriel Rhodes - 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