Our Mother the Mountain

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Our Mother the Mountain
Studio album by Townes Van Zandt
Released	1969
Genre	Country
Length	40:01
Label	Tomato
Producer	Kevin Eggers, Jim Malloy
Professional reviews
Crawdaddy! (favorable) December 26, 2007 Rolling Stone (Not Rated) link
Townes Van Zandt chronology
For the Sake of the Song: First Album Our Mother the Mountain Townes Van Zandt (album)

Our Mother the Mountain is the second album by country singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt released in 1969. It is generally acknowledged as his first masterpiece and although it sold little upon release, it initially influenced fellow Texas country singer/songwriters Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore who would soon form The Flatlanders along with Joe Ely.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Track listing

1. "Be Here to Love Me"
2. "Kathleen"
3. "She Came and She Touched Me"
4. "Like A Summer Thursday"
5. "Our Mother The Mountain"
6. "Second Lovers Song"
7. "St. John The Gambler"
8. "Tecumseh Valley"
9. "Snake Mountain Blues
10. "My Proud Mountains"
11. "Why She's Acting This Way"