Artist: Dave Sutherland

Single Song Sunday: If I Needed You (17 solo, duo, & full band transformations of a Townes Van Zandt classic)

Jan 28, 5:19pm Cover Lay Down

Apocryphally, If I Needed You came to Townes Van Zandt wholesale, in a dream, wherein he envisioned himself a famous folksinger, and the song as his biggest hit. When he awoke, he wrote the song down, changing but one line in transcription, and the rest, as they say, is history. Of course, Townes did indeed become famous, though partially posthumously, and surely not on the same scale as he envisioned in his nocturnal emissions. But as I've noted several times in these virtual pages, I discovered the work of [...]

• Alex Brumel & Janel Elizabeth - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Antje Duvekot w/ Chris O'Brien - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Carrie Rodriguez and Ben Kyle - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Christian Kjellvander - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Dashboard Confessional - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Dave Sutherland - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Doc & Merle Watson - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Emmylou Harris - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Enzo Garcia - iinyeg.mp3
• Guy Clark - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Jennifer Parker - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• lance odegard - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Lyle Lovett - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Meg Hutchinson - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Robby Hecht - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Swiftwater - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• The Dead Ringer Band - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)

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Artist:	Alex Brumel & Janel Elizabeth
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Alex Brumel & Janel Elizabeth: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyab.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Antje Duvekot w/ Chris O'Brien
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Antje Duvekot w/ Chris O’Brien: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyad.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Folk
Year:	2011

Artist:	Carrie Rodriguez and Ben Kyle
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Carrie Rodriguez & Ben Kyle: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinycr.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Folk

Artist:	Christian Kjellvander
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Christian Kjellvander: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyck.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Dashboard Confessional
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Dashboard Confessional: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinydc.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Dave Sutherland
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Dave Sutherland: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyds.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Doc & Merle Watson
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Doc & Merle Watson: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinydoc.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Emmylou Harris
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Emmylou Harris & Don Williams: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyeh.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Country
Year:	1981

Artist:	Enzo Garcia
Link Text:	Enzo Garcia: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyeg.mp3

Artist:	Guy Clark
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Guy Clark: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinygc.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Jennifer Parker
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Jennifer Parker: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyjp.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	lance odegard
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Lance Odegard: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinylo.mp3
Year:	2008

Artist:	Lyle Lovett
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Lyle Lovett: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyll.mp3
Bitrate:	129 kbps

Artist:	Meg Hutchinson
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Meg Hutchinson: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinymh.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Robby Hecht
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Robby Hecht w/ Jill Andrews: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyrh.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Americana
Year:	2011

Artist:	Swiftwater
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Swiftwater: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinysw.mp3

Artist:	The Dead Ringer Band
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Dead Ringer Band: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinydrb.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps