While Townes Van Zandt may not be a household name, his work is known by music fans from every genre. The Late Great Townes Van Zandt was his sixth release, hitting the shelves in 1972. The album is best known for 'Pancho & Lefty', the song Emmylou Harris covered in 1977, and which Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings would take to the top of the charts in 1983. Full of originals, as well as covers, the record was Van Zandt's perfect storm.