Our Mother the Mountain is a 1969 album released by Townes Van Zandt on Poppy Records (PYS-40,004), his second recording and the first now recognized in retrospect as a Van Zandt masterpiece. Produced by Jack Clement with basic tracks recorded in Los Angeles and orchestral overdubs added in Nashville, the sessions drew on session legend James Burton (guitar) alongside Bergen White's cinematic string arrangements. The album contains "Be Here to Love Me," "Snake Mountain Blues," and the haunting minor-key waltz title track. Though it sold poorly on release, it grew substantially in critical stature over subsequent decades and is now regarded as a landmark of American singer-songwriter music.
Tracklist
- 1 Be Here to Love Me 2:39
- 2 Kathleen 2:47
- 3 She Came and She Touched Me 4:04
- 4 Like a Summer Thursday 3:04
- 5 Our Mother the Mountain 4:22
- 6 Second Lover's Song 2:16
- 7 St. John the Gambler 3:06
- 8 Tecumseh Valley Source Recording 4:55
- 9 Snake Mountain Blues 2:39
- 10 My Proud Mountains 5:04
- 11 Why She's Acting This Way 5:24
