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2 unusual facts about Waiting 'Round to Die


Michael Kiwanuka

While filming an episode for the 39th season of Austin City Limits at the Moody Theater at ACL Live on Monday, 10 June 2013, Michael and his band played a cover of the late Townes Van Zandt's song Waiting 'Round to Die, from Van Zandt's first album, 1968's For the Sake of the Song.

Waiting 'Round to Die

The song appears on the classic documentary of 1970's outlaw country music, Heartworn Highways, where Van Zandt is seen performing in his Austin, Texas home with his girlfriend Cindy, who later became his second wife, and his good friend the "Walking Blacksmith" Seymore Washington.



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