SCARY COOL SAD GOODBYE 53

A chat with Townes Van Zandt's BFF/bass player, the legendary Wrecks Bell.

Among my favorite YouTube videos is an outtake from Heartworn Highways, a documentary you’ve surely seen if you, like me, go crazy for the late, great Townes Van Zandt. Not much happens in this video: the dashing Townes spins a few good yarns, possibly true, while his bass player, Rex Bell, shoots BBs off into the woods, his brightly painted nails clutc…