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Guy Charles Clark (November 6, 1941 – May 17, 2016) was an American folk and country singer-songwriter and luthier. [2] [3] He released more than 20 albums, and his songs have been recorded by other artists, including Jerry Jeff Walker , Jimmy Buffett , Kathy Mattea , Lyle Lovett , Ricky Skaggs , Steve Wariner , Emmylou Harris , Rodney ...
Guy Charles Clark. November 6, 1941 – May 17, 2016. Grammy-winner, Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame member, Academy of Country Music Poet’s Award honoree, and fearless raconteur Guy Charles Clark died on Tuesday May 17, 2016 after a long illness. His musical touring partner of nearly 30 years, Verlon Thompson, was at his side.
- “Desperados Waiting for a Train” That the Highwaymen — country music’s most super-sized supergroup — would release this song as their second single speaks volumes about “Desperadoes Waiting on a Train,” which Clark wrote about a Gulf Oil employee who used to rent a room at his grandmother’s hotel.
- “My Favorite Picture of You” Clark lost his wife Susanna in 2012, after a battle with lung cancer. The two had become the center of Nashville's folk-country songwriting scene in the Seventies, existing as the social hub for a universe that included Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell.
- “Homegrown Tomatoes” There are few songwriters in existence who can sing about something as simple as bacon, lettuce and tomatoes and make it sound truly poignant, not silly — and, certainly, Guy Clark was one of them.
- “L.A. Freeway” Before finally settling in Nashville, Clark briefly lived in Los Angeles, where he pursued a publishing deal and worked at a local dobro factory.
Sep 22, 2017 · From the Guy Clark album 'Live From Austin, TX' available now on CD, DVD, and limited edition green 180g vinyl: https://www.livefromaustintx.com Also available at Amazon: CD: http://amzn.to ...
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May 17, 2016 · Ian Crouch on the singer-songwriter Guy Clark, who was part of the outlaw-country movement of the nineteen-seventies, and who died on May 17, 2016.
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Nov 8, 2021 · NPR's Noel King talks to Tamara Saviano, the director of Without Getting Killed or Caught, a documentary detailing the life of songwriter Guy Clark, who didn't care about mainsteam music.
No matter his long tenure at the edge of Music Row, Guy Clark is inescapably from Texas. A resolute, elegant man, regardless the simplicity of his clothes, nor the wear of his 71 years. The elder statesman of a clutch of gritty, gutty songwriters which includes the late Townes Van Zandt, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, and Nanci Griffith.