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Guy Clark: Workbench Songs (Dualtone)

Guy Clark: Workbench Songs (Dualtone)

Clark has been one of the pillars of West Texas/Mex-influenced singer-songwriters, and of his dozen or so albums at least half would be in any serious country and alt.country collection. For this albu

Guy Clark: Songs and Stories (Dualtone)

Guy Clark: Songs and Stories (Dualtone)

...longevity, here is the road-worn troubadour Guy Clark -- 70 in November 2011 -- working his way...

Guy Clark: Somedays the Song Writes You (Dualtone)

Guy Clark: Somedays the Song Writes You (Dualtone)

Now in his late 60s -- he turned 68 in November -- this great Texas singer-songwriter is sounding very weak'n'weary in these 10 co-writes and his cover of Townes Van Zandt's If I Needed You. And that

TOM RUSSELL INTERVIEWED: The stories he could tell

TOM RUSSELL INTERVIEWED: The stories he could tell

...in the same ballpark as him, Joe Ely, Guy Clark, Lucinda and those people. “We’re...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: Derek Jacombs

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: Derek Jacombs

...could co-write with anyone it would be . . . Guy Clark, assuming Bob was too busy The last CD or...

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011 Blitzen Trapper: American Goldwing (Sub Pop)

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011 Blitzen Trapper: American Goldwing (Sub Pop)

...country-influenced songs by Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and Butch Hancock. That said, on Street...

Guy Wishart: West by North (Southbound)

Guy Wishart: West by North (Southbound)

...Townes Van Zandt and at home in the company of Guy Clark, John Prine or James McMurtry, these songs...

Jerry Jeff Walker: Jerry Jeff Walker, Expanded Edition (Raven)

Jerry Jeff Walker: Jerry Jeff Walker, Expanded Edition (Raven)

...alongside Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Guy Clark and Waylon Jennings. In the liner notes Walker... ...he also delivers excellent versions of Guy Clark's That Old Time Feeling and LA Freeway, and...

Bill Chambers: Drifting South (Whitewater)

Bill Chambers: Drifting South (Whitewater)

...is singing of Lefty", Magnolia wind (by Guy Clark), Southend Rain, a lost-soul friend who was... ...vocals brings these lyrics to life (just as Guy Clark, Tom Russell and his other American peers do)...

In BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases

In BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases

...Dylanesque classicism of Magdalene written by Guy Clark and Ray Stephenson, the mysterious Cold Black...

Jason Isbell: Foxes in the Snow (vinyl/digital outlets)

Jason Isbell: Foxes in the Snow (vinyl/digital outlets)

...there's the refined emotional depth of Guy Clark, John Prine and Townes Van Zandt. But when he...

IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases

IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases

...and pilgrims, contemporary references (Guy Clark and Dan Penn are desperados waiting for a...

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings: Woodland (digital outlets)

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings: Woodland (digital outlets)

...emotional support and songwriting of the late Guy Clark on Hashtag: “Singers like you and I are...

BILL CHAMBERS INTERVIEWED (2003): Call of the big country

BILL CHAMBERS INTERVIEWED (2003): Call of the big country

...-- much like those of his influences Guy Clark and Steve Earle -- and while it has taken... ...with Steve Earle and Emmylou Harris, and Guy Clark is a big fan of his album. That's hardly... ...I've been listening to guys like Steve Earle, Guy Clark and Nancy Griffith for years and when I went...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . STRINGBEAN: The killing of a long, lean banjo picker

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . STRINGBEAN: The killing of a long, lean banjo picker

...and Estelle written by Verlon Thompson, Guy Clark and Sam Bush which was nominated for Song of...

Larry Jon Wilson; Larry Jon Wilson (1965 Records)

Larry Jon Wilson; Larry Jon Wilson (1965 Records)

...of outlaw artists alongside Willie Nelson, Guy Clark, Kris Kristofferson and others rebels. At the...

Matt Hay: Dog and Pony Show (digital outlets)

Matt Hay: Dog and Pony Show (digital outlets)

...but not straining for effect. Close to Guy Clark and John Prine's understatement (Two Words)...

Joe Ely: Live at Antones (2000)

Joe Ely: Live at Antones (2000)

...Dwight Yoakam or appearing with John Prine, Guy Clark and John Hiatt. He's seldom missed a beat down...

GUEST WRITER KEVIN BYRT recalls touring the strangely troubled Townes Van Zandt

GUEST WRITER KEVIN BYRT recalls touring the strangely troubled Townes Van Zandt

...as I was concerned he was only half the artist Guy Clark was and on that note I beat a hasty retreat. I...

Them Crooked Vultures: Them Crooked Vultures (Sony)

Them Crooked Vultures: Them Crooked Vultures (Sony)

...has been running a bit late. (Got waylaid by a Guy Clark album or somesuch) So the short of it is that...

John Mayall: Live From Austintx (New West/Elite)

John Mayall: Live From Austintx (New West/Elite)

...Williams, Guided by Voices, Dave Alvin, Guy Clark and others. Excellent series, check it out...

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011, READERS' CHOICES

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2011, READERS' CHOICES

...I had hoped to be. Expectation is a curse ... Guy Clark: Songs and Stories I am a huge fan. This man...

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2008: The Mountain Goats, Heretic Pride (4AD)

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2008: The Mountain Goats, Heretic Pride (4AD)

Co-produced by John Vanderslice, the typically opaque lyrics by John Darnielle are given space and clarity so as to bewilder and bemuse you by turns. Not many people write songs with titles like Sax R

The Avett Brothers: I and Love and You (American)

The Avett Brothers: I and Love and You (American)

This trio (and guests) is fronted by North Carolina brothers Scott and Seth Avett who recorded five albums before this major label debut on Rick Rubin’s American label. Rubin -- producer of the

Jimmy LaFave: Cimmaron Manifesto (Red House/Elite)

Jimmy LaFave: Cimmaron Manifesto (Red House/Elite)

Austin-based singer-songwriter LaFave has perhaps covered too many Dylan songs in his long career (usually very well indeed it must be said) so it's amusing to find on this album he shifts his sights

JJ Grey and Mofro; Country Ghetto (Southbound) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007

JJ Grey and Mofro; Country Ghetto (Southbound) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007

Of course there is white country soul -- and here is the evidence, a voice from the white trash ghetto which aches like a Southern soul singer. There is a backwoods quality here -- real steamy Georgia

Cowboy Junkies; At the End of Paths Taken (Zoe) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007

Cowboy Junkies; At the End of Paths Taken (Zoe) BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007

When the Cowboy Junkies' breakthrough album The Trinity Sessions arrived in '87 music was getting noisy and Guns'N Roses stomped the planet. But the Junkies' famously cheap album -- recorded in a chur

Greg Brown: Freak Flag (YepRoc)

Greg Brown: Freak Flag (YepRoc)

When you get to your 24th album you probably aren't expecting a major breakthrough in terms of having a whole new audience find you. And nothing on this fine album sounds like either a departure, or c

Greg Brown and Dream City: Essential Recordings Vol 2 1997-2006 (Red House)

Greg Brown and Dream City: Essential Recordings Vol 2 1997-2006 (Red House)

This extraordinary singer-songwriter-poet appeared at Elsewhere previously with his much recommended Evening Call album although at the time I noted an excellent starting point if he was new to you wa

JJ Grey and Mofro: Georgia Warhorse (Alligator/Southbound)

JJ Grey and Mofro: Georgia Warhorse (Alligator/Southbound)

Grey and his companions out of Florida have been pulling Southern funk, Memphis soul and dirty blues together for the best part of a decade now and their 07 Country Ghetto album should have gained the

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . WILLIS ALAN RAMSEY: The love song of two semi-aquatic rodents

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . WILLIS ALAN RAMSEY: The love song of two semi-aquatic rodents

...the pedal steel-colouring by Red Rhodes) and Guy Clark. With his downbeat tone, to some extent he...

Alan Fletcher: The Point (MGM/digital outlets)

Alan Fletcher: The Point (MGM/digital outlets)

...in that low-rumble story-telling manner of Guy Clark (All That I Can Do) and John Prine (whose Fish...

ROSANNE CASH INTERVIEWED (2014): The river that runs through her

ROSANNE CASH INTERVIEWED (2014): The river that runs through her

...a cinematic landscape that you can see, like Guy Clark or Townes Van Zandt or Rodney. Or Steve Earle....

Chris Stapleton: Higher (digital outlets)

Chris Stapleton: Higher (digital outlets)

...Association awards. He had co-written with Guy Clark and Alan Jackson, Adele covered one of his...

Greg Fleming: Taken (LucaDiscs/Rhythmethod)

Greg Fleming: Taken (LucaDiscs/Rhythmethod)

...and singer-songwriters from Texas such as Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt and Steve Young all passed...

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2021: THE READERS' CHOICES

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2021: THE READERS' CHOICES

...songwriting and music with hints of Guy Clark, Zevon, Prine and other legends. Breaks no new...

The Eastern: Arrows (Social End Product/Rhythmethod)

The Eastern: Arrows (Social End Product/Rhythmethod)

...lowkey Gospel which wouldn't disgrace a Guy Clark or Townes Van Zandt album, the beautiful...

Tom Russell: October in the Railroad Earth (Proper/Southbound)

Tom Russell: October in the Railroad Earth (Proper/Southbound)

...odd reason those who would genuflect before Guy Clark, Townes, Kristofferson, Butch Hancock and now...

BONFIRE OF ROADMAPS by JOE ELY (2008)

BONFIRE OF ROADMAPS by JOE ELY (2008)

...has performed with Springsteen, John Hiatt, Guy Clark and sometimes again with the Flatlanders. His...

Billy Bragg, Mr Love and Justice (Cooking Vinyl)

Billy Bragg, Mr Love and Justice (Cooking Vinyl)

This is the album that famously wasn't released in time for Bragg to promote at this year's Big Day Out appearances. Not that he seemed to mind (much), he noted that he was flown to the other side of