Artists:Guy Clark
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Native Texan Guy Clark has devoted his life to crafting masterful, poignant melodies and lyrics. Clark achieves an organic sound by keeping things simple. Most of Clark’s songwriting takes place in the basement of his Nashville home in the workshop where Clark also builds guitars.
"I do 99.9% of my songwriting right here at this table," Clark says. "I can’t write on the road because there is too much to do. When I write, I have to blow off everything else and just sit and stare out the window. I’m not a multi-tasker when it comes to writing."
Clark’s focus on songwriting began in the ’60s when he, Townes Van Zandt and Jerry Jeff Walker were part of the burgeoning Texas music scene.
"I met Townes in Houston, we were both playing the clubs there," Clark says. "He had written about two songs I think, and was hanging out with Jerry Jeff, married, supposed to be going to law school. Townes was bound and determined to have the blues. We got to be friends and I really have to credit him because he is one of the main reasons I started writing. I had probably tried to write songs before to no avail. But the first time I heard one of Townes’ songs it was so literate, you know, and yet music. No one can be Townes, but you can use the same approach. I promised myself that I am going to put a Townes song on every album I record until the day I die because he was my friend and a great songwriter."
Clark achieved success as a songwriter, and through the years, artists like Johnny Cash, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Rodney Crowell have recorded Clark’s songs. But no one does justice to a Guy Clark song more than the master craftsman himself.
"I suppose it’s because I wrote them and they’re my stories," Clark says. "Most of the songs I write I couldn’t make up by any stretch of the imagination. They either happened to me or they happened to someone I know."
"I’m not always able to accomplish it, but I try to write in a way that allows the listener to become part of the song," Clark says. "Being a songwriter is not something you’re ever through with. You don’t ever get to be the best there is. You try to do better than you did but you never get completely through it. When you remember all the words without having to even learn them, that’s usually a good sign. There’s a myth about Willie Nelson never writing anything down -- if the words are so strong that you can’t forget them, the song will usually hold up. Sometimes you just have to get out of the way and let the music emerge without trying to command it.".
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| Guy Clark on Wikipedia |
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What a voice! He just talked my headache away! Amazing... Anna
I saw Guy Clark this past summer and realized that I was seeing and hearing a legend. I found his stories to be entertaining and his music to be good. What a treat! LuAnna 17:48, October 3, 2006 (AKDT)
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| Song | Album | Length | Played | Overall | You | Tags | Single Request |
| Desperados Waiting For A Train | Keepers | 5:51 | 72 |  44 votes |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Country / Live / Acoustic guitar / Dobro / Slow / Aging / Growing up / Trains / Solo vocalist / Acoustic / Band | L.a. Freeway | Keepers | 5:19 | 111 | 56 votes |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Country / Guy with guitar / Live / Acoustic guitar / Mellow / Pretty / Slow / Automobiles / Driving / Leaving / Solo vocalist / Acoustic / Jerry jeff walker / Resonator guitar / 65strat double favorite | Better Days | Keepers | 2:51 | 31 | 20 votes |
You have to login to give your opinion about songs. | Country / Live |
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- Spotlighted: Friday, September 23rd 2005
- Songs on WWR: 15
- Total plays: 693
- Total requests: 420
- Total listens: 17064
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