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Mar 6, 2020 · Guy Clark is one of the most prolific songwriters in Texas and Nashville history. Here are 12 of the best Guy Clark songs.
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- “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.
Best of Guy Clark is an album by American singer-songwriter Guy Clark, released in 1982. Except for four tracks, it includes all of the songs released by Clark on his two albums on RCA.
- Rita Ballou. Upbeat, meandering, and “Texas-textured” rhythms bring ‘Rita Ballou’ to life. A song with legs, it could waltz through every beer joint, pool hall and honky tonk around and know how to show you a good time.
- Homegrown Tomatoes. A fun and carefree classic, ‘Homegrown Tomatoes’ is poetry in its own right. It may sound simple — maybe even a little juvenile — but it speaks the loudest truth: “Only two things that money can't buy … that's true love and homegrown tomatoes”
- Boats to Build. While ‘Boats to Build’ is beautifully literary and poignantly self-reflective, it’s the sure-fingered guitar picking in time with Clark’s rugged and wise phrasing that make this song.
- Cold Dog Soup. Amid mentions of fellow musicians and beat poets, “Cold Dog Soup” plays like a fable — almost a cautionary tale — of his folk companions in one swirling, surrealistic portrait.
Best of Guy Clark by Guy Clark released in 1982. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
May 19, 2016 · Here then, are a dozen of Guy Clark’s best, immortal songs that reflect that wise and worldly view. 1. “My Favorite Picture of You”
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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 ...
