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Guy Clark
Birth name Guy Clark
Born (1941-11-06) November 6, 1941 (age 70)
Monahans, Texas, USA
Genres mainstream country, Texas country, outlaw country, folk
Occupations Musician, singer-songwriter, producer
Instruments Guitar, vocals
Years active 1970s–present
Labels RCA, Warner, Sugar Hill, Elektra, Dualtone
Website www.guyclark.com

Guy Clark (born 6 November 1941) is an American Texas country and folk singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer. He has released more than twenty albums, and his songs have been recorded by other artists including Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, and Rodney Crowell.

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Biography [link]

Clark was born in Monahans, Texas.[1] His early musical influences were the Spanish music and songs he heard in West Texas.[2]

Career [link]

He is an accomplished luthier and often plays his own guitars.[3] He achieved success as a songwriter with Jerry Jeff Walker’s recordings of "L.A. Freeway" and "Desperados Waiting For A Train". Artists such as Johnny Cash, David Allan Coe, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson, Rodney Crowell and The Highwaymen have recorded Clark’s songs.[2] Emmylou Harris has accompanied him on several recordings, particularly his own version of "Desperados Waiting For A Train" on his first album, Old No. 1, released in 1975. Clark is frequently referred to as "The Fifth Highwayman".

Clark has been a mentor to such other singers as Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell. He organized Earle's first job as a writer in Nashville. In the 1970s, the Clarks' home in Nashville was an open house for songwriters and musicians and it features in the video Heartworn Highways, an evocation of the songwriter scene in Nashville at that time.[citation needed]

Numerous artists have charted with Clark-penned tunes. In 1982, Bobby Bare made it to the Country Top Twenty with Clark’s "New Cut Road". That same year, bluegrass leader Ricky Skaggs hit No. 1 with Clark’s "Heartbroke", a song that permanently established his reputation as an ingenious songwriter. Among the many others who have covered Clark's songs are Vince Gill, who took "Oklahoma Borderline" to the Top Ten in 1985; The Highwaymen, who introduced "Desperados Waiting For A Train" to a new generation that same year; and John Conlee, whose interpretation of “The Carpenter” rode into the Top Ten in 1987.

Steve Wariner took his cover of Clark's "Baby I’m Yours" to #1 in 1988; Asleep at the Wheel charted with Clark's "Blowin’ Like a Bandit" the same year. Crowell was Clark’s co-writer on "She’s Crazy for Leavin’", which in 1989 became the third of five straight #l hits for Crowell. Brad Paisley and Alan Jackson cover Clark’s "Out in the Parkin' Lot," co-written with Darrell Scott, on Paisley's Time Well Wasted CD. Jimmy Buffett has covered Clark’s "Boats to Build" and "Cinco de Mayo in Memphis".[1] Clark credits Townes Van Zandt as being a major influence on his songwriting. They were best friends for many years until Van Zandt's death in 1997,[1] and since then Clark has included one of Van Zandt's compositions on most of his albums. In 1995, he recorded a live album with Van Zandt and Steve Earle, Together at the Bluebird Cafe, which was released in October 2001. Other live material can be found on his album Keepers.

In 2006 Clark released Workbench Songs. The album was nominated for "Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album" at the Grammy Awards. He also toured with Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely, and John Hiatt in 2007.

In May 2008, Clark canceled four concerts after breaking his leg.[4] After two months on crutches, he began to perform again on July 4 at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC where he appeared with Verlon Thompson. On June 20, 2009, Clark announced a new album entitled "Somedays the Song Writes You" which was released on September 22, 2009. It features originals along with a Townes Van Zandt song entitled "If I Needed You".

In December 2011 This One's For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark (a two-CD set) was released by Music Road Records.

Family [link]

Clark is married to songwriter and artist, Susanna Clark.

Discography [link]

Albums [link]

Year Album Peak chart positions Label
US Country US US Heat US Indie US Folk
1975 Old No. 1 41 RCA
1976 Texas Cookin' 48
1978 Guy Clark Warner
1981 The South Coast of Texas
1982 Best of Guy Clark
1983 Better Days 48
Guy Clark – Greatest Hits RCA
1988 Old Friends Sugar Hill
1992 Boats to Build Asylum
1995 Dublin Blues
Craftsman Rounder/Philo
1997 Keepers Sugar Hill
The Essential Guy Clark RCA
1999 Cold Dog Soup Sugar Hill
2001 Together at the Bluebird Cafe
(with Townes Van Zandt and Steve Earle)		 American Originals
2002 The Dark 46 Sugar Hill
2006 Workbench Songs 74 36 Dualtone
2007 Americana Master Series:
Best of the Sugar Hill Years		 Sugar Hill
Live from Austin, TX New West
Hindsight 21-20: Anthology 1975-1995 Raven
2008 The Platinum Collection Warner
2009 Somedays the Song Writes You 59 13 39 Dualtone
2011 Songs and Stories 29 146 2 18 6

Singles [link]

Year Single US Country Album
1979 "Fools for Each Other" 96 Guy Clark
1981 "The Partner Nobody Chose" 38 The South Coast of Texas
1983 "Homegrown Tomatoes" 42 Better Days

Filmography [link]

References [link]

  1. ^ a b c Clark finds a set of Keepers. Country Standard Time. Jeffrey B. Remz, June 1997. Accessed January 8, 2009.
  2. ^ a b No Lonesome Tune. Austin Chronicle. Accessed on November 10, 2008
  3. ^ Article on Guy Clark
  4. ^ Official site of Guy Clark featuring lyrics, tickets, bio, pictures, photos, video, songwriter

External links [link]

Awards
Preceded by
Cowboy Jack Clement		 AMA Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting
2005		 Succeeded by
Rodney Crowell

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Guy Clark (album)

Guy Clark is the third studio album by Texas singer-songwriter Guy Clark, released in 1978. It was his first on the Warner Bros. label.

Track listing

All songs written by Guy Clark except as noted.

  • "Fool on the Roof"
  • "Fools for Each Other"
  • "Shade of All Greens"
  • "Voilà, An American Dream" (Rodney Crowell)
  • "One Paper Kid" (Walter Cowart)
  • "In the Jailhouse Now" (Jimmie Rodgers)
  • "Comfort and Crazy"
  • "Don't You Take It Too Bad" (Townes Van Zandt)
  • "Houston Kid"
  • "Fool on the Roof"

    • Personnel

  • Guy Clark – vocals, guitar
  • Bee Spears – bass
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Lea Jane Berinati – keyboards, background vocals
  • David Briggs – keyboards, background vocals
  • Buck White – mandolin
  • Don Brooks – harmonica
  • Philip Donnelly – guitar
  • Jack Hicks – banjo
  • Jerry Kroon – drums
  • Albert Lee – guitar
  • Don Everly – background vocals
  • Gordon Payne – background vocals
  • Sharon Hicks – background vocals
  • Rodney Crowell – background vocals
  • Frank Davis – background vocals
  • Cheryl White – background vocals
  • Byron Bach – cello

    • Chart positions

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    CLARK the band

    CLARK the band was an indie rock band operating out of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

    The band was formed in Ottawa in 1999 by John Tielli who sang, played guitar and composed.

    Initially named simply "Clark", the group found this problematic due to other groups being identically or similarly named. It was decided that using the name "CLARK the band" would help to alleviate the issue.

    The group's roster changed throughout its existence with Tielli being the only consistent member. Primary members also included Matt Gagnon on bass and vocals, Mike Dubue on keyboards and vocals, Philip Shaw Bova on drums, Andrew McCormack on drums, Jeremy Gara on drums, Tim Kingsbury on bass and vocals, Vish Khanna on drums, Robin Buckley on drums, Dan Neill on drums, vocals and keyboards, Ryan Myshrall on bass, Jordy Walker on drums and Corwin Fox on bass and vocals.

    The group disbanded in 2007. Tielli has since moved to Toronto and formed the group Metal Kites.

    Discography

    See also

  • Music of Canada
  • Canadian rock
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    Clark (lunar crater)

    Clark is a lunar crater that lies in the southern hemisphere of the Moon's far side. It is located midway between the larger walled plain Van der Waals to the south and the similar-sized crater Pizzetti to the north. It is named for American astronomer and telescope maker Alvan Clark and his son Alvan Graham Clark.

    Clark has a narrow inner wall, and thus a wide interior floor. The rim is roughly circular, but eroded in places. A small crater lies across the southern rim, and a tiny pair are located along the northeastern crest. There is a slight outward bulge along the wall along the west-southwestern side. The crater floor is marked by a number of tiny craterlets but otherwise relatively featureless, having no central peak.

    Satellite craters

    By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Clark.

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    Texas

    Texas /ˈtɛksəs/ (Spanish: Texas or Tejas [ˈtexas]) is a state in the United States of America. It is the second most populous and second largest state by area in the US. Geographically located in the south central part of the country, Texas shares an international border with Mexico to the south and borders the states of New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast, and Louisiana to the east. Texas has an area of 268,820 square miles (696,200 km2) and a growing population of over 27.5 million residents (July 2015).

    Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States, while San Antonio is the second largest in the state and seventh largest in the United States. Dallas–Fort Worth and Greater Houston are the fourth and fifth largest United States metropolitan statistical areas, respectively. Other major cities include Austin (the state capital) and El Paso. Texas is nicknamed the Lone Star State to signify Texas as a former independent republic, and as a reminder of the state's struggle for independence from Mexico. The "Lone Star" can be found on the Texan state flag and on the Texan state seal. The origin of the state name, Texas, is from the word, "Tejas", which means 'friends' in the Caddo language.

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    The Texas (locomotive)

    Western & Atlantic Railroad #49 "Texas" is a 4-4-0 "American" type steam locomotive built in 1856 for the Western & Atlantic Railroad by Danforth, Cooke & Co.. The Texas is widely known for being involved in the Great Locomotive Chase during the American Civil War as the engine that successfully pursued the General locomotive after it was stolen by Union saboteurs in an attempt to ruin the Confederate rail system. The locomotive is currently preserved at the Atlanta Cyclorama building within Grant Park in Atlanta, Georgia, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It will be restored and relocated to the Atlanta History Center in 2016.

    Antebellum

    The Texas was built in October 1856 for the Western & Atlantic Railroad by locomotive manufacturer Danforth, Cooke and Company in Paterson, New Jersey. It was subsequently shipped from Paterson to the Port of Savannah, traveled the Georgia Rail Road & Banking Company and Macon & Western Railroad, before finally being delivered to the W&A headquarters in Atlanta that same year.

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    Texas Homecare

    Texas Homecare was a chain of DIY stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland, that operated from 1972 until 1999.

    History

    Texas Homecare was established in 1972, by Manny, Sydney and Gerald Fogel, who had previously founded the high street specialist paint and wallpaper chain Home Charm. Taking their lead from America, they revolutionised the United Kingdom DIY market, with the introduction of the 'DIY shed' style outlet. Mervyn Fogel, co-founder and managing director for over 25 years, had a vision of turning the small family business into a DIY retail empire.

    Texas specialised in higher volume, lower margin DIY products. The company had been adversely affected, by a recession and depressed housing market.

    Acquisition

    With its acquisition, Homebase hoped to hold around 10% of the total DIY market in the United Kingdom. In May 1995, it was announced that only 26 Texas stores were to close, with limited redundancies. Sainsbury's found that full conversion to the Homebase format was an investment worth making, and allowed £50 million for the task.

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    Guy Clark

    ALBUMS

    My Favorite Picture of You

    Released 2013

    Songs And Stories

    Released 2011

    Somedays The Song Writes You

    Released 2009

    The South Coast of Texas

    Released 2007

    Workbench Songs

    Released 2006

    The Dark

    Released 2002

    Cold Dog Soup

    Released 1999

    Old No.1 & Texas Cookin'

    Released 1998

    Keepers

    Released 1997

    The Essential Guy Clark

    Released 1997

    Dublin Blues

    Released 1995

    Boats to Build

    Released 1992

    Texas Cookin'

    Released 1991

    Old Friends

    Released 1988

    Old No. 1

    Released 1988

    Better Days

    Released 1983

    Guy Clark

    Released 1978

    Craftsman

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    Instant Coffee Blues

    by: Guy Clark

    He washed all the road dirt from his face and from his neck
    And sat down at her table and she picked up his check.
    And she took him home for reasons that she did not understand.
    And him, he had the answers but did not play his hand.
    For him he knew the taste of this wine very well.
    It all goes down so easily but the next day is hell.
    Morning - "Man was I drunk," she wispered in the shower.
    While he lay there and smoked his way there through the final hour.
    And she felt wholly empty like she'd felt it every time.
    And he was feelin' just the same, 'cept he was tryin' to make it rhyme.
    Time was of the essence so they both did their best,
    to meet up in the kitchen feelin fully dressed.
    She just had to go to work, and he just had to go.
    And she knew where and he knew how to blow it off and so.
    They shot the breeze quite cavalier to the boilin' of the pot.
    And sang the Instant Coffee Blues and never fired a shot.
    And him he hit the driveway with his feelin's in a case.
    And her she hit the stoplight and touched up her face.
    So you tell them the difference between caring and not.
    And that it's all done with mirrors, lest they forgot.
    I said it's all done with mirrors, of which they have none.
    To blend the instant coffee blues into the morning sun




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