The Clarks
The Clarks are an American rock band from the Pittsburgh region, originating at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Over the course of twenty years, they have produced ten studio albums, two live albums, a compilation album, an EP and four solo releases, selling near a quarter of a million copies.
History
Formation and early years (1986–90)
Around 1985, singer Scott Blasey, guitarist Robert James Hertweck and drummer David Minarik, Jr. were all enrolled at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), located in Indiana, Pennsylvania approximately 45 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Hertweck and Minarik (along with a bass player and saxophonist) were putting together a new band, and through a mutual friend, recruited Blasey to be their lead vocalist. The band, calling themselves the Administration, primarily played cover versions of songs. After the Administration's sax player graduated and bass player transferred schools in the spring of 1986, Greg Joseph was brought in to round out the band. Settling on the quartet of Blasey, Hertweck, Joseph and Minarik, the group decided upon adopting a new name, effectively ending the Administration. They unceremoniously settled on the name "the Clarks." As the Administration had been, the Clarks were initially a cover band in their earliest months of existence. They covered artists such as the Replacements, the Rave-Ups and Hoodoo Gurus, as well as Joe Jackson and U2. However, they soon began writing their own material, helping them to take second place at the Tri-State Rock Competition in Pittsburgh.
The Clarks (album)
The Clarks is a 1991 eponymous second album by Pittsburgh band The Clarks. Like their debut album, it was an independent release, but the album quickly gained a cult following in Western Pennsylvania and became a popular album in Pittsburgh. When WDVE, Pittsburgh's largest rock station, began playing "Penny on the Floor," the band achieved instant local fame. It was actually surprising at the time that radio stations would pick up "Penny On the Floor," a mandolin-driven song, as opposed to one of the band's more up tempo rock songs.
Track listing
Personnel
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ALBUMS
- Restless Days released: 2009
- Between Now and Then released: 2005
- Strikes & Gutters 2: Doublewide released: 2004
- Fast Moving Cars released: 2004
- Another Happy Ending released: 2002
- Strikes & Gutters released: 2001
- Live released: 2001
- Let It Go released: 2000
- The Clarks released: 1999
- Live released: 1998
- Someday Maybe released: 1997
- Love Gone Sour Suspicion and Bad Debt released: 1994
- I'll Tell You What Man... released: 1988
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What A Way To Go
by: The ClarksI met a man out on a bridge pier
He said he's gonna jump to save his soul
I said what's the world done to make you mad man
He said sit down son now here's the dope
I can't find work 'cause i'm a blind man
I can't see but sometimes i can see the light
Now is my life a labor of love or is my life a love of labor
I still got a hollow feeling in my life
What a way to go
What a way to go
What a way to go
What a way to go
I met this girl her name escapes me
Said son i'd love you to be my man
She wrote her name out on a dollar
I spent that dollar on a shot of jim
Spent it on a shot of jim
I talked him down and then i walked off
I turned around and he was gone himself
A mile down the road it came upon me
It was me i talked off that ledge
It was me i talked off that ledge
It was me i talked off that ledge
What a way to go
What a way to go
What a way to go
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