Guy Clark – Rita Ballou 1990
Oldies Songs In 1990, Guy Clark Turned “Rita Ballou” Into a Dusty Texas Memory Full of Laughter, Heartbreak, and Honky-Tonk Poetry By 1990, Guy Clark no longer needed to prove he was…
Guy Clark and Verlon Thompson preform The Cape
A Simple Song About A Boy Wearing A Flour Sack Cape Became One Of Guy Clark’s Most Beautiful Lessons About Courage And Growing Older When Guy Clark performed “The Cape”…
Guy Clark with Verlon Thompson “LA Freeway” – At Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco, California: Oct. 1st, 2011
A Song About Escaping Los Angeles Became One Of Guy Clark’s Most Beloved Portraits Of Freedom, Love, And The Search For Something Real When Guy Clark walked onto the stage…
Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson – Dublin Blues – at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival 2011
A Song For The Lonely Traveler, Carrying Regret, Love, And The Kind Of Memories That Never Truly Leave When Guy Clark stepped onto the stage at the Edmonton Folk Music…
Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson – Old Friends – Suwannee Springfest, 2012
A Song About Friendship, Time, and the Quiet Grace of Growing Old Together Some performances do not feel like concerts at all. They feel like conversations overheard at the end…
Guy Clark performs “The Waltzing Fool” to Honor Lyle Lovett – on October 29th, 2012
TWO TEXAS POETS SHARED ONE QUIET MOMENT OF RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING When Guy Clark stepped onto the stage in Nashville in October 2012 to honor Lyle Lovett with “The Waltzing…
Stuff That Works – Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson Charlottesville 2008
With “Stuff That Works,” Guy Clark and Verlon Thompson transformed ordinary objects and everyday loyalty into a quiet philosophy about what truly lasts in life. In 2008, during a performance…
Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson – Boats to Build
A Song About Building Something Honest in a World That Keeps Moving In the warm, open-air setting of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in July, Guy Clark and Verlon Thompson sat…
Guy Clark – El Coyote
A Desert Tale Whispered by a Master Who Knew Every Mile of the Road In October 2011, during a Music Fog session at Marathon Recorders in Nashville, just weeks before…
Guy Clark and the Enduring Ache of “Dublin Blues”
One More Song, One Last Truth: Guy Clark and the Enduring Ache of “Dublin Blues” There is a moment, just before the music begins, when Guy Clark leans into the…