At 70, Guy Clark Was No Longer Singing About the Old Man. He Had Become Him. There are performances that preserve a great song, and there are performances that completely…
“L.A. Freeway” Was Never About Los Angeles. It Was About Finding the Courage to Leave a Life That No Longer Felt Like Home For many viewers, the 1983 performance of…
A Midnight Bus, a Dream of Mexico, and the Song That Followed Guy Clark for More Than Thirty Years In 2007, inside a friend’s home in Austin, Texas, Guy Clark…
A Young Guy Clark Sang About an Old Man in 1977. Today, “Desperados Waiting for a Train” Feels Like a Farewell to Them Both. Some songs tell stories. Some songs…
He Never Sang About Fame. He Sang About a Man Who Took Good Care of His Tools. That May Be Why Guy Clark’s Songs Still Endure. There are performances that…
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…
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”…
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…
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…
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…
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