Townes Van Zandt & Guy Clark – No Lonesome Tune
Oldies Songs The Sweet, Fleeting Hope of Trading the Wanderer’s Curse for a Quiet Harbor There are few songs in the vast, melancholy catalog of Townes Van Zandt that dare to hint…
Townes Van Zandt & Guy Clark – Rake
A Haunting Self-Elegy on the Reckoning of a Dissolute Past It’s a strange thing, isn’t it, how a song can feel like holding a long-lost photograph, the edges softened by…
Guy Clark – Texas 1947
The Flash of Modernity: A Nickel Flat as a Dime A vivid, masterful snapshot of a forgotten moment in time—the arrival of the future in a small Texas town, seen…
Guy Clark – Like A Coat From The Cold
An Acoustic Sanctuary: The Tender Warmth of Enduring Love A gorgeous, un-sentimental love ballad that portrays a partner’s devotion as a necessary, comforting refuge against life’s chilling uncertainties. There are…
Guy Clark – That Old Time Feeling
The Alchemy of Memory and Longing: A Wistful Ode to a Vanished Past “That Old Time Feeling” is the quintessential Texas Troubadour ballad—a stark, poetic meditation on the passing of…
Guy Clark – Texas Cookin’
An Authentic, Culinary Ode to the True Soul and Spirit of Texas. Pull up a chair, friends, and pour a cold one. When we talk about the great Texas songwriters—the…
Guy Clark – Let Him Roll
The Poignant Ballad of a Broken Man, His Bottle, and a Dallas Whore, Where Heaven is Just a Faded Memory. The music of Guy Clark has always felt less like…
Guy Clark – Rita Ballou
The Texan Bard’s Ballad: Guy Clark’s “Rita Ballou” Moving from the collaborative tribute of Sheryl Crow and Emmylou Harris, we delve deeper into the roots of the singer-songwriter tradition with…
Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt & Guy Clark – My Old Friend The Blues
Embracing the Inevitable Companion: How Sorrow Becomes Your Steadfast Kin A heartfelt, blues-tinged ballad that reframes melancholy as a faithful and reliable presence in a life full of disappointing human…
Guy Clark – Desperados Waiting For A Train
The Last Train Out of Monahans: A Requiem for the Texas Wildcatter A tender, poetic elegy celebrating an unlikely, formative friendship between a young boy and his grandmother’s aging, hard-drinking…