Guy is a seer, and Verlon sets him free. A pair for the ages. Guy's songs were what we always made sure we had when we headed off for the best times of our lives.
Sad part of this whole thing is that there are some people out there listening to the radio right now thinking that cheap imitations like Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, and a dozen others are country! What a joke! This is the real deal. This guy has left more wet change on Texas bars than those "want to bes" have ever seen. Then he went home and wrote a song about it.. Listen close, there are not many left like Guy Clark and when he is gone we'll all lose a little bit of ourselves...
Wet change on a bar....that really mad me laugh. You should try your hand at songwriting. Guy is most certainly the real deal. He's all about telling a story, not selling albums or concert tickets.
RevWillieG I do write.. Just look up "Leaving My Blues At The Border" and let me know what you think! I've been writing for a long time and had a little, but very little, success. Hope you like it....
Barb Young Barb, I hate to bust your bubble, but there are no more guys around today like there were when Guy Clark was honing his trade. Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff, Nelson, Jimmy Gilmer and the rest of the Texas writers and performers. It's hard to learn a country life's lesson when you are doing more rap than you are country. These new guys do the "safe" stuff and they will have hit records and make lots of money but they will never be legends in the music business. Maybe in the public's mind, but never in the minds of the people inside the business. They will just be another country singer who made a lot of money and that's about it..
Our dear family friend, Guy. Guy and Susanna lived next door to us on Stratford St. in the Montrose area of Houston in the 60's. We miss you. Your voice always was, always will be so very comforting to me.... even when it's hoarse. You were an American treasure.
From Australia, never been to Houston. I just Googlemapped that street, now I know where he got Magnolia Wind from. The google van must have gone down there when it was all in flower, how pretty the street, how pretty the song.
Can’t even begin to imagine how wonderful it must of been to know and live next door to such an incredible singer songwriter. He’s always been my favorite and I sure miss him not being with us anymore. But his music will live on forever.❤️
To live next door to Guy & Susanna, Emmylou or even John Prine in Chicago.....what a blessing of God. It's for sure Susanna was waitin' on Guy when he showed up to the Heavenly Band practice, I bet his soul was happy again.
Have lived in Austin since back in the late 60 until now. Got to see Guy, Townes, Willie, Jerry Jeff, Fromholtz, Flatlanders, Sir Doug, Allen Wayne Damron, Alvin Crow, Asleep at the Wheel...etc ect etc.... and was just too stupid to know how good I had it. I guess I thought that everybody had music like that almost any night of the week and places like the Soap Creek Saloon, Split rail, Austin Opry House, Continental Club, Liberty Lunch .... Man, I would like to go back and live them years over, I would appreciate it this time.
Music was my voice I was introverted and I grew up in Austin Texas during the days of the Armadillo World Headquarters,Soap Creek Saloon, Antone's,One Nite, The music scene at the beginning,and that time can't be better
Sometimes when you're right in the middle of a Texas twister, it's hard to step back and take it all in. You just catch what you can as it goes flying by, or duck if you're sober enough to remember to do that. Hell, when you start up the aftenoon at Shultz's beer garden just to beat the heat and see what might wander in from all the government offices at quittin' time, and get caught up in a conversation with some beauty from the Governor's office, eat more of those nachos than any sane man would, and have to chase that all down with another ice cold Pearl, or two, which is three or four more than you should have had, realizing you should have left 45 minutes ago if you were gonna get to The Spoke or The Rail and get unloaded and then set up to play, and the last thing you remember was playing your flattop on the Street about 3 or 4 or, well it was still dark and trying to recall if it was 6th or Pecan after arguing with somebody from Georgia about whether Guadalupe is pronounced Gwa day loo pay or Gawd loop and don't have any recollection of getting on 35 or getting off on FR 2001, but you must have because the truck's out in the yard and you're home in Buda but before you can even begin to head back up to the cafe for coffee and food you discover your guitars and amps are cooking in the truck and it's already 1:30 in the afternoon. Thank God days like that only happened a few times...a month,...or was it a week. And dont get me started about the gigs in San Mucus. Yeah life. That shit goes by in a hurry. Might have been easier with cellphones with cameras.
Ashamed to say this is my 1st time hearing Guy Clark. What a great writer, you couldn't get me to listen to what they play today. Bless him if he's passed on. 68 and still learning.
Why you say "are you a wino?!! Don't have to be a wino to love this man!!! Guy Clark is one of the greatest song writers of all time!!!!!!!! Know what you are talking about when you speak of these legendary poets!!!!! GC.....,JJW.....JP.....JL!!! GUY, JERRY ,PRINE, LENNON.... YES,I HAD TO ADD LENNON!!!!!! "IMAGINE" THAT!!!!!!!
I talked to Guy on the morning the planes struck the Twin Towers. I was phoning Nashville from Canada. When I asked if we should postpone or cancel the interview he replied, 'No let's talk. It's what we do. It's all we can do.' Guy was an artist, a poet, a craftsman, but he was also a professional to the end. He told the stories of our lives, wherever we called home.
my only regret is why I didn't get to know Guy's music and songs earlier! Had the privilege of speaking to Guy when he and Verlon appeared at a festival I volunteered with in Longford, Ireland, he held the crowd that night in the palm of his hand, you could have heard a pin drop, and off stage he was just a soft spoken gentleman it was an absolute pleasure to meet....
He wrote some of my favorite songs and I didn't know it was his song. Jerry Jeff Walker did LA Freeway and Desperados Waiting for a Train and I thought both were his songs, maybe the best he did. I went to college during the heyday of the Austin Country movement. I met a gal who was a Clark fan and she turned me onto much of his collection. The early stuff is still the best.
Its not hard to recognize a true song writer....everyday simplicity... the pain and suffering from this life..can't fake it or imitate it..what a noble profession if that's what it is...so in touch with life...I believe you're born that way...its a way with words..a gift from God....just my humble opinion on songwriters...John Prine..Bob Dylan...Guy Clark.. Hank Williams..Woodie Guthrie.. Blind Willie McTell....all the rest..thanks so much.
Chip Taylor was just singing a song about "flattened nickles" on the railroad tracks. All of us gray haired, gray bearded, old guys can relate to playing on the railroad tracks. Thanks Guy...
I had the privellige of meeting guy and his son.Travis Clark at the Basement in Sydney Australia. Travis played acoustic base. Guy was getting over a cold but his performance was 100% A true gentleman. As for many of us his songs were the stories and road maps of our lives. I love playing the vinyl rather than discs.
This is one of those days: Out into the sunlight, the sky is all ablaze, this looks like the first of better days. Guy Clark is a different sort of nut, one of the ones who will never be known again. I, can always count on him. This is he. He, who taught me so many important life lessons, none more important than that I should always trust my cape. I just bought a new vinyl copy of his LP, Old No.1. My gosh, some we buy in every medium, and repeatedly.
One of the great Singer - Songwriter - Storytellers of our era. I really hate to admit I wasn’t aware of him, hadn’t heard him that I can recall. I can’t figure how that happened. I missed a giant until after he left us. Luckily he left a rich and well documented legacy. It seems strange somehow, but I missed him. Godspeed Guy Clark ….
You can't teach this stuff, you gotta live it. If you ain't done it you can't do it. Not proper anyway. And one other thing not everyone has an ear for this kind of music. If you do thank God tonite before you go to bed. There's a special place in the heart for folks like Guy and Verlon.
Jerry Sullivan Jerry, I just discovered Guy Clark in the last year or so...... I was around 45 years ago, but maybe got distracted along the way...but I'm here now...
This is bitter sweet, last chance to see a true master before the lymphoma took him. With hind site being 2020 you can tell he was sick. RIP Mr. Clark you are missed.
There will certainly be musical personalities that will capture the imagination of their current audiences the way Guy captured my generation. I just hope that future audiences appreciate them more than we did Guy and Townes...
I found this researching after Willie Nelson on Fallon singing My Favorite Picture of you ... I was raised on Grand Ol Opry and thank God for my country roots! Thank you Guy Clark for the beautiful legacy
My brother turned me on to Guy Clark many decades ago and I have loved him ever since. Something about that voice and those words can bring me back from the saddest day or help me celebrate and remember the best days. And he will forever be a link between my brother and I. My dear brother may be gone now from this plane but Guy can always bring him back to me for a little time.
My mother had fed me (since I had only a womb with a view) watermelon dreams, front porch ice cream, home grown tomatoes and all the other great foods, thoughts and songs of Guy Clark and co... I can remember as a child listening to this music with my mother because it was fun/irenic (a little silly... so it seemed as a child)... Yet, being a teenager and all... I whilst with my friends, listened to anything but what my parents had in the "#DodgeSupervan's" tapedeck. I remember in 1997 I was a junior in high school and my family had gone to Taos New Mexico for vacation. While driving into town one evening my mom and dad noticed a marquis at some little"hole in the wall" (The Taos Inn I believe) that must have said something like LIVE tonight... Guy Clark... one night only... YOU DONT WANT TO MISS THIS... YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A CHANCE LIKE THIS AGAIN...Etc. my mother insisted and gently pleaded with me but I opted to stay at the room so that I could sneak a few cigarettes in and have time to get the smell off of my clothes, breath, and fingers (yes, she left no loose ends) before they returned. My mother who never met a stranger and always spoke her mind, stayed out until about 4 in the morning with my father and her new friend... Anywho I think about missing that evening almost every time I hear Guy Clark sing. And absolutely every time that I hear his voice I am reminded of my mom and all that she said that I didn't understand while she was still down here with me/us/you/him/her/them---US. "we're all in this together now even if we all fall apart". So, rest in peace Mom Dad and Guy! I promise to continue to learn/understand from the beautiful legacy that you have left upon this world.
LA Freeway. Memories of hearing this song for the first time when the band I was in learned it practicing in my parents home. They let us set up in the garage and man we made some music. I fell in love with the song and still love it. Thank you Guy Clark for all the music you created!
i grew up in Houston so I was a fan from the days Guy , Townes , and Jerry Jeff lived together on Fannin Street. I remember riding my Norton down to Evoluton tapes and records to buy Old No. 1. God Bless you Guy.
Are you kidding…..lol. I went to the Cactus Club a lot. We also would go to Arlington Square Apartments to the club there. Do you remember the Orbit Room on Telephone Road or Uncle Sams. W also di the Nesedel Club than Gilleys. Some times we would cruise down to Galveston to hit the bamboo Club or the Ballinese Room. Great Times but i LOVEED the Cactus Club.
so natural, a come easy lyrical genius. such a gift to turn something so natural into the lofty supernatural. adios guy, and Suzanna don't you cry. together forever now bye and bye.
Man, I can't like this enough. This man should be declared a national treasure. Thank you for such a long and wonderful career creating music that speaks to my soul. RIP And 29 people's only taste is in their mouth.
God, he's gone, he's gone he's gone. I so wanted to see Guy live and I had tickets to a show in Idaho but he canceled because of health. I was so crestfallen. God bless that man, that artist!
Guy Clark, I miss you, but I still have my Cape; not one radio station played your tunes when you passed on, none in my area....pretty sad business, so in honor you, I am planting more tomatoes..and after they come up strong....going out in the garden and me a hard one....might even try em with waffles ....been saving that one folks. You, Townes, Jerry Jeff taught me so much, gave me faith, courage and acceptance and a great sense of humor. Thanks.
That's what I love about this music. It gets better as the artists get older. It takes on new meaning. It gets real powerful with time. Nothing like it in the world.
What a magnificent storyteller in song. I could listen to Guy Clark hours on end , sitting in a circle with friends under the stars and Milkyway. My favorite... The Dark. I listen and sing along and laugh at loud at his amazing, subtle and perfect lyrics... an amazing, subtle and perfect delivery.
Yes indeed brother, he is the most Dub of all the great country singers imo. If you could rhyme La Freeway with Red Cow Roundabout you could have a fuckin' great tribute band ;)
I never heard of Guy Clark, but I've heard of singer/song writers, that referenced him. Damn, I'm amazed about how I could miss him. Too bad for me that I didn’t get it till he was practically gone. Hail And Farewell!!
There have been a lot of legendary Musician/Singer /Songwriters, from almost every Genre of music who have past away in less than a year, but for Country outlaws to loose Guy Clark, and Merle Haggard within less than 2 months of each other, is an extremely big void, that will probably never be filled again. RIP Guy & Merle. Peace.
Vernlon, you and Guy that is some real "stuff that works". Thanks for holding up a legend when he needed it. The Cape, man that was us youngsters wonder I'm still here. Like so many of Guy's songs you can relate too.
I just discovered this and it's great, has anyone mentioned the accompanying guitarist/vocalist is Verlon Thompson, damn fine singer /songwriter himself
Bruce I've had the pleasure to "Jam" with Verlon on several occasions. He is one of the kindest and most talented people I've ever known. A very old and gentle soul. Verlon is so "non assuming and humble" that he has no idea of the pleasure of his company. If it hadn't been for Verlon, Guy (and I love Guy) would have had a very incomplete finish to his career. God smiled down on Guy and let him borrow one of his angels for a short time. Thanks to all of them for making my musical life much fuller and complete.
Buddy Holly was the first Texas singer-songwriter. Since him, other Texas songwriters have had something to measure themselves to. Guy Clark, Townes, Robert Earl Keene, Lyle Lovett, Ken Gaines, James McMurtry, and so many others continue a tradition that will hopefully never die.
Marion, you forgot that there were a few before Holly came along and a heck of a lot of singer-songwriters that were writing country or (Texas country) at the time Holly was trying to find a "new sound". What about Sonny Curtis, Red Stegall, Sammy Allred, Billy Joe Shaver, Whitey Shafer, and on and on and on?? You must be young and never been to Texas in the 40's and 50's!! Holly could have been Bob Wills' or Tommy Duncan's son!!! Change your strings and Tune up young man. Find you a roadhouse to pick in for a few years and you will learn a lot about Texas music...
I wish for those days again my 70 years of living are written in those songs
"He did not know he could not fly, so he did". Genius.
There is something so pure and honest about songwriters singing their songs. Guy doesn't disappoint.
Guy is a seer, and Verlon sets him free. A pair for the ages. Guy's songs were what we always made sure we had when we headed off for the best times of our lives.
Sad part of this whole thing is that there are some people out there listening to the radio right now thinking that cheap imitations like Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, and a dozen others are country! What a joke! This is the real deal. This guy has left more wet change on Texas bars than those "want to bes" have ever seen. Then he went home and wrote a song about it.. Listen close, there are not many left like Guy Clark and when he is gone we'll all lose a little bit of ourselves...
Wet change on a bar....that really mad me laugh. You should try your hand at songwriting. Guy is most certainly the real deal. He's all about telling a story, not selling albums or concert tickets.
RevWillieG I do write.. Just look up "Leaving My Blues At The Border" and let me know what you think! I've been writing for a long time and had a little, but very little, success. Hope you like it....
mouse man
Love it!
I hope Ryan Bingham keeps it goin'. That man has lived one hell of a life.
but of course we all love Guy, but wait til Luke and Kenny have lived their lives..They will have the country stories
Barb Young Barb, I hate to bust your bubble, but there are no more guys around today like there were when Guy Clark was honing his trade. Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff, Nelson, Jimmy Gilmer and the rest of the Texas writers and performers. It's hard to learn a country life's lesson when you are doing more rap than you are country. These new guys do the "safe" stuff and they will have hit records and make lots of money but they will never be legends in the music business. Maybe in the public's mind, but never in the minds of the people inside the business. They will just be another country singer who made a lot of money and that's about it..
Gratefully discovering this delightful gentleman, who perchance is my Dad's namesake.
Guy Clark Townes Van Zandt Eric Taylor Nanci Griffiths these singer songwriters are at the top of my list they gone now but left us their music
I never met him, but as I told my wife about his passing I couldn't stop the tears.
Tears.... An absolute American. St. Peter's in for a show.............
Our dear family friend, Guy. Guy and Susanna lived next door to us on Stratford St. in the Montrose area of Houston in the 60's. We miss you. Your voice always was, always will be so very comforting to me.... even when it's hoarse. You were an American treasure.
From Australia, never been to Houston. I just Googlemapped that street, now I know where he got Magnolia Wind from. The google van must have gone down there when it was all in flower, how pretty the street, how pretty the song.
Holly Smith Dang !! Lucky you !!!!!!
Can’t even begin to imagine how wonderful it must of been to know and live next door to such an incredible singer songwriter. He’s always been my favorite and I sure miss him not being with us anymore. But his music will live on forever.❤️
To live next door to Guy & Susanna, Emmylou or even John Prine in Chicago.....what a blessing of God. It's for sure Susanna was waitin' on Guy when he showed up to the Heavenly Band practice, I bet his soul was happy again.
How blessed was you guys
Hard to take, this loss. But the poets of Heaven surround him now as he tells his stories and sings his songs. I love you, Guy. See you someday.
Have lived in Austin since back in the late 60 until now. Got to see Guy, Townes, Willie, Jerry Jeff, Fromholtz, Flatlanders, Sir Doug, Allen Wayne Damron, Alvin Crow, Asleep at the Wheel...etc ect etc.... and was just too stupid to know how good I had it. I guess I thought that everybody had music like that almost any night of the week and places like the Soap Creek Saloon, Split rail, Austin Opry House, Continental Club, Liberty Lunch .... Man, I would like to go back and live them years over, I would appreciate it this time.
Music was my voice I was introverted and I grew up in Austin Texas during the days of the Armadillo World Headquarters,Soap Creek Saloon, Antone's,One Nite, The music scene at the beginning,and that time can't be better
It's OK. Your not alone, I too have been too stupid to know how good I had it. It's life for some of us! Just go from here, today. It's all we've got!
ditto, xo
Sometimes when you're right in the middle of a Texas twister, it's hard to step back and take it all in. You just catch what you can as it goes flying by, or duck if you're sober enough to remember to do that. Hell, when you start up the aftenoon at Shultz's beer garden just to beat the heat and see what might wander in from all the government offices at quittin' time, and get caught up in a conversation with some beauty from the Governor's office, eat more of those nachos than any sane man would, and have to chase that all down with another ice cold Pearl, or two, which is three or four more than you should have had, realizing you should have left 45 minutes ago if you were gonna get to The Spoke or The Rail and get unloaded and then set up to play, and the last thing you remember was playing your flattop on the Street about 3 or 4 or, well it was still dark and trying to recall if it was 6th or Pecan after arguing with somebody from Georgia about whether Guadalupe is pronounced
Gwa day loo pay or Gawd loop and don't have any recollection of getting on 35 or getting off on FR 2001, but you must have because the truck's out in the yard and you're home in Buda but before you can even begin to head back up to the cafe for coffee and food you discover your guitars and amps are cooking in the truck and it's already 1:30 in the afternoon. Thank God days like that only happened a few times...a month,...or was it a week. And dont get me started about the gigs in San Mucus. Yeah life. That shit goes by in a hurry. Might have been easier with cellphones with cameras.
You are so lucky to have such talent pass through Austin over the years. From an Australian
Ashamed to say this is my 1st time hearing Guy Clark. What a great writer, you couldn't get me to listen to what they play today. Bless him if he's passed on. 68 and still learning.
How can anyone EVER in this life give a thumbs down to an aging Guy Clark?
He's a national treasure.
+Kevins Best: Subscribe There out there. Hillary supporters mostly.
+swimmer706 Really? How disrespectful to bring politics into a discussion of Guy Clark at this time.
Some folks just have terrible taste in music.
The answer is simple...."Father, forgive them...they know no what they do......" (Jesus Christ)
swimmer706 Politics has nothing to do with this.
How voice is more beautiful now than when he was younger, I love the broken and old voice.
Nothing more pure in music than an artist playing their instrument and singing the words from their soul......thanks for posting.....
Guy Clark wrote the songs of my life. They've always been a coat from the cold. Miss you Guy.
Are you a wino?
Why you say "are you a wino?!! Don't have to be a wino to love this man!!! Guy Clark is one of the greatest song writers of all time!!!!!!!! Know what you are talking about when you speak of these legendary poets!!!!! GC.....,JJW.....JP.....JL!!!
GUY, JERRY ,PRINE, LENNON.... YES,I HAD TO ADD LENNON!!!!!! "IMAGINE" THAT!!!!!!!
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He's new to me & I'm 66 lol
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I talked to Guy on the morning the planes struck the Twin Towers. I was phoning Nashville from Canada. When I asked if we should postpone or cancel the interview he replied, 'No let's talk. It's what we do. It's all we can do.' Guy was an artist, a poet, a craftsman, but he was also a professional to the end. He told the stories of our lives, wherever we called home.
my only regret is why I didn't get to know Guy's music and songs earlier! Had the privilege of speaking to Guy when he and Verlon appeared at a festival I volunteered with in Longford, Ireland, he held the crowd that night in the palm of his hand, you could have heard a pin drop, and off stage he was just a soft spoken gentleman it was an absolute pleasure to meet....
He wrote some of my favorite songs and I didn't know it was his song. Jerry Jeff Walker did LA Freeway and Desperados Waiting for a Train and I thought both were his songs, maybe the best he did. I went to college during the heyday of the Austin Country movement. I met a gal who was a Clark fan and she turned me onto much of his collection. The early stuff is still the best.
Its not hard to recognize a true song writer....everyday simplicity... the pain and suffering from this life..can't fake it or imitate it..what a noble profession if that's what it is...so in touch with life...I believe you're born that way...its a way with words..a gift from God....just my humble opinion on songwriters...John Prine..Bob Dylan...Guy Clark.. Hank Williams..Woodie Guthrie.. Blind Willie McTell....all the rest..thanks so much.
Steve Goodman
I can't tell you how grateful I am to have had Guy and Verlon as a part of my life!
Thanks for posting
Chip Taylor was just singing a song about "flattened nickles" on the railroad tracks. All of us gray haired, gray bearded, old guys can relate to playing on the railroad tracks. Thanks Guy...
Stick a pin in Segraves Texas and draw a 200 mile circle and see how many true music legends have come from this real estate.
R.I.P Guy Clark your music will live on forever.
Ya gotta love the old guys.Sweet songs last forever on broken radios.☮️
I had the privellige of meeting guy and his son.Travis Clark at the Basement in Sydney Australia. Travis played acoustic base.
Guy was getting over a cold but his performance was 100% A true gentleman.
As for many of us his songs were the stories and road maps of our lives.
I love playing the vinyl rather than discs.
This is one of those days: Out into the sunlight, the sky is all ablaze, this looks like the first of better days. Guy Clark is a different sort of nut, one of the ones who will never be known again. I, can always count on him. This is he. He, who taught me so many important life lessons, none more important than that I should always trust my cape. I just bought a new vinyl copy of his LP, Old No.1. My gosh, some we buy in every medium, and repeatedly.
One of the great Singer - Songwriter - Storytellers of our era. I really hate to admit I wasn’t aware of him, hadn’t heard him that I can recall. I can’t figure how that happened. I missed a giant until after he left us. Luckily he left a rich and well documented legacy. It seems strange somehow, but I missed him. Godspeed Guy Clark ….
You can't teach this stuff, you gotta live it. If you ain't done it you can't do it. Not proper anyway. And one other thing not everyone has an ear for this kind of music. If you do thank God tonite before you go to bed. There's a special place in the heart for folks like Guy and Verlon.
I'll miss you Guy Clark but glad to still have your music.
45 years ago I was listenin to Guy Clark tunes with no idea WHO he was... sure glad I found out! Another NATIONAL TREASURE!!!!
Jerry Sullivan Jerry, I just discovered Guy Clark in the last year or so...... I was around 45 years ago, but maybe got distracted along the way...but I'm here now...
Jerry Sullivan I am just discovering Guy ,too! I am 66 years, now I have time to discover artists--Thank God for the computer and YT!
matt zehentner Glad ya made it !! Enjoy the rest of the ride... :-)
Noel B. Owens hey, 1949 was a good year!! :-) Glad you arrived safely...
+Jerry Sullivan WOW. It took you that long to find out who Guy Clark was?
I love you Guy and Verlon. Thank you for it all, glad you're at peace now with your soul mates (including Skinny Dennis)
So many good Texas songwriters.Must be something in the water,whiskey.Love his songs.
A talented man .
This is bitter sweet, last chance to see a true master before the lymphoma took him. With hind site being 2020 you can tell he was sick. RIP Mr. Clark you are missed.
This is the coda performance by one of the greatest song writer ever. Every time I play this video I cry with joy
THERE ARE FOLKS THAT,THAT SHAPE THE STRUCTURE OF THE COUNTRY FOLK.GUY CLARK WAS A PIONEER,GREATNESS THAT CANNOT BE PUT TO WORDS
The world lost part of it's soul when Guy Clark left it.
Thank you, Mr. Clark. I'll love your songs till I die.
There will certainly be musical personalities that will capture the imagination of their current audiences the way Guy captured my generation. I just hope that future audiences appreciate them more than we did Guy and Townes...
I have seen these two together several times, and each time is a sparkling jewel in my memories.
God Bless Guy Clark. The man is a true Texas treasure.
guy and W 2016
Got to have two Greatest Song Writers! Guy Clark & Billy Joe Shafer
I found this researching after Willie Nelson on Fallon singing My Favorite Picture of you ... I was raised on Grand Ol Opry and thank God for my country roots! Thank you Guy Clark for the beautiful legacy
My brother turned me on to Guy Clark many decades ago and I have loved him ever since. Something about that voice and those words can bring me back from the saddest day or help me celebrate and remember the best days. And he will forever be a link between my brother and I. My dear brother may be gone now from this plane but Guy can always bring him back to me for a little time.
yep! third coast music started me on his dope back in 1996!
My mother had fed me (since I had only a womb with a view) watermelon dreams, front porch ice cream, home grown tomatoes and all the other great foods, thoughts and songs of Guy Clark and co... I can remember as a child listening to this music with my mother because it was fun/irenic (a little silly... so it seemed as a child)... Yet, being a teenager and all... I whilst with my friends, listened to anything but what my parents had in the "#DodgeSupervan's" tapedeck. I remember in 1997 I was a junior in high school and my family had gone to Taos New Mexico for vacation. While driving into town one evening my mom and dad noticed a marquis at some little"hole in the wall" (The Taos Inn I believe) that must have said something like LIVE tonight... Guy Clark... one night only... YOU DONT WANT TO MISS THIS... YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A CHANCE LIKE THIS AGAIN...Etc. my mother insisted and gently pleaded with me but I opted to stay at the room so that I could sneak a few cigarettes in and have time to get the smell off of my clothes, breath, and fingers (yes, she left no loose ends) before they returned. My mother who never met a stranger and always spoke her mind, stayed out until about 4 in the morning with my father and her new friend... Anywho I think about missing that evening almost every time I hear Guy Clark sing. And absolutely every time that I hear his voice I am reminded of my mom and all that she said that I didn't understand while she was still down here with me/us/you/him/her/them---US. "we're all in this together now even if we all fall apart". So, rest in peace Mom Dad and Guy! I promise to continue to learn/understand from the beautiful legacy that you have left upon this world.
I love those two men, their voices, music and soul. I can listen to them all day and nothing is more lively to me.
Mourning the loss of this great spirit of music today. RIP Guy Clark.
Kitty West
I feel like I lost family.
My favorite Guy Clark song is Randle Knife. Took a song writers work shop with him. Love Guy Clark. 🙏🏼💜
LA Freeway. Memories of hearing this song for the first time when the band I was in learned it practicing in my parents home. They let us set up in the garage and man we made some music. I fell in love with the song and still love it. Thank you Guy Clark for all the music you created!
Mr. Clark kept his dignity. ALL his time. Amerikan Icon, he means a LOT!
Simply the Real Deal. Honest, true, and soulful. A National Treasure.
i grew up in Houston so I was a fan from the days Guy , Townes , and Jerry Jeff lived together on Fannin Street. I remember riding my Norton down to Evoluton tapes and records to buy Old No. 1. God Bless you Guy.
I remember those two venues well. Do you remember the Old Quarter?
I do not remember that. Do you remember the Cactus Club and the club in the apartments, the Arlington Square Club?
Are you kidding…..lol. I went to the Cactus Club a lot. We also would go to Arlington Square Apartments to the club there. Do you remember the Orbit Room on Telephone Road or Uncle Sams. W also di the Nesedel Club than Gilleys. Some times we would cruise down to Galveston to hit the bamboo Club or the Ballinese Room. Great Times but i LOVEED the Cactus Club.
and the Texas Opry House - Houston - 1975..
Love Guy Clark from the early days I was in Austin, But Verlon is an overlooked treasure too.
Amen
so natural, a come easy lyrical genius. such a gift to turn something so natural into the lofty supernatural. adios guy, and Suzanna don't you cry. together forever now bye and bye.
RIP Guy. Thanks for ALL.
I''m gonna miss your laughter.
I'm holding on to your songs forever.
I can’t get enough of this man and Verlon
Guy has song my life for years. So very very grateful. Thankful
Man, I can't like this enough. This man should be declared a national treasure. Thank you for such a long and wonderful career creating music that speaks to my soul. RIP
And 29 people's only taste is in their mouth.
God, he's gone, he's gone he's gone. I so wanted to see Guy live and I had tickets to a show in Idaho but he canceled because of health. I was so crestfallen. God bless that man, that artist!
Damned if Guy didn’t get to live to be the old man Townes never did. This was great!🎶
Why Couldn't God Make Guy Live Forever. You Finally Got Off That L.A.Freeway. R.I.P.
Guy Clark, I miss you, but I still have my Cape; not one radio station played your tunes when you passed on, none in my area....pretty sad business, so in honor you, I am planting more tomatoes..and after they come up strong....going out in the garden and me a hard one....might even try em with waffles ....been saving that one folks. You, Townes, Jerry Jeff taught me so much, gave me faith, courage and acceptance and a great sense of humor. Thanks.
Wow. This man has so much soul. What a pleasure.
Oh my gosh! What a jewel. Love me some Guy Clark!
That's what I love about this music. It gets better as the artists get older. It takes on new meaning. It gets real powerful with time. Nothing like it in the world.
What a brilliant man. Guy has gone to Dallas, Bless his soul.
Aww I like that. Let him roll
Yeah let him roll. What a song!
What a wonderful song! So real and heartfelt.
What a magnificent storyteller in song. I could listen to Guy Clark hours on end , sitting in a circle with friends under the stars and Milkyway. My favorite... The Dark. I listen and sing along and laugh at loud at his amazing, subtle and perfect lyrics... an amazing, subtle and perfect delivery.
Thank you for the nostalgia.
Greetings from Ireland Dublin13 Guy was much respected here true gent
we will miss you something fierce sir.....I love you from the get go...
Yes indeed brother, he is the most Dub of all the great country singers imo. If you could rhyme La Freeway with Red Cow Roundabout you could have a fuckin' great tribute band ;)
My god..what a talent! Loved him so much!
thank you from the bottom of my heart, Guy is the real deal
I never heard of Guy Clark, but I've heard of singer/song writers, that referenced him. Damn, I'm amazed about how I could miss him. Too bad for me that I didn’t get it till he was practically gone. Hail And Farewell!!
R.I.P. Guy.
Love his music.
That first song makes me cry of melancholy.
There have been a lot of legendary Musician/Singer /Songwriters, from almost every Genre of music who have past away in less than a year, but for Country outlaws to loose Guy Clark, and Merle Haggard within less than 2 months of each other, is an extremely big void, that will probably never be filled again. RIP Guy & Merle. Peace.
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Then we lost Billy Joe Shaver and Jerry Jeff Walker close together. Damn near as bad.
Now you can add Billy Joe Shaver to the list. Kristofferson and Willie are about the only two left.
@@holeemolee8323 and John Prine . RIP
Vernlon, you and Guy that is some real "stuff that works". Thanks for holding up a legend when he needed it. The Cape, man that was us youngsters wonder I'm still here. Like so many of Guy's songs you can relate too.
This music is as honest as a cold beer after a hard days work .just a matter of fact Guys music always makes me feel better about this life
I have been a fan since Old No. 1, at 71 he might grimace now and then but he still has my attention.
Two beautiful people making beautiful music.
may he rest in peace thanks for sharing your talent with us
I just discovered this and it's great, has anyone mentioned the accompanying guitarist/vocalist is Verlon Thompson, damn fine singer /songwriter himself
R.I.P. to an absolute master of the craft. Sorely missed...
Love you both! Always!!!
Legend, cannot be matched, influenced so many good songwriters
Such a sad day for music.. RIP Guy. Thanks for all the great music.
I've been told that I sound like Guy Clark and that my songs are a lot like his. I can't think of a better compliment!
I wish I could of meet these guys ! Pretty fun down to earth. Thanks for your beautiful music.
Genius soaring above this fallen world
02:15 The Cape
07:31 L.A. Freeway
13:36 Texas, 1947
19:00 Dublin Blues
Guy Clark always heals my heart.
Damn this got me.. Rest In Peace Guy. My biggest influence no doubt. One of the best songwriters our country ever produced.
I wish to love this video a second time.. that should be a thing
RIP Mr. Clark. You've brought me great joy with your brilliant songs.
I always rue getting too free with my superlatives, but, this guy is just about as good as good gets.
Great post, thanks so much. Everyone, get a dvd called "heartworn highways" to see Guy as a young man
the real story is Verlan Thompson who has to follow as accompanist without knowing what song is next. and Nailng it..
Bruce I've had the pleasure to "Jam" with Verlon on several occasions. He is one of the kindest and most talented people I've ever known. A very old and gentle soul. Verlon is so "non assuming and humble" that he has no idea of the pleasure of his company. If it hadn't been for Verlon, Guy (and I love Guy) would have had a very incomplete finish to his career. God smiled down on Guy and let him borrow one of his angels for a short time. Thanks to all of them for making my musical life much fuller and complete.
Bruce Dalrymple Yeah that guy is talented as hell
At this point playing with Guy was like playing with John Lee Hooker, timing changed continuously even within one bar.
When you have played for years with the same folks, you don't need a set list. You probably know this.
might be about the best music playing i've ever experienced. the muses are sitting on their shoulders
Buddy Holly was the first Texas singer-songwriter. Since him, other Texas songwriters have had something to measure themselves to. Guy Clark, Townes, Robert Earl Keene, Lyle Lovett, Ken Gaines, James McMurtry, and so many others continue a tradition that will hopefully never die.
Texas Sam Hinton?
Marion, you forgot that there were a few before Holly came along and a heck of a lot of singer-songwriters that were writing country or (Texas country) at the time Holly was trying to find a "new sound". What about Sonny Curtis, Red Stegall, Sammy Allred, Billy Joe Shaver, Whitey Shafer, and on and on and on?? You must be young and never been to Texas in the 40's and 50's!! Holly could have been Bob Wills' or Tommy Duncan's son!!! Change your strings and Tune up young man. Find you a roadhouse to pick in for a few years and you will learn a lot about Texas music...
Ernest Tubb the Texas Troubadour
So sad to hear of his death. He wrote some beautiful music. RIP Guy!
Great music. And two very fine heads of hair.
These two are simply the best!
I've been looking for this train song for a long time. Thank you.