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Guy Clark (born 1941) is a country songwriter and performer. He was born in Monahans, Texas and his early musical influences were the Spanish music and songs he heard in West Texas. He is married to songwriter and artist, Susanna Clark.

Clark achieved success as a songwriter with Jerry Jeff Walker’s recordings of “L.A. Freeway” and “Desperados Waiting For A Train.” Artists such as Johnny Cash, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Rodney Crowell have recorded Clark’s songs. Emmylou Harris has accompanied Guy on several recordings, particularly Guy’s own version of “Desperados Waiting For A Train” on his first album Old No 1 released in 1975.

Clark is renowned for his “story songs”. Like a modern day troubadour, he crafts his songs from his own and others’ experiences. He credits Townes Van Zandt as being a major influence on his songwriting. They were friends for many years until Townes’ death in 1997 and since then Guy has included one of Townes’ compositions on most of his albums. In 1995 he recorded a live album with Townes and Steve Earle, Together at the Bluebird Cafe, which was released in October 2001. Other live material can be found on his album “Keepers”.

Guy has been a mentor to singers like Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell. He organised Earle’s first job as a writer in Nashville. In the 1970s, Guy and Susanna’s home in Nashville was an open house for songwriters and musicians and it features in the video Heartworn Highways, an evocation of the songwriter scene in Nashville at that time.

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1	L.A. Freeway	187
2	Rita Ballou full track	160
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4	Let Him Roll full track	139
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6	Like a Coat From the Cold full track	130
7	That Old Time Feeling	125
8	Anyhow, I Love You full track	114
9	Texas 1947 full track	108
10	The Last Gunfighter Ballad full track	90
11	She Ain't Goin' Nowhere full track	56
12	Broken Hearted People full track	49
12	Instant Coffee Blues full track	49
14	The Ballad Of Laverne And Captain Flint full track	44
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Kayna22 wrote:
44 minutes ago

love Guy Clark,anyone wanna webcam chat? the link is in my profile.

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SweetMelissa12 wrote:
October 2009

Let's hear it for Guy Clark!! The members of the group Country Artist of the Week have voted him into the group's "Hall of Fame".

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ngkemp wrote:
August 2009

He's the best there's ever been...

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SweetMelissa12 wrote:
March 2009

Feel free to check out and join the Country Artist of the Week group. Members can vote for their favorite country artists to be the group's "Country artist of the Week".

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edwardpuckett wrote:
January 2009

Stuff that Works and Dublin Blues need to find their way on here. By far his best work (debatable)

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radioqui wrote:
January 2009

oh my...

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RandyB1961 wrote:
October 2008

Awesome songwriter.

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elsmarie wrote:
September 2008

great singer/songwriter....

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SmilinSkullRing wrote:
March 2008

I need to listen to him more. I always kind of forget just how great he is.

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jrmybwedding wrote:
January 2008

great stuff

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purple_prince wrote:
September 2007

Well, just saw him last night. The best!

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frewes wrote:
August 2007

one of the best there is

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wolfgirl_at wrote:
May 2007

love his music

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purple_prince wrote:
March 2007

Guy needs more shouts! A great songwriter.

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Shht wrote:
December 2006

awesome musician

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qamylic3 wrote:
May 2006

this is insane

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