Guy Clark
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Clark at the 2009 Newport Folk Festival
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Guy Charles Clark |
| Born |
November 6, 1941 Monahans, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | May 17, 2016 (aged 74) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Country, Texas country, outlaw country, folk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1970s–2016 |
| Labels | RCA, Warner, Sugar Hill, Elektra, Dualtone |
| Associated acts | Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings |
| Website | guyclark |
Guy Charles Clark (November 6, 1941 – May 17, 2016) was an American Texas country and folk singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer. He released more than twenty albums, and his songs have been recorded by other artists including Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Lyle Lovett, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, and Rodney Crowell. He won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album: My Favorite Picture of You.
Clark was born in Monahans, Texas, and eventually settled in Nashville, where he helped create the progressive country and outlaw country genres. His songs "L.A. Freeway" and "Desperados Waiting for a Train" that helped launch his career were covered by numerous performers. The New York Times described him as "a king of the Texas troubadours", declaring his body of work "was as indelible as that of anyone working in the Americana idiom in the last decades of the 20th century".
He was an accomplished luthier and often played his own guitars. He 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, David Allan Coe, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, Hayes Carll, Brad Paisley, John Denver, Alan Jackson, Rodney Crowell, The Highwaymen, and Kenny Chesney have recorded Clark's songs.Emmylou Harris has accompanied him on several recordings, particularly his own version of "Desperados Waiting for a Train" on his first album, Old No. 1, released in 1975.
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