Artist: Guy Clark

'Tube Thursday: New Video Cover Projects take on the Guy Clark, Grateful Dead, and Leonard Cohen songbooks

Feb 9, 8:20pm Cover Lay Down

It's not the newest trend in the webiverse. See, for example, Hangin' Out On E Street , the Bruce Springsteen-solicited covers project we noted way back in February of 2009, or The Stand Ins project , which had Bon Iver, The New Pornographers, David Vandervelde, and other indie names taking on the tracks from Okkervil River album The Stand Ins as it was released in 2008. But the songwriter-specific video covers project concept seems to be peaking, with several major collections in process as we speak. Today, we present our [...]

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Single Song Sunday: If I Needed You (17 solo, duo, & full band transformations of a Townes Van Zandt classic)

Jan 28, 5:19pm Cover Lay Down

Apocryphally, If I Needed You came to Townes Van Zandt wholesale, in a dream, wherein he envisioned himself a famous folksinger, and the song as his biggest hit. When he awoke, he wrote the song down, changing but one line in transcription, and the rest, as they say, is history. Of course, Townes did indeed become famous, though partially posthumously, and surely not on the same scale as he envisioned in his nocturnal emissions. But as I've noted several times in these virtual pages, I discovered the work of [...]

• Alex Brumel & Janel Elizabeth - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Antje Duvekot w/ Chris O'Brien - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Carrie Rodriguez and Ben Kyle - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Christian Kjellvander - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Dashboard Confessional - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Dave Sutherland - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Doc & Merle Watson - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Emmylou Harris - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Enzo Garcia - iinyeg.mp3
• Guy Clark - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Jennifer Parker - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• lance odegard - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Lyle Lovett - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Meg Hutchinson - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Robby Hecht - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• Swiftwater - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
• The Dead Ringer Band - If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)

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Artist:	Alex Brumel & Janel Elizabeth
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Alex Brumel & Janel Elizabeth: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyab.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Antje Duvekot w/ Chris O'Brien
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Antje Duvekot w/ Chris O’Brien: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyad.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Folk
Year:	2011

Artist:	Carrie Rodriguez and Ben Kyle
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Carrie Rodriguez & Ben Kyle: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinycr.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Folk

Artist:	Christian Kjellvander
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Christian Kjellvander: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyck.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Dashboard Confessional
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Dashboard Confessional: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinydc.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Dave Sutherland
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Dave Sutherland: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyds.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Doc & Merle Watson
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Doc & Merle Watson: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinydoc.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Emmylou Harris
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Emmylou Harris & Don Williams: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyeh.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Country
Year:	1981

Artist:	Enzo Garcia
Link Text:	Enzo Garcia: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyeg.mp3

Artist:	Guy Clark
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Guy Clark: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinygc.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Jennifer Parker
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Jennifer Parker: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyjp.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	lance odegard
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Lance Odegard: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinylo.mp3
Year:	2008

Artist:	Lyle Lovett
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Lyle Lovett: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyll.mp3
Bitrate:	129 kbps

Artist:	Meg Hutchinson
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Meg Hutchinson: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinymh.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Robby Hecht
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Robby Hecht w/ Jill Andrews: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinyrh.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Americana
Year:	2011

Artist:	Swiftwater
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Swiftwater: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinysw.mp3

Artist:	The Dead Ringer Band
Title:	If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:	Dead Ringer Band: If I Needed You
File Name:	iinydrb.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

A History of Country Vol. 15: 1976-79

Jan 19, 12:08am Any Major Dude With Half A Heart

This compilation is not accompanied by an instalment in the country history, because the next chapter goes with the next mix. And, in some ways, it makes sense that this mix has no history (of course, the timeframe is covered by past articles in the series) because the late 1970s was a time of hiatus. Many of the stalwarts of just a few years earlier ceased having strings of hits, and those artists who had grown out of the Outlaw movement now had their day. In this mix, the likes of Guy Clark, John Anderson, Larry Jon Wilson [...]

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David Hanners, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, brings folk music to Ginkgo Coffeehouse Saturday

Dec 9, 2011, 9:00am City Pages - Gimme Noise

David HannersDavid Hanners sings for the doomed and the thoughtful"It's kind of a joke amongst my songwriter friends that I kill off a lot of characters in my songs," says David Hanners, Pulitz

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Guy Clark, Craig Finn Lead This Week's Show Announcements

Nov 23, 2011, 1:09pm A to Z

The so-called fifth Highwayman and living legend Guy Clark brings his 70-year-old self and his outlaw country woes to the Old Rock House February 29, the day the common solar calendar considers ... Continue reading "Guy Clark, Craig Finn Lead This Week's Show Announcements" >

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Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba Gives a Taste of His Upcoming Solo Cover Album

Nov 11, 2011, 2:00pm Cover Me

Listen to a few tracks off of 'Covered in the Flood,' an upcoming solo cover album from Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba.

• Chris Carrabba - I’m in Love with ... » IminLovewithaGirl.mp3
• Chris Carrabba - Mama’s Eyes (Just... » MamasEyes.mp3
• Chris Carrabba - Skyway (The Replacement... » Skyway.mp3
• Chris Carrabba - The Cape (Guy Clark cov... » TheCape.mp3
• Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional) - It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (R.E.M. cover)

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Link Text:	Chris Carrabba - I’m in Love with a Girl (Big Star cover)
File Name:	IminLovewithaGirl.mp3

Link Text:	Chris Carrabba - Mama’s Eyes (Justin Townes Earle cover)
File Name:	MamasEyes.mp3

Link Text:	Chris Carrabba - Skyway (The Replacements cover)
File Name:	Skyway.mp3

Link Text:	Chris Carrabba - The Cape (Guy Clark cover)
File Name:	TheCape.mp3

Artist:	Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional)
Title:	It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (R.E.M. cover)
Link Text:	Chris Carrabba - It’s the End of the World as We Know It (R.E.M. cover)
File Name:	ItstheEndoftheWorld.mp3
Bitrate:	224 kbps
Year:	2011

10 Country Songs in Memory of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Nov 10, 2011, 10:00am City Pages - Gimme Noise

A dozen autumns ago I moved to Minneapolis from South Dakota, and it was then that I learned how all'a ya can't shut up about one thing: The Halloween Blizzard of '91.

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Analog Girl: Guy Clark

Oct 7, 2011, 12:20pm Keep the Coffee Coming

This is from the album Workbench Somgs.

• Guy Clark - Analog Girl

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Artist:	Guy Clark
Title:	Analog Girl
Link Text:	Stream
File Name:	workbench-songs_guy-clark_09_a nalog-girl.mp3
Bitrate:	201 kbps
Genre:	Country
Year:	2006

#guyclark Guy Clark – Songs and Stories review

Sep 5, 2011, 11:05pm MVRemix Rock

Guy Clark's live album Songs and Stories has an easy charm about it, breathtakingly simple and refreshingly rustic. Recorded at Nashville's Belcourt Theater, Songs and Stories is storytelling at its best, nostalgic and poignant without ever becoming maudlin. Tenderly crafted and poetic, Clark's songs are descriptive of an era just beyond the reach of our modern collective consciousness, a time when homegrown tomatoes and freeway driving were enough to set your soul free. Clark starts his set by telling a story in his familiar, down-home drawl. "If I Needed You" follows, understated but firm. Unmistakably Texan in every [...]

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Guy Clark – Stories and Songs review

Aug 30, 2011, 3:36pm MVRemix Rock

Guy Clark's career has played out a movie, he started out in the hills of Texas with a guitar and some songs, now almost 40 years later he's still releasing albums while many of the stars that he wrote songs for have gone by the wayside. Obviously, Clark is getting up in age as you would expect someone with a 40 year career would and his aged, wisdom giving demeanor on Stories and Songs fits his music faultlessly. The album flows like a stream and imitates the intimacy that a Guy Clark concert emits. The transcript of the [...]

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Guy Clark – Songs and Stories

Aug 24, 2011, 1:01pm Beat Surrender

Living legend Guy Clark's music is as timeless as that of his old sparring partner Townes van Zandt and with a back catalogue overflowing with quality the man has few contemporary peers as a songwriter, LA Freeway that kicks of proceedings on his live album Songs and Stories remains one of favourite tracks of all time, if you can write a track like Boats to Build and leave it out of a live performance it's got to be proof of a song set of the highest order. On Songs and Stories Clarke plays the [...]

• Guy Clark - L.A. Freeway

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Artist:	Guy Clark
Title:	L.A. Freeway
Link Text:	Guy Clark - L.A. Freeway
File Name:	Guy-Clark-L.A.-Freeway.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Country & Folk
Year:	2011

Guy Clark: Songs and Stories

Aug 18, 2011, 2:00am PopMatters

The legendary Guy Clark sings songs, tell stories, and keeps audiences in rapt attention. Few can get away with what Guy Clark can, something the 69-year-old demonstrates in the opening moments of this aptly titled live release. Not only does he open the album with a drawling explanation of why he and his band are sitting rather than standing on the stage of the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, but he also spends time introducing each member as well. Maybe it doesn't make much sense for him to do that...

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Music Review: David Bromberg - Use Me

Jul 18, 2011, 5:23pm Music @ Blogcritics.org

Fans of David Bromberg will be able to view some new sides to an old master in this new album.

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Free Outlaw Country Tribute Album Covers Cash, Hank, Waylon, and More

Jul 15, 2011, 4:00pm Cover Me

Download a Free Covers Album of American Outlaws Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings and More

• Great Lake Swimmers - Dublin Blues
• The Fishermen Three - Always Late (With Your Kisses)
• West Of The Shore - Closer To The Bone

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Artist:	Great Lake Swimmers
Title:	Dublin Blues
Link Text:	Great Lake Swimmers – Dublin Blues (Guy Clark cover)
File Name:	15DublinBlues.mp3
Genre:	Other
Year:	2011

Artist:	The Fishermen Three
Title:	Always Late (With Your Kisses)
Link Text:	The Fishermen Three – Always Late (With Your Kisses) (Lefty Frizell cover)
File Name:	15AlwaysLate.mp3
Genre:	Other
Year:	2011

Artist:	West Of The Shore
Title:	Closer To The Bone
Link Text:	West of the Shore – Closer to the Bone (Kris Kristofferson cover)
File Name:	15ClosertotheBone.mp3
Genre:	Other
Year:	2011

Baton Rouge: Guy Clark

May 26, 2011, 11:28am Keep the Coffee Coming

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• Guy Clark - Baton Rouge

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Artist:	Guy Clark
Title:	Baton Rouge
Link Text:	Stream
File Name:	guy-clark-baton-rouge.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Country
Year:	1992

Tony Tost - If Only Johnny Cash Had Covered These...

May 15, 2011, 8:19am Carnival Saloon

Last week I posted my interview with Tony Tost about his book on Johnny Cash's American Recordings album. One of the things I like about the book is that it shares my view that some of the covers JC tackled on his later albums with Rick Rubin , quite frankly, sucked. With this in mind I asked Tony to come up with a list for Carnival Saloon of the Worst of American Recordings. Being a creative chap Tony suggested something much better. What songs should Johnny Cash have covered in [...]

• Guy Clark - The Randall Knife
• The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
• Townes Van Zandt - To Live Is To Fly
• Tulsa Telephone Book - Calexico
• Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson - Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)

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Artist:	Guy Clark
Title:	The Randall Knife
Link Text:	Guy Clark - The Randall Knife
File Name:	05_-_the_randall_knife.mp3
Genre:	Country
Year:	2005

Artist:	The Pogues
Title:	If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Link Text:	The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
File Name:	01_-_if_i_should_fall_from_gra ce_with_god.mp3
Genre:	Pop
Year:	2006

Artist:	Townes Van Zandt
Title:	To Live Is To Fly
Link Text:	Townes Van Zandt - To Live Is to Fly
File Name:	07_-_to_live_is_to_fly.mp3
Genre:	Rock
Year:	2009

Artist:	Tulsa Telephone Book
Title:	Calexico
Link Text:	Calexico - Tulsa Telephone Book (Tom T. Hall cover)
File Name:	09_tulsa_telephone_book_-_cale xico.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Genre:	Country
Year:	1998

Artist:	Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson
Title:	Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
Link Text:	The Highwaymen - Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
File Name:	07_-_deportee_(plane_wreck_at_ los_gatos).mp3
Genre:	Country
Year:	2000

Backyard Fireball: It's BBQ Grillin' Time!

Apr 7, 2011, 3:04pm 30 Days Out

The Patron Saint of Texas BBQ I realize some of you in other parts of the country (and the world) are still gettin' winter weather. Here in Texas it's grilllin' time. If you are in Minnesota or New York, stop yer bitchin' for a minute and see if you can get a whiff of my charcoal fire. Ah, sorry to be taunting you like that. Here in Texas barbecue is a religion, like football and drivin' fast. Barbecue is sittin' on the patio, a Weber grill smokin' some ribs while you listen to [...]

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Fixin' up some chili

Jan 2, 2011, 10:18am 30 Days Out

Here come those weird days of winter, after the holidays and before the Super Bowl, where we promptly forget about our New Year's resolutions and do just about anything to stay warm and interested. If you live in a part of the country where it's cold - and that's pretty much any place except Texas or Florida - you may want to give some thought to whippin' up a big pot o' chili. A number of regions lay claim to creating the humble bowl of red, but the story I've heard most often is that the spicy meat concoction [...]

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BY REQUEST: Feeling Literary – the mix

Oct 15, 2010, 1:00am The Steam Co.

While you might know The Steam Co for our totally awesome music selections, you might not know we boast some rather fancy BAs in English. When one of our loyal readers and fellow English scholars came to us with a request for a literary mix, we were thrilled by the challenge. Here's to you, Laura, as you teach those Junior High and High School minds all about how much you love Hemingway and how amazing your Literary Super Tour of America based around the gent was. You rock. We hope the tracks below along with the books they're [...]

• Bloc Party - Ion Square
• Guy Clark - Hemmingway's Whiskey
• Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
• Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
• Nada Surf - Popular
• PJ Harvey - The River
• Radiohead - 2+2=5 (The Lukewarm.)
• The Decemberists - When The War Came
• The Libertines - Narcissist
• The Reflections - (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet
• Tokyo Police Club - Frankenstein

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Artist:	Bloc Party
Title:	Ion Square
Link Text:	Bloc Party - Ion Square
File Name:	blocparty_ionsquare.mp3
Bitrate:	284 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Guy Clark
Title:	Hemmingway's Whiskey
Link Text:	Guy Clark - Hemingways Whiskey
File Name:	guyclark_hemingwayswhiskey.mp3
Year:	2009

Artist:	Jefferson Airplane
Title:	White Rabbit
Link Text:	Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
File Name:	jefferson_whiterabbit.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2001

Artist:	Led Zeppelin
Title:	Ramble On
Link Text:	Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
File Name:	ledzep_ramble.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	1969

Artist:	Nada Surf
Title:	Popular
Link Text:	Nada Surf - Popular
File Name:	nadasurf_popular.mp3
Bitrate:	269 kbps
Year:	1996

Artist:	PJ Harvey
Title:	The River
Link Text:	P.J. Harvey - The River
File Name:	pjharvey_theriver.mp3
Year:	1998

Artist:	Radiohead
Title:	2+2=5 (The Lukewarm.)
Link Text:	Radiohead - 2 + 2 = 53
File Name:	radiohead_225.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	The Decemberists
Title:	When The War Came
Link Text:	The Decemberists - When the War Came
File Name:	whenthewarcame_thedecemberists .mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	The Libertines
Title:	Narcissist
Link Text:	The Libertines - Narcissist
File Name:	thelibertines_narcissist.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	The Reflections
Title:	(Just Like) Romeo & Juliet
Link Text:	The Reflections - (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet
File Name:	reflections_romeo.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2004

Artist:	Tokyo Police Club
Title:	Frankenstein
Link Text:	Tokyo Police Club - Frankenstein
File Name:	tokyo_frankenstein.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2010

Guy Clark – Texas Cookin'

Oct 6, 2010, 4:56am Fusion 45

This is not a perfect record. There are times when timeless songs sound dated because of trendy production choices. The arrangement of It's About Time , with its cheesy sounding clavinet and electric piano lines, sounds like a bad Jimmy Buffett imitation. Black Haired Boy could've stood some brushes rather than drum sticks. Texas Cookin' likewise sounds a little too electric when acoustic would've done just fine, thank you. But these are small potatoes on the menu of Clark's Texas Cookin' . The songwriting is mostly brilliant, the [...]

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