Tribute Album to Country Legend Guy Clark will be Released this Fall

When Guy Clarks celebrates his 70th birthday later this year, the world of country music will celebrate with him. This One’s For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark is a two disc collection of some of his greatest songs recorded by the country and Americana artists he has influenced throughout his life.  Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle and Vince Gill are all featured on the album, which includes a selection of 30 tracks drawn from Clark’s more than 20 albums. The album is produced by Shawn Camp and Tamara Saviano, who is working with Clark on his biography, and part of the proceeds from the album will be donated to the Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University.

 

The artists lending their voices to Clark’s songs have clearly been moved by both the man and his music. Lyle Lovett stated that, “Guy’s songs are literature. The first time I heard Guy Clark, I thought it made everything I’d heard up to that point something other than a song. His ability to translate the emotional into the written word is extraordinary.” “Guy is the king in a lot of ways,” said songwriter Hayes Carll. “I think everybody who was around Guy learned a lot from him and I think the entire music world is indebted to him for what he taught other writers. Everybody who had a chance to learn from him came away a better writer. He gave me a shot before I deserved one.” Vince Gill also felt a connection to the man he’d played guitar for on the song “Randall Knife,” saying, “Giant tears were falling all over my guitar as we were playing. My dad was a lawyer, and he died when I was forty. Guy and I are tied at the hip through that song.”

 

The album was recorded live in studio in both Nashville and Austin, and will be released on November 1.

 

Track Listing:

 

Volume 1

 

1.   ”That Old Time Feeling” – Rodney Crowell

2.   ”Anyhow I Love You” – Lyle Lovett

3.   ”All He Wants Is You” – Shawn Colvin

4.   ”Homeless” – Shawn Camp

5.   ”Broken Hearted People” – Ron Sexsmith

6.   ”Better Days” – Rosanne Cash

7.   ”Desperadoes Waiting For A Train” – Willie Nelson

8.   ”Baby Took A Limo To Memphis” – Rosie Flores

9.   ”Magdalene” – Kevin Welch

10. “Instant Coffee Blues” – Suzy Bogguss

11. ”Homegrown Tomatoes” – Ray Wylie Hubbard

12. ”Let Him Roll” – John Townes Van Zandt II

13. ”The Guitar” – Ramblin’ Jack Elliott

14. ”Cold Dog Soup” – James McMurtry

15. ”Worry B Gone” – Hayes Carll

 

Volume 2

 

1. “Dublin Blues” – Joe Ely

2. ”Magnolia Wind” – Emmylou Harris & John Prine

3. ”The Last Gunfighter Ballad” – Steve Earle

4. “All Through Throwing Good Love After Bad” – Verlon Thompson

5. ”The Dark” – Terri Hendrix

6. ”LA Freeway” – Radney Foster

7. ”The Cape” – Patty Griffin

8. ”Hemingway’s Whiskey” – Kris Kristofferson

9. ”Texas Cookin’” – Gary Nicholson, Darrell Scott & Tim O’Brien

10. ”Stuff That Works” – Jack Ingram

11. ”Randall Knife” – Vince Gill

12. ”Texas 1947″ – Robert Earl Keen

13. ”Old Friends” – Terry Allen

14. ”She Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” – The Trishas

15. ”My Favorite Picture of You” – Jerry Jeff Walker