Guy Clark's new CD, Songs and Stories, came out yesterday. It is just the second live album that Guy Clark has released in his illustrious career. It was recorded at a jewel of a venue, the lovely Belcourt Theater in Nashville. So much Guy stuff to tell! There is a new tribute record, This One’s For Him, nearing release, produced by a bright light that I am proud to call a friend, Tamara Saviano. The CD will include 30 Guy Clark songs performed by Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, John Prine, Lyle Lovett, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rodney Crowell, Robert Earl Keen, Patty Griffin, Joe Ely, Rosanne Cash, Jack Ingram, Steve Earle, Rosie Flores, the list goes on and on.
Tamara is also producing Wish I Was in Austin - A 70th Birthday Tribute to Guy Clark at The Long Center in Austin. The concert is a collaboration with Dr. Gary Hartman at the Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University, San Marcos, which is the beneficiary. This is where you want to be on November 2, as an elite group of artists will converge for an incredible evening of song with Guy Clark; Jerry Jeff Walker, Joe Ely, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Terri Hendrix, Kevin Welch, Terry Allen, Rosie Flores, Jack Ingram, Radney Foster, the Trishas, James McMurtry, & many others will be in attendance.
I searched high and low for a current video and couldn’t find one, so we go a couple of years back for this tune “Hollywood,” Guy Clark with Don Was from 2007.
-Jessie Scott
