The master songwriter's first two long-players have been released on a single import CD that is more than worth searching out for listeners with a thing for impressionistic story-songs delivered in a voice as dry and true as the dust of West Texas. These classic recordings, including "She Ain't Goin' Nowhere" and "Desperados Waiting for the Train," may date back to the mid-'70s, but their production holds up decades later. None of that horrible Nashville spit and polish of the era distracts from Clark's fine songs. Essential listening for fans of today's alternative country and folk singer/songwriters.
"Broken Hearted People" has been one of those songs from which particular lines seem to come to mind all the time in my own life. In the last few years this has been more true for me than eever before for reasons much as the album description here describes. I believe the reason this has been true for me is because so much Guy Clark's music, be it happy or sad, upbeat or melancholy, is haunti...
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