Jerry Jeff Walker informs his version of Guy Clark's lost gem with such a rustic authenticity its almost as if he's singin' one of his own autobiographical stories.A story of the real true love between two men and the world they shared together
....I've posted this before. But I'm gonna post it again. Folks, this is story telling at it's best. Jerry Jeff Walker's version of a Guy Clark gem conjurs a world of wide open spaces & dusty bruised spirits with a melancholy glow of sepia sunshine, as real as the slamming screen door & the humming telephone lines in the desert sun. But thats nothing new, Guy Clark has been one of America'...
We buried Frank today....You never heard of him, but in a day n age when terms like "hero" are bandied about like cotton lint....Frank was a hero. In 1996, as a Providence Firefighter, Frank ran back into a fully engulfed building and brought out two children who'd been overcome by smoke. But that's not why he was a hero of mine. Frank was a remarkably strong man. What I mean is, Fra...
So "funky" covers a lot of ground, huh?After a hard week of work even the cowboy wants to get in touch with his inner funky self.Jerry Jeff Walker is one of America's under appreciated songwriters. His wry wit and sardonic delivery mask a true romantic with a devastating eye for detail. His "Mr Bojangles" has become part of our collective consciousness, but he is much more than that.And he li...
Guy Clark is one of America's premier Songwriters. His hard-scrabble tales of life on the hard side ring with an authenticity that is at once harrowing yet hopeful. He has an eye for the telling detail and his poet's pen is closer to a doctor's scalpel, carving away the superfluous, cutting to the essence. His songs have been covered by a who's who of performers worldwide.Jerry Jeff Walker p...