Another one for the angel band - RIP Guy Clark

[KrittMoore]

Looks like we lost another great one. I have enjoyed his music for years.

[George R. Lane]

Here is a story from the Nashville paper.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/ente...d-74/80932338/

[Mandocarver]

The best songwriter of all for me. Watching him play a solo gig in front of a handful of listeners and a lot of noisy drunks in a smoky pub on the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales in 1989 changed my musical tastes forever. Thanks Guy and rest in peace.

[Dagger Gordon]

Very sad to hear this.

[pops1]

He was, One of the best, poetic and emotional in his songs and singing, he will be missed, Rest in Peace Guy

[Caleb]

He was also a great guitar builder. RIP.

[billhay4]

A good 'un.
Bill

[JeffD]

On of my favorites.



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Ain't no money in poetry
That's what sets the poet free
I've had all the freedom I can stand
Cold dog soup and rainbow pie
Is all it takes to get me by ...
Fool my belly till the day I die
Cold dog soup and rainbow pie


RIP Guy Clark

[foldedpath]

Apropos, I think:

[womandolynn]

Post your favorite lines in tribute to the man ...

"Ain't no money in poetry
That's what sets the poet free"

"She's got answers to questions I would not dare to ask
Survival's never graceful when the changes come that fast"

"I got these lines in my face tryin' straighten out the wrinkles in my life"

"Let the chips fall where they will, 'cause I've got boats to build"

"He did not know he could not fly, and so he did"

"Born in Spain and died in France
He was not scared of baggy pants"

[Mandobart]

Sorry to hear. Guy Clark's songwriting has been a very big influence on me. So many great songs.

"He did not know he could not fly, so he did."

[MikeEdgerton]

At the broken heart ranch you can always find work as a cowfool.

RIP Guy.

[bigskygirl]

Dang, so sorry to hear this news this morning. He seemed so sad since his wife passed away...

RIP Guy...you are missed..

[EggerRidgeBoy]

I just heard the news on my local public radio station, as they played several of his songs as a tribute.

Perhaps my favorite songwriter. He could convey so much emotion, character, and story in just a few perfectly chosen words. He will be missed.

[Marty Jacobson]

Very sad. I will have to try to find some IW Harper on the way home.

[Timbofood]

The writer may pass but, the writing remains. Small solace but, it's all we will have.
What a talent.

[Russ Jordan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFlTQoKQgZg

Don't be a stranger
If you're looking for a friend
If you want an even break
You've got to learn to bend

You don't have a song
If you don't know how to sing
You don't have a prayer
If you don't know how to dream

What's the use in dyin' if you don't die tryin'
If you don't die tryin', what's the use?
What's the use in flyin' if you don't die flyin'
If you don't die flyin', what's the use?

If you're gonna roll the dice
You gotta take a chance
Gotta get out on the floor
If you want to do the dance

If you don't know how to laugh
You'll never learn to cry
If you don't know how to fall
You'll never learn how to fly

What's the use in dyin' if you don't die tryin'
If you don't die tryin', what's the use?
What's the use in flyin' if you don't die flyin'
If you don't die flyin', what's the use?

[Eric F.]

Very sad. I will have to try to find some IW Harper on the way home.

My thoughts, too. Had to settle for Bulleit and playing "Dublin Blues" on my guitar. Man, Guy Clark was awesome. Listening to him is like taking a master class in songwriting.

[UlsterMando]

One of the greatest poets in music
Let him roll . . .
He always said that heaven was just a Dallas whore.

[bones12]

His slow deliberate demeanor and mastery of word sense was evenly matched by his melodic style May he rest in peace knowing he has made a lot of people very satisfied. Doug in Vermont

[MikeEdgerton]

Guy and Verlon.

[almeriastrings]

Absolutely one of the best songwriters ever... with Gordon Lightfoot. My (also, sadly now gone) best friend Nick Evans spent some time with Guy and Susanna when he was working on his biography a few years ago. It is well worth a read. There were also many stories Nick told that did not make it into the book for various reasons.... can't remember if this is in the book or not, but one day he found him with a whole bunch of random words stuck on a board with Guy throwing darts at them! "I'm getting ideas", he said. Then went on to tell Nick how often seemingly unrelated words can turn into poetry if you "just get them in the right sequence". He could certainly do that.

The biography is now out of print, unfortunately, but can still be found if you look. It s still the only biography ever produced on Guy. Nick was a huge fan, and a very good songwriter and musician in his own right. I first heard some of Guy's songs when Nick performed them, in fact. I still can't hear them without a tinge of sadness. Even more so now.

[Tobin]

Celebrity deaths usually don't faze me, but this one left me feeling like I'd been punched in the gut. He was one of the greatest song writers of our era, with a peculiar wit and a great style. He was, at least for me, the quintessential writer and singer of Texas style music.

One of my all-time favorite songs of his, below. If you can get through it without at least cracking a smile, there's something wrong. And the mandolin playing was pretty groovy too. He did have a request in that song, though, for after his death. I wonder if they will honor it?

[billhay4]

He was not scared of baggy pants.
Bill

[sgarrity]

Guy Clark was one of the greatest storytellers of our time. His ability to use words that painted a picture in your mind was unparalleled. His songs transported you to that very moment in time he was singing about. By the end of one of his songs you feel like you have lived through that experience with Guy. The world is a better place because Guy Clark shared his poetry with us!

"He did not know he could not fly, so he did..."