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Steve Earle Pays Tribute To Guy Clark, His Songwriting Hero

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Steve Earle Pays Tribute To Guy Clark, His Songwriting Hero

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The guy who always calls it like he sees it remembers a late friend, mentor and outlaw music icon with a new album, GUY.

Steve Earle on World Cafe

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Steve Earle Sings To His Hero, Guy Clark

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Steve Earle Sings To His Hero, Guy Clark

At 21, Steve Earle left San Antonio, hitchhiked to Nashville and met his musical hero, Guy Clark, who was playing pool. That was 1974. Now, Earle pays tribute to Guy Clark on his new album, GUY.

Steve Earle Sings To His Hero, Guy Clark

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Hear Guy Clark's Unreleased Demo 'Just To Watch Maria Dance'

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Hear Guy Clark's Unreleased Demo 'Just To Watch Maria Dance'

Until his dying day, Clark saw himself as a working artist. Both his biographer and co-songwriter Holly Gleason illuminate this late-career demo.

Hear Guy Clark's Unreleased Demo 'Just To Watch Maria Dance'

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Remembering Country Craftsman Guy Clark

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World Cafe

Remembering Country Craftsman Guy Clark

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Listen back to the late Grammy-winning Americana songwriter's interviews and performances on World Cafe.

Folk-Country Craftsman Guy Clark On World Cafe (2006)

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Guy Clark, Music's Master Craftsman, On Making Songs Last

Born in Texas and settled in Nashville, Tenn., Guy Clark has mentored generations of artists, including Rodney Crowell, Lyle Lovett and Steve Earle — all of whom cite his keen editing skills and prize his stamp of approval. Jim McGuire/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Guy Clark, Music's Master Craftsman, On Making Songs Last

A friend and inspiration to the likes of Townes Van Zandt, Lyle Lovett and Emmylou Harris, Clark creates songs with the same precision and attention to detail he uses when he's building guitars.

Guy Clark, Music's Master Craftsman, On Making Songs Last

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Guy Clark On Mountain Stage
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Guy Clark On Mountain Stage

This 2003 performance features songs from Clark's album The Dark. The singer-songwriter has released 20 albums on his own, while a tribute record released in his honor was highly acclaimed.

Guy Clark On Mountain Stage

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This One's For Guy Clark, Americana's Craftsman

Guy Clark is a storyteller who carves songs out of quiet moments and marginal characters. Senor McGuire hide caption

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This One's For Guy Clark, Americana's Craftsman

Lyle Lovett, Hayes Carll, Patty Griffin and more pay tribute to Clark on a new double album.

This One's For Guy Clark, Americana's Craftsman

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