Guy Clark: Songs & Stories Due 8.16.11.

[hawaiiboy]

This is one of...if not the best that I have heard in a very
long time. There are so many fantastic songs on this set.

[hawaiiboy]

I listen to this one just about every morning when I get to
work and I am just amazed at how good it is.

[East Texas Parrothead]

I listen to this one just about every morning when I get to
work and I am just amazed at how good it is.

Right?

I hope the awards come rolling in for it ... it's the best CD of 2011. IMHO ... and may be one of the best ever. I'm still liking the way they matched artist and song ... it really worked out.

[East Texas Parrothead]

Here's a link to my full page feature on THIS ONE'S FOR HIM

http://www.myssnews.com/mysslife/review ... ustin.html

and a sidebar for McMurtry's COLD DOG SOUP

http://www.myssnews.com/mysslife/review ... oetry.html

It really is the best CD of 2011.

[Tiki Torches]

It really is the best CD of 2011.

My honor for that is going to have to go to Mount Moriah's debut. In a just world this song would be blasting out of radios everywhere.

[Tiki Torches]

[conched]

Haven't looked at Guy's schedule...but was happy to see he is at Poor David's Pub in Dallas in March.

I can't go, but it's nice to know he's there.

[conched]

http://www.guyclark.com/tour.php

We'll have to try and make the One World in Austin.

[East Texas Parrothead]

Nancy: He's coming to Tyler, too ... I've got tickets for that one.

[Tequila Revenge]

My drive home from work tonight took me around the North Shore of Lake Tahoe around Emerald Bay to the South Shore and down the mountain to home. Anyway, I had the chance to listen to both CD's while driving around Lake Tahoe. I had a really great day!

Thanks to all the Texas music fans for posting all the great videos and resources!!!

[conched]

Guy has some shows listed:
With Peter Rowan and Jesse Winchester at Golden Gate Park
http://www.songkick.com/venues/5832-golden-gate-park
http://www.guyclark.com/tour.php

Saturday, September 15, 2012
Wildwood Springs Lodge
115 Grand Drive, Steelville, MO (United States) - Map
Set: 8:00 PM
All Ages

With Peter Rowan and Jesse Winchester at Golden Gate Park
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
http://www.songkick.com/venues/5832-golden-gate-park

Saturday, October 6, 2012
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA (United States) - Map
Set: 4:00 PM
All Ages


Sunday, October 7, 2012
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA (United States) - Map
Set: 4:00 PM
All Ages

[Tiki Torches]

Just heard this won Album of the Year at the Americana Music Awards which are being broadcast on NPR tonight, live from Nashville.

[Tequila Revenge]

Just heard this won Album of the Year at the Americana Music Awards which are being broadcast on NPR tonight, live from Nashville.

THANK YOU for posting this. I looked all over for the AMA's last night. Here's from NPR this AM. There's just not enough award shows.


Welch, Civil Wars, Shakes Win At Americana Awards

by The Associated Press
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. September 13, 2012, 07:59 am ET

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gillian Welch and her partner Dave Rawlings, The Civil Wars and Alabama Shakes took home trophies, but Music City was the big winner at Wednesday night's Americana Honors & Awards.

This must have been amazing:

Producers Tamara Saviano and Shawn Camp won album of the year for "This One's For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark." The win came after Clark took the stage for a performance of "My Favorite Picture of You," the night's most powerful moment.

"I wrote this for my wife Susannah, who died in June," Clark told the crowd. "I wish she could be here to hear it. But I'll play it for her anyway."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =161056502

[Tiki Torches]

There's just not enough award shows.

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not but I think there's far too many. Awards in and of themselves are sort of a mixed bag as it's extremely difficult to rate art. It ends up turning it into a competition which isn't the point of art or music, at least to me. On the other hand, I'm glad the Americana Music Association exists, if for no other reason than to shine a light on music that is deserving of the attention that it's otherwise not going to receive from mainstream country music outlets. You're definitely not going to see a tribute to Guy Clark win on the CMA's, same thing for the tribute to Levon Helm that took place last night. Nor will you see pairings like this (which actually took place after the fact at The Mercy Lounge):


Patterson Hood, Amanda Shires, Hayes Carll & Jason Isbell pay tribute to the memory of Levon Helm

[Tequila Revenge]

There's just not enough award shows.

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not but I think there's far too many. Awards in and of themselves are sort of a mixed bag as it's extremely difficult to rate art. It ends up turning it into a competition which isn't the point of art or music, at least to me. On the other hand, I'm glad the Americana Music Association exists, if for no other reason than to shine a light on music that is deserving of the attention that it's otherwise not going to receive from mainstream country music outlets. You're definitely not going to see a tribute to Guy Clark win on the CMA's, same thing for the tribute to Levon Helm that took place last night. Nor will you see pairings like this (which actually took place after the fact at The Mercy Lounge):


Patterson Hood, Amanda Shires, Hayes Carll & Jason Isbell pay tribute to the memory of Levon Helm

Trust me, 100% sarcasm intended. Have you found a pod cast of last nights show? Love to hear Guy's performance.

On another note, I've noticed a few record stores (for lack of a better term) have a section called "Americana," separate from Country and Folk for these artist.

[Tiki Torches]

Trust me, 100% sarcasm intended. Have you found a pod cast of last nights show? Love to hear Guy's performance.

No, I haven't. Then again, I haven't really looked though I would love to see the all star finale of "The Weight". I listened in last night via the NPR feed but it kept breaking up.

On another note, I've noticed a few record stores (for lack of a better term) have a section called "Americana," separate from Country and Folk for these artist.

I really don't think that's necessary. The terms Americana, No Depression, alt.country, etc. will never be clearly defined (same thing for rock n' roll itself) but there's no need for a separate category. As much as I'm glad to see these left of center artists (save for Robert Plant) gain more attention, terms like "Americana" can also be confining. By the way, I'm not saying Plant isn't worthy of the attention, I mean that he's someone that's already well known on an international level. In a just world artists such as Guy Clark and John Prine should be just as well known but unfortunately they're not.

[Tequila Revenge]

Trust me, 100% sarcasm intended. Have you found a pod cast of last nights show? Love to hear Guy's performance.

No, I haven't. Then again, I haven't really looked though I would love to see the all star finale of "The Weight". I listened in last night via the NPR feed but it kept breaking up.

On another note, I've noticed a few record stores (for lack of a better term) have a section called "Americana," separate from Country and Folk for these artist.

I really don't think that's necessary. The terms Americana, No Depression, alt.country, etc. will never be clearly defined (same thing for rock n' roll itself) but there's no need for a separate category. As much as I'm glad to see these left of center artists (save for Robert Plant) gain more attention, terms like "Americana" can also be confining. By the way, I'm not saying Plant isn't worthy of the attention, I mean that he's someone that's already well known on an international level. In a just world artists such as Guy Clark and John Prine should be just as well known but unfortunately they're not.