Singer-songwriter Guy Clark is nothing if not beloved. When indie-rock poster boy Conor Oberst dissed the Lone Star State in a misguided fit of post-election rage at a 2005 concert ("I'd put a gun to my head before I'd live in your state," he said), he made a quick exception for the Texans he did admire, including Bill Hicks, Townes Van Zandt...and Guy Clark. Likewise, no matter how much dim-witted Texas frat-country singers bash Nashville, they're quick to pay their respects to Clark and the band of Texas expatriates he's mentored there over the past 30 years—"Nashville sucks, except for Guy Clark and Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell, of course." Clark's simply a giant in the world of songwriting, inspiring awe across state lines,... More >>>