When Thoreau said that most men will lead lives of quiet desperation, going to the grave with the song still in them, it’s obvious that he never met someone like Guy Clark, a troubadour who’s been ...

Clark, who died this week, moved to Los Angeles in the early 1970s, and couldn’t wait to get out — that’s where he wrote "L.A. Freeway." This week’s song of the week is “L.A. Freeway” by Guy Clark, ...

Guy Clark was arguably one of the best songwriters the country genre has ever seen. The list of stellar songwriters who covered his songs speaks to the quality of his work. Willie Nelson, Steve Earle, ...

With the deaths of such prominent artists as Prince and Leonard Cohen making headlines in 2016, you may have missed the fact that we also lost the great Guy Clark, who passed away in May. He crafted ...

I'm lucky enough to have seen Guy Clark perform, I don't know, maybe a dozen times, probably more than, that over the years. The first was sometime in the mid-'80s, and by then, he was already Guy ...

When Guy Clark was writing his “Desperados Waiting for a Train,” he was sharing the story about the man he considered his grandfather, Jack Prigg. The boyfriend of Clark’s paternal grandmother, Rossie ...

Guy Clark was a deeply admired Texas songwriter who penned enduring classics. Guy Clark was a great songwriter whose work was recorded by other great songwriters , including Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson ...

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Tamara Saviano, who produced a new album by folk and country singer Guy Clark based on long-lost recordings. I'm lucky enough to have seen Guy Clark perform, I don't know, ...