If you’re reading this, congratulations on having great taste in music. I know it can seem like you’ll never know all the things you wish you did about music, but just know the fact you know this one is proof you’re doing everything right. Keep on lovin.
@campland35394 жыл бұрын
Thank you man. I hope you hear it in my Campland sound. Guy and John Prine are my heroes. Peace to you SixString ;-)
@douggodfrey65213 жыл бұрын
A mighty sweet & wistful song .
@phillipmurillo85493 жыл бұрын
I'm 54 and I just heard this beautiful song today. I love music. I'm still alive and yes there's still more to discover....
@maskandvaccinefreeandproud21103 жыл бұрын
What’re smokin? Don’t get me wrong. Guy Clark is a legend. But seriously, what’re smokin, Hippy? Lol. You just spreading cheer all over social media for fun, huh? 😂
@caesarstrings3 жыл бұрын
@@maskandvaccinefreeandproud2110 Actually I wrote that when I was going through a really dark time in my life and was contemplating ending it all. Got better and felt like being positive. If you wanna insult me for that I'd recommend learning how to use words properly. "What're smokin'" = "What are smokin'" and that sounds pretty fucking stupid to me, bruh.
@user-bt8mi9fe9s18 күн бұрын
Listen do this this morning with tears in my eyes. The people's comments on here are awesome and so is John Prine. God bless John Prine rest in peace
@tomryan82234 сағат бұрын
JOHN PRINE IS AWESOME, AMAZINGʻ, BRILLIANT!!! IVE BEEN LISTENING TO HIM 40 PLUS YEARS!!!, I STILL LISTEN TO HIM ON YOU TUBE!!! WTG JOHN YOU ARE A LEGEND MY FRIEND!!! R.I.P.
@turftraining27293 жыл бұрын
Was sitting in a piano bar and the singer was taking requests and most were michael buble or some shit---i had a sense the guy could do Guy and requested LA Freeway and the guy nailed it and later he bought me and my date drinks and thanked me--a masterpiece.
@brazenlilhussy59753 жыл бұрын
Lovely story bud. I can imagine what a talented pianist could do with this masterpiece..lotsa subtle little notes. Are you still with the date? ; )
@ignacioasin9233 жыл бұрын
great story.. i wish i could do that. im from Spain and country is barely known here...
@willwyatt70233 жыл бұрын
What a great story
@foma422 жыл бұрын
Bless you for requesting a real song. It's fun being able to put together arrangements of pop songs on the fly, sure, but it's also inescapably depressing to have to do it night after night because no one listens to actual music anymore.
@grumpybuzzard71312 жыл бұрын
way cool !!!
@MrAppalachia4 жыл бұрын
KZfaq preserves some great things that would otherwise be lost
@sirron7774 жыл бұрын
That is definitely a true fact.
@krisscanlon40513 жыл бұрын
Oh amen just a treasure trove
@pattimoore352 жыл бұрын
I was honored to meet Guy as we were both checking into a Ramada Inn in Denver, him to play, me to watch. Told him I had been in love with him since 1975. And it was my 25th wedding anniversary. The marriage has since dissolved, but I am still hopelessly in love with Guy.
@remygarrison14512 жыл бұрын
Incredible! Rodney Crowell, John Prine, Guy and others. Legendary songwriters.
@AO-ip6yx3 ай бұрын
It should have been against US policy to allow all those national treasures in one place at the same time!
@k1j2f304 жыл бұрын
My God, how I loved and lived by the songs and lyrics of Guy Clark and Jerry Jeff Walker back in the mid 1970's! They were both my musical hero's, I listened to their music every chance I got, I would sing along with them whenever I was alone. I spent a lot of time singing with those ol' boys! Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff and John Prine, they were the very best of the best musical storytellers and you have either lived-out their lyrics to their songs, or you feel you are actually right there in their music when they're playing, sorta' like living in a music video. So many good memories of my friends, girlfriends, myself and occasionally a family member like my gramps' would run through my mind with their music playing, like I was sitting in the front row of a movie theater. Sitting there alone, just watching my hero's music being played-out in a movie with me, friends and family as the star actors....up on the big screen! Well, here's to you Guy and John, I do so miss you boys, we surely had us some times. Some were good and some sad, but always so beautifully played and eloquently narrated and always, forever.... remembered and treasured! God speed my ol' friends, my story tellin' and singin' hero's..... God speed!
@gregorysullivan71753 жыл бұрын
Hey man ain't it the truth. From soup to nuts that clatch of singer songwriters. Cheers to you.
@dmz140 Жыл бұрын
Well said.
@ConnorGhostHeart Жыл бұрын
Godspeed to 'em indeed!
@elizabethheyenga927711 ай бұрын
for my service I have to decide between Guy Clark or Jerry Jeff for this song. JJW only because it was the version I rocked with my BFF of 40 years and put a pin in such a special time
@te98399 ай бұрын
Amen brother
@HunterMann8 жыл бұрын
A genius has left the building. Rest well Guy
@mojorising00719505 жыл бұрын
he will be sorely missed...... what an adventurous life he had
@missbritt2883 жыл бұрын
There is something very spiritual about all of these old austin pickers music - there is a certain silence in it , something that reaches deep within a comfort that makes you pause and look at the world like TOAISM from an observers perspective , maybe this is how poets always feel
@jamescarr5989 Жыл бұрын
Miss Britt, you nailed it You nailed it! It does indeed have that definite spiritual component & within is a silence to it! A very wonderful Toasit statement! Jim Carr, Colorado
@peterahrens3594 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely! Excellent Post Miss Beitt!
@ChineseDildoFactory-00110 ай бұрын
Soul...
@jimrebr10 ай бұрын
Oh I love this song so much. I grew up in Southern California and escaped at age 20, I just couldn’t stand living by LA where I was born. My children were all born far from California, and they hate it there, just as much as me. When we visit my parents, my hubby always makes me drive. Love Rodney, following him since the 70’s has lead me to some fantastic musicians!! I have loved John Prine since 1975, I Cocktail Waitressed at this small lounge & I sang with the duo who played there every night, with their full approval, they taught me lots of Prine & Guy Clark songs, also Townes songs.
@roburbina60892 жыл бұрын
One of the last songs I played my father before he passed.
@texasredneckhippy9 ай бұрын
I had no idea how fortunate I was to hear Guy in a small club in North Texas in the mid 70's. John Prine played the following weekend. Singer/songwriters are true artist.
@ConnorGhostHeart Жыл бұрын
I fucking love this song. What an amazing songwriter, performer.
@TerlinguaTalkeetna Жыл бұрын
Got me some dirt road back street in Terlingua some 40 yrs ago and never looked back. Guy's music was a gift in this life.
@peterbaruxis2511 Жыл бұрын
As always Mr. Clark- if you or any of your force should be caught or killed- You will live forever in the hearts of myself and many others who have already listened to this song many times in our lives- and when we're gone, you will live forever in the hearts of those who have yet to discover this masterpiece.
@louisjwilliamsii4 жыл бұрын
If Hemingway could play a G chord he’d be Guy Clark
@nikolaigladanac90822 жыл бұрын
Um, Hemingway played the cello.
@estebancee Жыл бұрын
And he had six toed cats. So???
@karlyoung5089 Жыл бұрын
What a brilliant comment!
@tadisaacs4412 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting into words exactly what I feel.
@mattcook8930 Жыл бұрын
Todays kids don’t know Hemingway, Clark, or what a G chord is
@robertoaguirre8906 Жыл бұрын
Guy was a fabulous song writer, belongs in the song writers hall of fame. Like that old saying "You don't miss your water till your well runs dry". Rest in peace Guy.
@Yosef9438 Жыл бұрын
All these guys surrounding him have heard this song from Guy hundreds of times, maybe. You can see the joy and pure admiration of them while he sings it, still. No one was close to overpowering the simple guitar that is essential this song. Just a little light accompaniment. What a lovely performance.
@shaneb1861 Жыл бұрын
I’m 46 years old and hearing this for the first time. What a talent!
@peterbaruxis2511 Жыл бұрын
This song has been close to my heart for about 50 years I think- I hope you keep it close for just as long or longer.
@jamesbradshaw3389 Жыл бұрын
Guy Clarke was the only man I could listen to singing about green tomatoes, Guy was the man
@CowPalace12 жыл бұрын
I was born and raised in LA...could hardly wait to escape. This was over 50 yrs ago. I still don't miss it.
@turninflat3 жыл бұрын
Oh to have lived a life to create something so special. Simply first class in every regard.
@randalbladel2817Ай бұрын
I only saw Mr. Clark once, about 50 years ago with his band Texas Cookin’. I was very young and ignorant and though I loved it, did’t realize what a legend I was seeing. I’m proud that I did and still do take chances on seeing performers I’ve never heard of. You get to hear some awfully great stuff that way.
@billmiller94485 жыл бұрын
My road trip anthem. Everybody has a skinny Dennis and love is truly handmade.
@hunting_vr15144 жыл бұрын
I travel all around the.midwest to visit family and this is the FIRST song i play. I remember a few years ago heading to my dads cabin he asked if i got off the la free way.
@billwolf27186 жыл бұрын
holy crap, first time I heard this, will wear it out.
@thelittlemoontravelers6 жыл бұрын
ha that is the exact same thing I said the first time I heard this tune.
@jeffwilliams80745 жыл бұрын
I heard it by Jerry Jeff Walker from my Dad's record collection after he OD'd in LA in 1978 when I was 15 years old. His friends said it was his favorite song. He just couldn't get off that LA Freeway in time. Still my favorite song ever.
@brianbarber45015 жыл бұрын
welcome to the club, brother.
@PlaztekNerd5 жыл бұрын
bill wolf wore out my vhs copy back in the 8Os !!!!
@douggodfrey65213 жыл бұрын
He wrote a lot of great songs - this is my favorite .
@hardychip37362 жыл бұрын
I’ve been on this rock for 56 rotations and just know hearing this song, what an amazing song Guess I can chalk this up to better late than never! RIP Mr. Guy Clark
@sunshine3914 Жыл бұрын
I’m surprised. I’m a bit older, raised on country, but first I heard it was Jimmy Buffett. Then Jerry Jeff, & a list of others, a decade before Guy.
@hospice8896 Жыл бұрын
41 and hadn't perfect
@tageschance55012 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤wonderful song 🎵 dear Guy ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@sarahmahany3404 Жыл бұрын
Makes me wanna do what I wish I could do..too sick to do anything right now. Boy, do I love this song.
@TucsonNative3 жыл бұрын
How can you listen to Guy Clark and not want to quit everything you are doing and become a songwriter- only to be crushed with the realization that you could never be 100th as good as he is?
@DaveWhitacre12 жыл бұрын
So true!
@soulfunkfolknhiphop2 жыл бұрын
When I was younger, my dad would make reference to country songs. I’ve been everywhere man, Johnny cash etc. I didn’t get it at the time. He left some ten years ago and songs like this make me wish we could be having a beer and talking about artists like Guy Clark. Country gives me some serious closure when I listen to it.
@yaakov23422 жыл бұрын
Music has a way of bringing us all together, even if they're no longer with us.
@marcosmomma17 жыл бұрын
Miss you Guy Clark, the exceptional songwriting craftsman.
@neilr19566 жыл бұрын
A True Texas Treasure, God is enjoying some amazing music.
@theguitarjohnshow2 жыл бұрын
Guy Clark was an amazing songwriter
@dsleaf2 жыл бұрын
Purest music and poetry and heart and soul.
@pnadell92318 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Guy .......Lord , let him roll .
@RollYourRock5 жыл бұрын
👍🙂
@nashfrogman12333 жыл бұрын
I was 17 when I first heard this song on my local radio station in Oceanside CA. We were cruising past Los Angeles in the evening. Brings back old memories. Funny how a simple song can trigger a whole section of your own life, things you cherish and places you visited for the first time.
@tanyaraven94922 жыл бұрын
Perfect example of "The Song Remembers When" (another stellar song).
@fleegerbriggs56947 жыл бұрын
Never get tired of this song.
@natewhelden44636 жыл бұрын
one of my absolute favorite songs of all time...great version too. RIP Guy!
@livingadreamlife14282 жыл бұрын
Few things in life, if any, are better than hearing a songwriter singing his/her own songs. You have to reach down deep inside yourself and confront your emotions and insecurities along with your understanding your successes and failures to make music like this.
@alonzobishop36714 жыл бұрын
A powerful life force was this man... One of those rarities that makes your senses tremble- a gift!
@buckodonnghaile43092 жыл бұрын
Spot on comment
@MrShadowman32auАй бұрын
Just a masterpiece from a legend of the art .
@nothenryporter81 Жыл бұрын
He's so damn good - as both a songwriter and as a performer.
@briangay62623 жыл бұрын
Lyrics are the best when they take you there
@kevincumpson68153 жыл бұрын
I have leaned to play alot of tunes watching these masters
@judythomas1797 Жыл бұрын
FYI: Clark's wife, the late Susanna Clark, painted the cover of the Emmylou Harris album Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town. RIP Mr and Mrs Guy Clark.
@tedszweb52683 жыл бұрын
The simplicity of his words & phrasing & the visual it gives you is just fantastic. He makes the listener think he is sitting right across from Guy while he is telling you a story. And of course that opening Lick that immediately tells you what song is coming , so unique.
@Blakepurcell142 жыл бұрын
My dad was in a band with Guy’s son Travis. Guy was a great guy when I met him as well as Travis definitely made me the song writer I am
@FalaBell5 жыл бұрын
I lived with this song in February 1985 on the E6 Highway in Norway. Tired and frost bitten I needed to get home for good.
@MrCraigparkersf3 жыл бұрын
Great respect to a great song. RIP Jerry Jeff Walker
@christianjensen76992 жыл бұрын
Jerry Jeff Walker recorded the song first, but Guy Clark wrote it. The lyric "Oh Susana don't you cry babe, love's a gift that's surely handmade", refers to his wife, Susana Clark. Skinny Dennis was Guy's upright bass player while he lived in LA. A similar paradigm happened with Stevie Wonder's song 'Superstition'. It was first recorded by Jeff Beck, but Stevie Wonder wrote it.
@gabbyhayes4561 Жыл бұрын
My goodness what a great song writer. Never heard a tune fr him I didn't like. It's a sad world with out G. Clark!😎🇨🇱
@Scotsgrey135 жыл бұрын
Love this one more than the album version. Bless him.
@brendonleary5 жыл бұрын
So dam tootin' good, it gives me goosebumps.
@billdauphine9513 жыл бұрын
One of the saddest most beautiful songs ever....
@Scotsgrey135 жыл бұрын
He hits it perfectly, and I like it better than the album version.
@richardburkholder2202 жыл бұрын
He detested the album's production of it. This is perfect. Thank you for posting it here. R.I.P Guy,
@ElliotBrownJingles7 жыл бұрын
I'm actually living this song. Guy Clark is my new hero.
@tomconway56848 жыл бұрын
Master Songwriter. Very nice performance.
@SLFinSF2 жыл бұрын
I was listening to this before posting it on Facebook. I cried when I heard Guy had passed...and I'm crying again as I listen to this now. Don't do that for many people but -- for some reason, when I heard Guy had passed, I just burst into tears . Was so blessed to have heard him and Verlon play for so many years at our "Hardly Strictly Bluegrass" concert here in San Francisco at Golden Gate Park (which is F-R-E-E of charge, too!)
@tacogillespie45618 жыл бұрын
Damn Guy its been a long time since the early 70s when I first saw u. Rest easy my friend. Never forget!
@alexloweh14 жыл бұрын
Guy Clark was a bad ass👍
@Manesson6 жыл бұрын
Une des plus belle chanson de voyage ...
@jamiebyrne4588 жыл бұрын
A genius indeed. May he forever rest in peace
@russkendrickmartin72578 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Tune and a stellar performance!
@keithpolster29128 жыл бұрын
A fantastic singer...he will be missed....yes God let him roll....
@gregpalermo3861 Жыл бұрын
i see what you did there.
@kevinstaggs50485 жыл бұрын
Cool tune. First heard it in '85 or'86 and have loved it ever since.
@jamespriest96582 жыл бұрын
Christ, was the first song that spoke right to me. As all good boys age 12 in early 60s, I watched Roy Rogers and listened to Roger Miller.. well I listened to the words, said what.. led me to guy eventually, but sob Townes caught me off guard. I'm back at it writing the red dirt.. my tiny spin.. but yeah ur gonna like it..
@redbagreddirt8 жыл бұрын
Another legend gone RIP
@charliem5332 Жыл бұрын
Wow. 1983. What a song. A beauty.
@IamYogiB Жыл бұрын
Saw him a few times and even shook his hand after a free show at the amazing Bill’s Records on spring valley. Old No 1 changed my life. Still know almost every word.
@charlesharper72923 жыл бұрын
Outstanding! Thank you.
@mathewgladden8914 Жыл бұрын
This song depresses the hell out of me for some reason.
@DanielHill-ic2zq4 күн бұрын
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@davidbarnett17406 жыл бұрын
Never heard a Guy Clark song until that baseball movie. In the background was playing part of Things That Work. About 2 years later watching the same movie, and retired, I heard the verse again. Spent probably 2 weeks searching for the song --- yes, my computer skills suck. After that I've been searching for more Guy Clark. LA Freeway is my favorite so far, but Sis Draper is running a very close 2nd... Sorry I never saw him in concert.
@colpayz2127 жыл бұрын
I hear Jerry Jeff will be on Auction City Limits this weekend. I'm sure he'll give props to the songwriter of this song. RIP Guy Clark
@glenndowling83832 жыл бұрын
LA is like NYC. You either love it or wanna leave it. I couldn’t live in either but that don’t mean nothing really. Bless those who keep our big cities alive
@wambathewisefool2893 Жыл бұрын
So lost, since Guy passed. My ol' man had the Texas Cook'n 8 Track in the late 70s....I fell in love with Mr Clarks voice, guitar and lyrics, on that 8 track in the middle to late 80s. So, 2 years ago...I got an "analog" playing amplifier and phonograph....and I have been purchasing Mr. Clarks l.p.s, all 1st presses, not digital "re" mastered crap. Been a year since I played them. I love his music, Van Zandts, Jennings, and of the such. I will include Kristofferson, as the true Western Folk singers...hey, but then again, I've been a fool...I got a Crowell 1st press too...
@campland35394 жыл бұрын
absolutely made my day watching this. TY man
@campland35394 жыл бұрын
Without Guy and John P, I'm not writing songs. Thank you fellas for your inspiration!
@margaretgraves51092 жыл бұрын
Bladdy love Guy Clark. My fave song of his, is reference to Suzanna still gives me shivers down my back. Listen to him, steve earle & the late Justin. Whom i listen to the most x
@Yosef9438 Жыл бұрын
Also, Townes Van Zandt.
@margaretgraves5109 Жыл бұрын
@@Yosef9438 If I needed you
@lestercrosby29177 жыл бұрын
gone but not forgottened rip guy
@jeremywolstenholme92777 ай бұрын
I have and love this album.
@drb0003 жыл бұрын
Beauty. That voice. It's like a god telling you the path.
@MrAlexnervo Жыл бұрын
Dylan ....hell Guy Clark is up there as a song writer no gimmicks .
@robertjones63338 жыл бұрын
What a great song. RIP
@Exodus1414KeepStill4 жыл бұрын
He was brilliant!
@richardmiller402110 ай бұрын
My favorite version of this song
@chriscook12498 жыл бұрын
RIP and thanks
@TheLotus08188 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace spirit
@roxannekrenz37862 жыл бұрын
Love this.
@Noblesavage776 жыл бұрын
A day late and a dollar short but you better believe I'll do my best to pass the buck.... thank you sir, rest well
@garysilliker29034 жыл бұрын
so good to hear again
@Mikeman643 жыл бұрын
Rodney Crowell, like on many occasions, to his left
@SilversteinRescue3 жыл бұрын
Did Rodney keep playing with him long after this? I watched Heartworn Highway’s and he was in it with Guy so I thought it was cool to see they were still playing together here some years later.
@36A3 жыл бұрын
To the left of Rodney is the great John Prine. 😎👍🏼
@elizabethjolliffe34118 жыл бұрын
Thank you and safe journey.
@d37fan2 жыл бұрын
Growing up the only thing I ever heard from Guy was Homegrown Tomatoes. Sadly, he’s another great artist that I’ve come to appreciate after his death.
@JosephJohnson-it2dh5 ай бұрын
Jerry Jeff Walker is the first person I ever heard sing this. Both good versions
@johnmckeon34687 жыл бұрын
Great song.
@ericsimpson1176 Жыл бұрын
He passed away on the same day my mom did, miss them both
@jone70342 жыл бұрын
Just noticed Handsome Johnny sitting on the couch taking it all in.
@Jaydit75 жыл бұрын
God, Guy was so young, here
@jamiebyrne4588 жыл бұрын
Genius indeed ......
@mullyinca8 жыл бұрын
A great clip. Thanks for sharing! I think it is wrongly attributed, though. I am pretty sure this is from ACL #804 Songwriters Showcase with Rodney Crowell, John Prine, Billy Joe Shaver, Guy Clark, Bill Caswell, Keith Sykes (1983)
@wendy2shoes5 ай бұрын
John Prine in the background. Another dear soul lost.
@lawsonmclester2229 Жыл бұрын
I was at UT from 75-78... The Best music ever.. Austin was still Austin.. Not a Cali outpost