Guy Clark - Somedays the Song Writes You - Music & Performance - CD

When Guy Clark discusses the art and craft of song-writing, people listen. He has, after all, been writing songs of uncommon quality for nearly four decades, songs like "L.A. Freeway," "Desperados Waiting for a Train," "The Randall Knife," and "Texas, 1947." SOMEDAYS THE SONG WRITES You is the thirteenth recording by this songwriting legend.

Texas singer-songwriter Guy Clark has been a patriarchal figure to many in the Nashville songwriting community for decades. Artists like Rodney Crowell and Steve Earle studied under the watchful eye of Clark during their early years. Like friend Townes Van Zandt before him, Clark is a master storyteller, a dream weaver blessed with the ability to match ear-catching melodies with poetic lyrics that aim for the deepest part of the listener's soul. Somedays the Song Writes You, Clark's eleventh studio album, is a well-crafted collection of compositions that rank among some of his best. Clark's tobacco-and-whiskey-stained voice has never sounded better than it does on such tracks as "The Guitar," a fiery number about a wayward musician and the pawnshop guitar that causes an unexpected awakening in him, and "Hollywood," a slow-grooving cut that takes a sideways look at the world-famous district of Los Angeles, CA. Clark, as he has on previous albums, covers a Townes Van Zandt tune on Somedays the Song Writes You. This time around the singer turns out a dry-throated reading of Van Zandt's graceful "If I Needed You.," Not one to parrot anybody, Clark makes the song his own. "The Coat,," one of many standout tracks on the disc, is a simple reflection on a bad morning -- that comes after a night of drinking and no sleep -- and turns into an even worse day when rain and cold threaten to muddy the main character's mind even more than it already is. Somedays the Song Writes You is another choice album from one of the greatest songwriters to ever come out of the state of Texas. ~ Todd Sterling, Rovi

Performer	Guy Clark
Music genre	Country
Music subgenre	Country
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Original release date	2009
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Is collectible	Y
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Guy Clark - Somedays the Song Writes You [COMPACT DISCS]
Track listing	Somedays You Write the Song, The Guitar, Hemingway's Whiskey, The Coat, All She Wants Is You, If I Needed You, Hollywood, Eamon, Wrong Side of the Tracks, One Way Ticket Down, Maybe I Can Paint Over That
Record label	Dualtone Music Group
Composer	Guy Clark
Songwriter	songwriter
Number in series	13
Track name	Somedays You Write the Song, The Guitar, Hemingway's Whiskey, The Coat, All She Wants Is You, If I Needed You, Hollywood, Eamon, Wrong Side of the Tracks, One Way Ticket Down, Maybe I Can Paint Over That
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N