A great songwriter, Guy Clark passed away yesterday at age 74.

May The Four Winds Blow You Safely Home.

Bill, tgo

Back in the 80's when I was playing for a living, the band I was in played his song Heartbroke, which Ricky Skaggs made popular.

Oh, damn.  One of the all-time greats.

Peter

I will add:
My kids gave me a coffee-table book called Nashville Portraits by a photog whose name escapes me at the moment; there is a shot of the below-named geniui with a quotye (again, I disremember the name) in the caption - "If there was a just God overseeing the world of country music, Joe Ely, Guy Clark, Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt would be selling out concert halls and stadiums, and Toby Keith would be selling used stereos out of the back of his pick-up truck."
He was good.  Really good.

Peter (who just had to edit because \i{} doesn't work on the new board)

He was Texas. Real loss.

I'd have to disagree a bit with Richard (hankster) in that more than anything Guy Clark was "real."  He will be missed!

Yup. Correction accepted!

R.

From TEXAS MONTHLY:

http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/he-aint-going-nowhere/

If you check the sidebars to the right, a shorter article about his passing.

I suppose now I'm old enough to be the desperado waiting for the train . . . .

Joey