Guy Clark (album)

Guy Clark is the eponymous third studio album by the Texas singer-songwriter Guy Clark, released in 1978.[4] It was his first on the Warner Bros. label.[5]

Guy Clark
Studio album by
Released1978
GenreCountry
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerGuy Clark
Guy Clark chronology
Texas Cookin'
(1976)
Guy Clark
(1978)
The South Coast of Texas
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[2]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Seventies Music[3]

Critical reception

Record Collector wrote: "More experimental than the straight country of its predecessors, on which cellos and harpsichords dovetailed with more traditional Nashville instrumentation, Clark’s sly wit is in abundance on 'Comfort And Crazy' and 'Shade Of All Greens.'"[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Guy Clark except as noted.

  1. "Fool on the Roof"
  2. "Fools for Each Other"
  3. "Shade of All Greens"
  4. "Voilà, An American Dream" (Rodney Crowell)
  5. "One Paper Kid" (Walter Cowart)
  6. "In the Jailhouse Now" (Jimmie Rodgers)
  7. "Comfort and Crazy"
  8. "Don't You Take It Too Bad" (Townes Van Zandt)
  9. "Houston Kid"
  10. "Fool on the Roof"

Personnel

  • Guy Clark – vocals, guitar
  • Bee Spears – bass guitar
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Lea Jane Berinati – keyboards, background vocals
  • David Briggs – keyboards, background vocals
  • Buck White – mandolin
  • Don Brooks – harmonica
  • Philip Donnelly – guitar
  • Jack Hicks – banjo
  • Jerry Kroon – drums
  • Albert Lee – guitar
  • John Goldthwaite – guitar
  • Don Everly – background vocals
  • Gordon Payne – background vocals
  • Sharon Hicks – background vocals
  • Rodney Crowell – background vocals
  • Frank Davis – background vocals
  • Cheryl White – background vocals
  • Byron Bach – cello

Singles

"Fools for Each Other" reached No. 96 in the Billboard country singles chart.

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Marsh, Dave (1983). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. p. 98.
  3. Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Seventies Music. Virgin. p. 93.
  4. "Guy Clark, American Songwriter: 1941–2016 « American Songwriter". May 17, 2016.
  5. Gray, Chris (December 30, 2016). "Houston Kid: Guy Clark in the Bayou City". Houston Press.
  6. "An American Dream: 4 Classic Albums 1978–1992 – Record Collector Magazine". recordcollectormag.com.


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