Steve Earle & the Dukes will release a Guy Clark tribute album, aptly titled Guy, on March 29. The upcoming record includes 16 songs that were penned by Guy and features guest appearances from Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Terry Allen, Jerry Jeff Walker, Mickey Raphael, Shawn Camp, Verlon Thompson and Gary Nicholson.
Steve, who lists Townes Van Zandt and Guy as his two primary songwriting mentors, released a Townes tribute album in 2009. Guy passed away in March 2016 and is best known for penning tunes such as âDesperados Waiting for a Train,â âL.A. Freeway,â âThat Old Time Feeling,â âShe Ainât Going Nowhere,â âLet Him Roll,â âRita Ballou,â and âTexas 1947.â
âNo way I could get out of doing this record,â says Steve. âWhen I get to the other side, I didnât want to run into Guy having made the Townes record and not one about him. Guy wasnât really a hard record to make. We did it fast, five or six days with almost no overdubbing. I wanted it to sound live . . . When youâve got a catalog like Guyâs and youâre only doing 16 tracks, you know each one is going to be strong.â
Guy is available for pre-order now.
Guy Track List
1. âDublin Bluesâ
2. âL.A. Freewayâ
3. âTexas 1947â
4. âDesperados Waiting For A Trainâ
5. âRita Ballouâ
6. âThe Ballad Of Laverne And Captain Flintâ
7. âThe Randall Knifeâ
8. âAnyhow I Love Youâ
9. âThat Old Time Feelingâ
10. âHeartbrokeâ
11. âThe Last Gunfighter Balladâ
12. âOut In The Parking Lotâ
13. âShe Ainât Going Nowhereâ
14. âSis Draperâ
15. âNew Cut Roadâ
16. âOld Friendsâ
photo by Jim Casey