Guy Clark sets tour dates
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 – Guy Clark is hitting the road in support of his CD "Sometimes the Song Writes You" (Dualtone). The Texas songwriter has dates from Sept. 17 until Nov. 11.
Dates are:
Sept. 17 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center
Sept. 19 Cascade, IA Ellen Kennedy Fine Arts Center
Sept. 23 Nashville, TN The Belcourt Theatre
Sept. 25-26 Steelville, MO Wildwood Springs Lodge
Oct. 3 San Francisco, CA Golden Gate Park
Oct. 22 Ann Arbor, MI The Ark
Oct. 27 New York, NY B.B. King Blues Club
Oct. 28 Piermont, NY The Turning Point
Oct. 30 Bay Shore, NY Boulton Center for the Performing Arts
Nov. 1 Albany, NY Swyer Theatre - The Egg
Nov. 18 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre
Nov. 20-21 Austin, TX Texas Union Theatre
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Some Days the Song Writes You
In an era where AutoTune seems to be the order of the day, Guy Clark prefers sitting with paper and pen in hand. The longtime songwriter's latest opens with a laidback opener Sometimes You Write The Song with Clark half singing and half speaking his way through the tune akin to John Hiatt. But he opts for more spoken word on The Guitar, which doesn't seem to work well despite some fine picking throughout.
Fortunately, Clark redeems himself with the tender and stellar Hemingway's »»» |
Workbench Songs
There's a reason why heavy-hitters like Steve Earle, Vince Gill and the late Johnny Cash considered Texas-born songwriter Guy Clark a legend. A dozen albums into a 30-year plus career, Clark never ceases to amaze, not only for his subtle, sublime wordplay but also for his flawless, effortless vocal delivery. There's nobody else in country music that can match Clark's comfortable drawl or his brilliant lyrical imagery, so rather than beat him, they just record his songs. »»» |
Editorial: American Idol's Carrie Underwood can sing –
If anyone saw the Super Bowl – what a great great game that was – they would have heard American Idol winner and country superstar Carrie Underwood sing the National Anthem. Underwood did with her voice what Kelly Clarkson did last week with her written words – give it to Scott Borchetta, the head of Big Machine Records,, who tried defending Taylor Swift by knocking American Idol performers. »»»
Concert Review: McBride, Adkins shine sometimes –
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