Artist: Guy Clark
Album: My Favorite Picture Of You
Bitrate: 234kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Dualtone Records
Genre: Country
Size: 76.93 megs
PlayTime: 0h 43min 35sec total
Rip Date: 2013-08-05
Store Date: 2013-08-02
Track List:
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01. Cornmeal Waltz 5:39
02. My Favorite Picture Of You 3:32
03. Hell Bent On A Heartache 3:34
04. El Coyote 3:52
05. Heroes 3:41
06. Rain In Durango 4:45
07. Good Advice 3:15
08. The Death Of Sis Draper 3:47
09. Waltzing Fool 4:09
10. The High Price Of Inspiration 3:11
11. I'll Show Me 4:10
Release Notes:
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As he enters his 70th year, Guy Clark consolidates his standing as the eminence
grise of Texas singer/songwriters with My Favorite Picture of You. A collection
of songs that embraces the beckoning of Lone Star dance halls (the deeply sweet
ôCorn Meal Waltz,ö Lyle LovettÆs ôThe Waltzing Foolö), the mortal foibles of
humanity (ôHell Bent On A Heartache,ö ôThe High Price of Inspirationö) and
classic storytelling (ôThe Death of Sis Draper,ö the wry ôShe AinÆt GoinÆ
Nowhereö sequel ôRain In Durangoö), Picture hones ClarkÆs lean writing to
Raymond Carver-esque proportions.
ThereÆs an uncharacteristic undertow, too: a politicism previously eschewed. The
gut string ôEl Coyote,ö a look at immigrants risking their lives to cross across
the border, only to be abandoned by the traffickers to die, is Woody GuthrieÆs
ôDeportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)öÆs soulmate, while the dignified
ôHeroesöùfeaturing Emmylou HarrisÆ vocalsùpaints a picture of a Gulf War vet
reeling from what he saw and just canÆt live with.These arenÆt just forgotten,
but discarded people, and Clark lifts their story up for all to consider.
For all the tenderness and social conscientiousness, Clark has lost none of his
swagger. Quick to take that ragged, split-rail voice and paint a picture of
bravado and its fallout, ôIÆll Show Meö is a blues-drenched saunter that is
self-inflicted implosion. Morgan HayesÆ tart taunt leavens the bluster as Clark
musters, ôSee myself as a young Richard Burton, reading Dylan Thomas to some
Welsh coquetteà How bout this, IÆm a suave bullfighter or a war correspondent
for the BBCàö
As the world becomes faster, cheaper, more disposable, Guy Clark understands
building things to last, taking responsibility and being the sort of man that
owns his failings. On the title track, inspired by a particularly high-timing
afternoon shared with Townes Van Zandt, Susanna Clark has had more than
enoughùand her crossed-arm rage burns a hole into the camera, leaving an
impression of how high the stakes are.
Those stakes have challenged Clark to raise the bar with each passing record. As
a master wordsmith who believes in simplicity over all, heÆs excavated the human
heart, calloused pride and faltering dignity with a scalpel. On Picture, itÆs
all there; Verlon Thompson and Shawn CampÆs tasteful acoustic guitar-playing
setting the mood as the waltzes, aggressive folk and blues variations create a
cozy handful of snapshots capturing a life well-lived.