The Essential Guy Clark is a compilation album by American

United States

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Guy Clark

Guy Clark

Guy Clark is an American Texas Country artist. In his career, he has released more than twenty albums, primarily on major labels. He has also written singles for other artists, including Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Rodney Crowell....

, released in 1997.

RCA had previously released Guy Clark – Greatest Hits

Guy Clark – Greatest Hits

Guy Clark – Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Texas singer-songwriter Guy Clark.-Track listing:All songs written by Guy Clark except where noted.# "Texas Cookin'" – 3:50# "Desperados Waiting for the Train" – 4:31# "L.A...

in 1983 which included nearly all the songs from Clark's first two albums. This compilation includes the missing tracks. In addition, it contains the previously unreleased "Don't Let the Sunshine Fool You" (composed by Clark, but first released by Townes Van Zandt

Townes Van Zandt

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 on The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

The Late Great Townes Van Zandt is a 1972 studio album by Texas singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt. It was the second album that he recorded in 1972, and a follow-up to High, Low and In Between. The album includes the earliest recorded version of two of his best-known songs, "Pancho and Lefty" and...

in 1972). All the tracks have been re-mastered.

The compilation was re-released by Audiophile Classics in 2004 with different cover art.

Track listing

All songs by Guy Clark unless otherwise noted.

1. "Texas, 1947" – 3:10
2. "Desperadoes Waiting for a Train" – 4:31
3. "Like a Coat from the Cold" – 3:20
4. "Instant Coffee Blues" – 3:17
5. "Let Him Roll" – 4:05
6. "Rita Ballou" – 2:49
7. "L.A. Freeway" – 4:57
8. "She Ain't Goin' Nowhere" – 3:28
9. "A Nickel for the Fiddler" – 2:48
10. "That Old Time Feeling" – 4:14
11. "Texas Cookin'" – 3:48
12. "Anyhow, I Love You" – 3:54
13. "Virginia's Real" – 2:59
14. "Broken Hearted People" – 4:43
15. "Black Haired Boy" (Guy Clark, Susanna Clark) – 3:09
16. "Me I'm Feeling the Same" – 3:32
17. "The Ballad of Laverne and Captain Flint" – 3:51
18. "Don't Let the Sunshine Fool You" – 2:54
19. "The Last Gunfighter Ballad" – 2:50
20. "Fools for Each Other" – 4:13