Guy Clark
It's another wrenching loss for the music world, as news breaks that Texas country legend Guy Clark died in Nashville this morning. He was 74.
While a cause of death has yet to be reported, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter had been burdened by ongoing health issues, including cancer, over the past several years. But it's his life, not his death, that he'll be remembered for.
Born Nov. 6, 1941, in Monahans, Texas, Clark, a songwriter's songwriter and a meticulous craftsman, was known by fans, peers and followers — contemporaries included Americana forebears like Townes Van Zandt, Rodney Crowell and Steve Earle — for his unmistakeable wrung-out Red Dirt rasp, heard on classics like "Texas, 1947" and "Desperados Waiting for a Train." But the listening world at large mostly knew the heartworn highwayman's tunes by the way they were interpreted by country stars, ranging from legends the likes Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Ricky Skaggs and Emmylou Harris, to contemporary stars like Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley and Kenny Chesney.
Funeral arrangements are pending, according to a post on Clark's official Facebook page.
From the Heartworn Highways DVD extras
