Looking For The Words CD
Looking For The Words: Live at the U of H Coffee House features Guy Clark performing solo acoustic versions of early originals and illuminating covers
Let’s travel back to October 30, 1970: A week before his 29th birthday, Guy Clark is performing on the University of Houston campus. Back in his home state after a short stint in California, Clark is still a couple years away from moving to Nashville, where his career as a songwriter would flourish. On this night, he delights a small coffeehouse audience with 12 original songs plus a half-dozen covers. And, as it happens, a reel-to-reel tape recorder is running. The tape was lost until 2021 when the opening act for that night, John Kunz, found the tape stuck in a cavity behind a storage tray.
Cover art is courtesy of Guy’s friend, renowned artist Mel Chin.
Eight of the Guy Clark originals on this album have never been heard before. In addition, there are rare Guy songs and interesting covers of songs by Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, and Jesse Fuller.
Track list (all songs by Guy Clark except where noted):
1. Susanna
2. Frankie And Johnny (traditional)
3. Rye Whiskey (traditional)
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Bob Dylan)
5. Raggedy Ann
6. Spring Thing
7. Step Inside My House
8. The Gypsy Boy
9. Rain Brings Me Down
10. Corina, Corina (Armetia Chatman, Mitchell Parish & Jay Mayo Williams)
11. Wine And Cigarettes
12. It May Come As News
13. These Days (Jackson Browne)
14. Hill Country Blues
15. Looking For The Words
16. Hold On Brother
17. San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller)
18. Headed Back To California
Looking For The Words: Live at the U of H Coffee House features Guy Clark performing solo acoustic versions of early originals and illuminating covers
Let’s travel back to October 30, 1970: A week before his 29th birthday, Guy Clark is performing on the University of Houston campus. Back in his home state after a short stint in California, Clark is still a couple years away from moving to Nashville, where his career as a songwriter would flourish. On this night, he delights a small coffeehouse audience with 12 original songs plus a half-dozen covers. And, as it happens, a reel-to-reel tape recorder is running. The tape was lost until 2021 when the opening act for that night, John Kunz, found the tape stuck in a cavity behind a storage tray.
Cover art is courtesy of Guy’s friend, renowned artist Mel Chin.
Eight of the Guy Clark originals on this album have never been heard before. In addition, there are rare Guy songs and interesting covers of songs by Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, and Jesse Fuller.
Track list (all songs by Guy Clark except where noted):
1. Susanna
2. Frankie And Johnny (traditional)
3. Rye Whiskey (traditional)
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Bob Dylan)
5. Raggedy Ann
6. Spring Thing
7. Step Inside My House
8. The Gypsy Boy
9. Rain Brings Me Down
10. Corina, Corina (Armetia Chatman, Mitchell Parish & Jay Mayo Williams)
11. Wine And Cigarettes
12. It May Come As News
13. These Days (Jackson Browne)
14. Hill Country Blues
15. Looking For The Words
16. Hold On Brother
17. San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller)
18. Headed Back To California
Looking For The Words: Live at the U of H Coffee House features Guy Clark performing solo acoustic versions of early originals and illuminating covers
Let’s travel back to October 30, 1970: A week before his 29th birthday, Guy Clark is performing on the University of Houston campus. Back in his home state after a short stint in California, Clark is still a couple years away from moving to Nashville, where his career as a songwriter would flourish. On this night, he delights a small coffeehouse audience with 12 original songs plus a half-dozen covers. And, as it happens, a reel-to-reel tape recorder is running. The tape was lost until 2021 when the opening act for that night, John Kunz, found the tape stuck in a cavity behind a storage tray.
Cover art is courtesy of Guy’s friend, renowned artist Mel Chin.
Eight of the Guy Clark originals on this album have never been heard before. In addition, there are rare Guy songs and interesting covers of songs by Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, and Jesse Fuller.
Track list (all songs by Guy Clark except where noted):
1. Susanna
2. Frankie And Johnny (traditional)
3. Rye Whiskey (traditional)
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Bob Dylan)
5. Raggedy Ann
6. Spring Thing
7. Step Inside My House
8. The Gypsy Boy
9. Rain Brings Me Down
10. Corina, Corina (Armetia Chatman, Mitchell Parish & Jay Mayo Williams)
11. Wine And Cigarettes
12. It May Come As News
13. These Days (Jackson Browne)
14. Hill Country Blues
15. Looking For The Words
16. Hold On Brother
17. San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller)
18. Headed Back To California