'Somedays you write the song. Somedays the song writes you '. Country singer and songwriter Guy Clark should know. From his debut record Old No. 1 from 1975, this Texan kept alive the honorable craft of writing narrative songs full of everyday sorrow and longing. And while his colleague and friend Townes van Zandt went down, Clark became a respected artist and mentor to Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell,
… among others. Somedays The Song Writes You is another moody album on which a sober acoustic instrumentation is fully devoted to Clark's stories as wonderful as they are from life; about the whiskey of writer Ernest Hemmingway (who the narrator also likes) or a predestined guitar. Clark's voice sounds worn and scratchy, but it is completely compelling to listen. A timeless listening plate, for a fireplace or central heating. (MR)more
