Eight years ago today, a songwriter and author who was instrumental in the formation of modern Americana died.

Guy Clark was a deeply admired Texas songwriter who penned enduring classics. Guy Clark was a great songwriter whose work was recorded by other great songwriters , including Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson ...

You could argue all day about the exact nature of Guy Clark's muse, but it's safe to say he has one and it performs its duties in a self-reliant, tight-lipped manner. One of the most laconic of ...

I'm lucky enough to have seen Guy Clark perform, I don't know, maybe a dozen times, probably more than, that over the years. The first was sometime in the mid-'80s, and by then, he was already Guy ...