CLARK, GUY
(*1941)
CLARK, GUY (b. G. C., Jr., Monahans, Tex., November 6, 1941) Guy Clark is a Texas SINGER/SONGWRITER who, along with JERRY JEFF WALKER and TOWNES VAN ZANDT , wed HONKY-TONK sounds to contemporary lyrics. His songs have been widely covered by 1980s new country stars. Raised by his grandmother (who ran a run-down hotel), Clark learned to play GUITAR as a youngster, playing primarily Mexican folksongs that he heard in his small Texas hometown. In the 1960s he went to Houston, where he immediately…