Guy Clark - Workbench Songs
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Free Music Review: Dublin Blues Part II
Hit: 4 Stars
The first album I purchased by Guy Clark was Dublin Blues and that was about six years ago. I still love the CD and listen to it all the time, without skipping any songs. I later purchased Essential Guy Clark, but did not like it nearly as much, the production was lousy and the songs just did not hit me the way the songs on Dublin Blues did. I hemmed and hawed on picking this new one up, but finally did a few weeks ago. Glad I did, this is a wonderful album, very similar in style to Dublin Blues, good tunes and good stories. I guess if you have a winning formula stick with it. The songs have a warmth to them that makes you feel like you are sitting around a campfire or pub listening in person. The stories are all entertaining. Definitely worth the price, and I don't skip any of the songs on this disk either. Tornado time in Texas is my favorite so far, always turn that one up!Free Music Review: Solid Work
Hit: 4 Stars
Guy Clark is an aquired taste but he's a craftsman. He's like a guy that makes custom wood furniture. You may not like the piece but you know that it was well made, of good material and more than a little sweat. I was particularly taken with Magdalene, Broke His Funny Bone and Analog Girl. The arrangements are spare but appropriate. I find myself whistling more ornate Mexican rifts in Magdalene which has very simple ones. OK I am a sixty's folky and I like texas music. All of these songs have something to recommend them I just picked out the three that are currently running around in my head. If you know and like Guy Clark then you know what your getting, just differnt thoughts in a solid package. If you don't know Guy and like intelligent folk/cowboy music, do yourself a favor.Free Music Review: Workbench, Not Sculptor's Bench
Hit: 3 Stars
There is no songwriter that I admire more than this Texas native. I've been a fanatic Guy Clark fan ever since a friend played "L A Freeway" for me back in 1984. He is an amazing talent, one of the few great poets/songwriters with whom I've become familiar. Over the years, he has produced song after song with piercing lyrics and melodies that I love to hear over and over again. I know that even Guy Clark can't make every song as tender as "Coat from the Cold," as memorable as "South Coast of Texas" or as haunting as "She Ain't Going Nowhere." But none of the songs on this collection even approach those standards. "Magdalene" comes closest and "Out in the Parking Lot" has some good lines. "Tornado Time in Texas" is fun and frollicking. "Worry B Gone" is sophomoric and disappointing but, hey, I never was a marijuana fan. By no means is the album a waste of time; it just doesn't measure up to his legacy of great songs and the fine art that he has produced over the decades. It is the only Guy Clark ensemble on which there isn't a single song that I want to hear over and over and over again. But, that's OK... I'm guessing even da Vinci had a sketch or two that didn't measure up to Mona Lisa.
If you're a Guy Clark fan, you'll want this collection because, well, it's Guy Clark. If this is your first exposure to Guy Clark, it could be your only and that would be a total shame. The man has a body of work that rivals the very best in American heritage. To get a notion of some relatively recent, much better work, try Cold Dog Soup and Dublin Blues. For his classics, try The Essential Guy Clark and The Platinum Collection.