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- Date Released: September 19, 2006
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Contemporary Country, Alt-Country
- Label: Dualtone
Ambling towards his 70s, this country singer-songwriter has rarely sounded better.
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We Say...
The title of Workbench Songs — ¬the 11th studio album of Clark's three-decade career — offers an unimprovable idea of Clark's idea of himself: a craftsman, a worker, a toiler. As has often been the case with Clark, and possibly always the reason he has never quite accrued the popular recognition of a Kris Kristofferson, he is being too modest by half. The 11 songs here — nine Clark co-writes, one traditional, one cover of a tune by his longtime compadre, the late Townes Van Zandt — represent, at the risk of making Clark cringe, gleaming songwriting artistry.
Clark's exquisitely wrought country ballads usually contain many words, but not one of them is ever wasted. Like all great country songwriters, Clark excels at both the terse character sketch (of the heartbroken rodeo clown who stars in "Funny Bone," he mourns "Tears and greasepaint will not mix") and the deadpan punchline (on "Tornado Time in Texas," there's a master comedian's timing between "Now when pigs fly" and ". . . no, I mean really fly"). Clark's weatherbeaten growl delivers these against a backdrop of acoustic guitars, fiddles and mandolins, played by a cast of equally unassuming virtuosi.
Country performers are blessed in that they work in a genre which, unusually for popular music, rewards the effects of age — voices get deeper, worldviews bleaker, experience richer and all of this is audible on Workbench Songs. Clark, ambling towards his 70s, has rarely sounded better.
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Walkin' Man |
3:02 |
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Magdalene |
4:09 |
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| 03. | |
Tornado Time in Texas |
3:26 |
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Funny Bone |
3:56 |
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Expose |
2:19 |
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Out in the Parkin' Lot |
4:51 |
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No Lonesome Tune |
4:03 |
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| 08. | |
Cinco De Mayo in Memphis |
3:05 |
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| 09. | |
Analog Girl |
3:34 |
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| 10. | |
Worry B Gone |
3:14 |
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| 11. | |
Diamond Joe: A Duet with Verlon Thompson |
2:51 |
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| 12. | |
Texas 1947 (Bonus Track) |
3:31 |
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12 Total Tracks, 42:01 Total Length
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Credits
- Guy Clark - Guitar (Acoustic) // Guy Clark - Vocals // Guy Clark - Producer // Verlon Thompson - Guitar (Acoustic) // Verlon Thompson - Harmonica // Verlon Thompson - Mandolin // Verlon Thompson - Vocals // Verlon Thompson - Producer // Verlon Thompson - Harmony Vocals // Verlon Thompson - Guitar (Baritone) // Eddie Bayers - Percussion // Eddie Bayers - Drums // Shawn Camp - Guitar (Acoustic) // Shawn Camp - Fiddle // Shawn Camp - Mandolin // Shawn Camp - Harmony Vocals // Shawn Camp - Guitar (Nylon String) // Shawn Camp - Guitar (Baritone) // Kevin Grantt - Bass // Kevin Grantt - Piano // Wayne Killius - Drums // Gina R. Binkley - Design // Chris Latham - Trumpet // Chris Latham - Violin // Chris Latham - Guitar (Electric) // Chris Latham - Keyboards // Chris Latham - Viola // Chris Latham - Producer // Chris Latham - Engineer // Chris Latham - Mastering // Bryn Bright - Bass // Bryn Bright - Cello // Bryn Bright - Harmony Vocals // Morgan Hayes - Harmony Vocals
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