Without Getting Killed or Caught The Life and Music of Guy Clark

ByTamara Saviano

Winner, 2016 the Belmont Book Award, Sponsored by the International Country Music Conference

For more than forty years, Guy Clark wrote and recorded unforgettable songs. His lyrics and melodies paint indelible portraits of the people, places, and experiences that shaped him. He has served as model, mentor, supporter, and friend to at least two generations of the worlds most talented and influential singer-songwriters. In songs like Desperados Waiting for a Train, L.A. Freeway, She Aint Going Nowhere, and Texas 1947, Clarks poetic mastery has given voice to a vision of life, love, and trouble that has resonated not only with fans of Americana music, but also with the prominent artistsincluding Johnny Cash, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Jeff Walker, and otherswho have recorded and performed Clarks music.

Now, inWithout Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark, writer, producer, and music industry insider Tamara Saviano chronicles the story of this legendary artist from her unique vantage point as his former publicist and producer of the Grammy-nominated albumThis Ones for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark. Part memoir, part biography, Savianos skillfully constructed narrative weaves together the extraordinary songs, larger-than-life characters, previously untold stories, and riveting emotions that make up the life of this modern-day poet and troubadour.

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