View basket “Guy (Indies Only)” has been added to your basket. Guy Steve Earle And The Dukes SKU: NW5296LP Barcode: 607396529612 22.00 £22.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: New West Released Date: 29th March 2019 Buying Format: 2LP Gatefold Sleeve Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Steve Earle was nineteen and had just hitchhiked from San Antonio to Nashville in 1974. Back then if you wanted to be where the best songwriters were, you had to be there. Guy Clark had moved to Nashville and if you were from Texas, Guy Clark was king. Years later, Steve would be playing bass guitar in Guy’s band and flying high on what would become an indelible friendship of likeminded musicians who bonded in a kinship of stories told through song. Flash forward more than forty years to May 2016. Guy Clark had just succumbed to cancer after a long battle with Lymphoma. Guy had lived with his disease and had continued to write songs until the day he died. He also painted, built instruments and owned a guitar shop in the Bay Area. According to Earle, “You hung around with him [Guy] and knew why they call what artists do disciplines. Because he was disciplined.” The same can be said of Earle. In the fall of 2018, Steve and The Dukes went into House Of Blues studio in Nashville and recorded ‘Guy’ in six days. “I wanted it to sound live… When you’ve got a catalog like Guy’s and you’re only doing sixteen tracks, you know each one is going to be strong.” Earle and his current, perhaps best-ever, Dukes line up take on these songs with a spirit of reverent glee and invention. The tunes are all over the place and so is the band, offering max energy on such disparate entries as the bluegrass raveup ‘Sis Draper’ and the talking blues memoir of ‘Texas 1947’. Earle’s raw vocal on the sweet, sad ‘That Old Time Feeling’ is heartbreaking, sounding close enough to the grave as to be doing a duet with his late friend and mentor. You can hear little hints of where Earle came from. The stark ‘Randall Knife’ has the line “a better blade that was ever made was probably forged in Hell,” which wouldn’t be out of place in a Steve Earle original. Also hard to beat is ‘The Last Gunfighter’, a sardonic Western saga to which Earle offers a bravura reading of the chorus: “the smell of the black powder smoke and the stand in the street at the turn of joke.” In the end, however, ‘Guy’ leads the listener back to its beginning, namely Guy Clark, which is what any good ‘tribute’ should do. ‘Guy’ is a saga of friendship, its ups and downs, what endures. We are lucky that Earle remembers and honours these things, because like old friends, ‘Guy’ is a diamond. Gatefold double LP on 150g vinyl. Digital download album. Artist Steve Earle And The Dukes Genre Americana / Country Label New West Buying Options 2LP Gatefold Sleeve Includes Download Code Format 2LP , Gatefold Sleeve , Includes Download Code Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Dublin Blues L.A. Freeway Texas 1947 Desperados Waiting for a Train Rita Ballou The Ballad of Laverne and Captain Flint The Randall Knife Anyhow I Love You That Old Time Feeling Heartbroke The Last Gunfighter Ballad Out in the Parking Lot She Ain’t Going Nowhere Sis Draper New Cut Road Old Friends Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Steve Earle And The Dukes and more from Americana / Country View Product Quick View Steve Earle And The Dukes Guy (Indies Only) Americana / Country | New West | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 26th March 2019 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Steve Earle And The Dukes Guy (Indies Only) £22.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: New West SKU: NW5297LP Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 26th March 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lone Bellow, The Love Songs For Losers Americana / Country | Dualtone | 1LP Released 4th November 2022 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lone Bellow, The Love Songs For Losers £17.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Dualtone SKU: DUA24581 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ags Connolly Siempre Americana / Country | Finstock Music | 1LP Released 16th June 2023 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ags Connolly Siempre £20.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Finstock Music SKU: FINST002LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 16th June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Matthew Ryan Hustle Up Starlings Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Blue Rose | 1LP Released 31st January 2018 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Matthew Ryan Hustle Up Starlings £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Blue Rose SKU: BLULP0701 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 31st January 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Willie Nelson Last Man Standing Americana / Country | Sony Music | 1LP Released 24th April 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Willie Nelson Last Man Standing £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Sony Music SKU: 19075827241 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th April 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Shawn Colvin A Few Small Repairs – 20th Anniversary Edition Americana / Country | Sony Music | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 11th September 2017 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Shawn Colvin A Few Small Repairs – 20th Anniversary Edition £26.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Sony Music SKU: ALEG48521 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 11th September 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kiefer Sutherland Reckless & Me Americana / Country | BMG Records | 1LP Released 11th April 2019 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kiefer Sutherland Reckless & Me £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: BMG Records SKU: 4050538482522 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th April 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Matt's picks View Product Quick View Jade Bird Jade Bird Americana / Country | Glassnote Records | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 19th April 2019 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jade Bird Jade Bird £18.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Glassnote Records SKU: GLS-0242-01 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 19th April 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Hiatt The Eclipse Sessions (Indies Only) Americana / Country | New West | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 9th October 2018 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Hiatt The Eclipse Sessions (Indies Only) £20.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: New West SKU: NW5285 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 9th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Will Hoge My American Dream Americana / Country | Edlo Records | 1LP Released 5th October 2018 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Will Hoge My American Dream £18.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Edlo Records SKU: ED002LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 5th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View GospelbeacH JAM JAM EP Americana / Country | Curation Records | 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released 30th September 2022 £20.00 Select options GospelbeacH JAM JAM EP £20.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Curation Records Formats: 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released Date: 30th September 2022 Read More Select options See more in Americana / Country Start again
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