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Guy Clark Album: “South Coast of Texas”
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South Coast of Texas |
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Release Date:2005-02-08
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Country, Americana
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Label:Warner Bros.
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:081227852160
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Review - :
{$Guy Clark}'s {@Warner Brothers} album {^The South Coast of Texas} was issued in 1981. {$Rodney Crowell}, {$Clark}'s Houston running partner, produced. It was before {$Crowell} struck pay dirt producing his then wife {$Rosanne Cash} or landing his own platinum records, which made this a big record for both men. Recorded in Los Angeles instead of Nash Vegas, {$Crowell} was trying something that would affect his career in a very positive way when handling the production duties on {$Rosanne}'s records. {^The South Coast of Texas} boasted a new slew of studio masters including {$Emory Gordy}, {$Richard Bennett}, {$Hank DeVito}, {$Glen D. Hardin}, the late drummer {$Larrie Londin}, {$Rosanne Cash}, {$Ricky Skaggs}, and {$Pure Prairie League} frontman and guitarist {$Vince Gill} -- completely unknown in Nash Vegas. Moving toward a more basic but electric approach, {$Crowell} and {$Clark} ran through a deck of songs that reflected {$Clark}'s attention to minute, even painstaking detail. The pair recut {&"Rita Ballou"} from {$Clark}'s first album, making it sizzle and pop with a run of guitars and pedal steel. In addition, {$Clark}'s version of his own {&"Heartbroke"} appeared here. While it received airplay, it wasn't until {$Ricky Skaggs} recorded it a year later (he sang backup on the original) that it was a hit, going to the top of the {\country} charts. The {$Clark}/{$Crowell} co-write, {&"She's Crazy for Leavin',"} was among the most commercial songs {$Clark} ever wrote, but it was also one of the most poignant. ({$Crowell} hit pay dirt with it in 1988 on his own record.) {&"Crystelle"} with {$Rosanne Cash} is a stunner with its cascading chorus and haunting refrain, and {&"New Cut Road"} is classic {$Clark}, all masculine and unsentimental yet nonetheless reflecting a kind of folky tenderness that lies at the heart of his best work. {^South Coast of Texas} was a transition album toward the mature {$Clark} style, one that was first to emerge on his next album, {^Better Days}. It's not a landmark in his catalog, but neither is it anything that could remotely be considered a failure. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
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