Guy Clark (album)
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Guy Clark is an album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Texas singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
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 Guy Clark
Guy Clark
Guy Clark is an American Texas Country artist. In his career, he has released more than twenty albums, primarily on major labels. He has also written singles for other artists, including Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Rodney Crowell....

, released in 1978. It was his first on the Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
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 label.

Track listing

All songs written by Guy Clark except as noted.
  1. "Fool on the Roof"
  2. "Fools for Each Other"
  3. "Shade of All Greens"
  4. "Voilà, An American Dream"
  5. "One Paper Kid" (Walter Cowart)
  6. "In the Jailhouse Now" (Jimmie Rodgers
    Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)
    James Charles Rodgers , known as Jimmie Rodgers, was an American country singer in the early 20th century known most widely for his rhythmic yodeling...

    )
  7. "Comfort and Crazy"
  8. "Don't You Take It Too Bad" (Townes Van Zandt
    Townes Van Zandt
    John Townes Van Zandt , best known as Townes Van Zandt, was an American Texas Country-folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet...

    )
  9. "Houston Kid"
  10. "Fool on the Roof"

Personnel

  • Guy Clark – vocals, guitar
    Guitar
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  • Bee Spears – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Mickey Raphael
    Mickey Raphael
    Michael Siegfried "Mickey" Raphael is a professional harmonica player, best known for his work with Willie Nelson. He has recorded with Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Elton John, Mötley Crüe, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Chesney, U2 and Neil Young.Raphael's style is mostly second...

     – harmonica
    Harmonica
    The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...

  • Lea Jane Berinati – keyboards, background vocals
  • David Briggs
    David Briggs (musician)
    David John Briggs is an English organist and composer. He started his career as a cathedral organist as Assistant Organist in Hereford Cathedral before becoming the organist of Truro and Gloucester Cathedrals. Heavily influenced by Jean Langlais and Pierre Cochereau, Briggs is regarded as one of...

     – keyboards, background vocals
  • Buck White – mandolin
    Mandolin
    A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...

  • Don Brooks – harmonica
  • Philip Donnelly – guitar
  • Jack Hicks – banjo
    Banjo
    In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...

  • Jerry Kroon – drums
    Drum kit
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  • Albert Lee
    Albert Lee
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     – guitar
  • Don Everly – background vocals
  • Gordon Payne – background vocals
  • Sharon Hicks – background vocals
  • Rodney Crowell
    Rodney Crowell
    Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....

    – background vocals
  • Frank Davis – background vocals
  • Cheryl White – background vocals
  • Byron Bach – cello

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1979 Billboard Country singles - "Fools for Each Other" 96
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