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Guy Charles Clark (born November 6, 1941) is a Grammy Award winning American  and  singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer. He has released more than twenty albums, and his songs have been recorded by other artists including , , , , , and . Guy Clark won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album: My Favorite Picture Of You.

Clark was born in  and eventually settled in , where he helped create the  and genres. His songs "L.A. Freeway" and "" that helped launch his career were covered by numerous performers.

He is an accomplished  and often plays his own guitars. He achieved success as a songwriter with 's recordings of "L.A. Freeway" and "Desperados Waiting for a Train". Artists such as , , , , ,, , , , , , and  have recorded Clark's songs. has accompanied him on several recordings, particularly his own version of "Desperados Waiting for a Train" on his first album, Old No. 1, released in 1975.

Clark has been a mentor to such other singers as  and . He organized Earle's first job as a writer in Nashville. In the 1970s, the Clarks' home in  was an open house for songwriters and musicians and it features in the video , an evocation of the songwriter scene in Nashville at that time.[]

Numerous artists have charted with Clark-penned tunes. In 1982,  made it to the Country Top Twenty with Clark's "New Cut Road". That same year, bluegrass leader  hit No. 1 with Clark's "Heartbroke", a song that permanently established his reputation as an ingenious songwriter. Among the many others who have covered Clark's songs are Vince Gill, who took "Oklahoma Borderline" to the Top Ten in 1985; , who introduced "Desperados Waiting for a Train" to a new generation that same year; and , whose interpretation of "" rode into the Top Ten in 1987.

Steve Wariner took his cover of Clark's "Baby I'm Yours" to No. 1 in 1988;  charted with Clark's "Blowin' Like a Bandit" the same year. Crowell was Clark's co-writer on "She's Crazy for Leavin'", which in 1989 became the third of five straight #l hits for Crowell. Brad Paisley and Alan Jackson cover Clark's "Out in the Parkin' Lot," co-written with , on Paisley's Time Well Wasted CD.  has covered Clark's "Boats to Build" and "Cinco de Mayo in Memphis". Clark credits  as being a major influence on his songwriting. They were best friends for many years until Van Zandt's death in 1997, and since then Clark has included one of Van Zandt's compositions on most of his albums. In 1995, he recorded a live album with Van Zandt and , , which was released in October 2001. Other live material can be found on his album Keepers.

In 2006, Clark released . The album was nominated for "Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album" at the . He also toured with Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely, and John Hiatt in 2004, 2005 and 2007.

In May 2008, Clark canceled four concerts after breaking his leg. After two months on crutches, he began to perform again on July 4 at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC where he appeared with Verlon Thompson. On June 20, 2009, Clark announced a new album entitled "Somedays the Song Writes You" which was released on September 22, 2009. It features originals along with a Townes Van Zandt song entitled "".

In December 2011, This One's For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark (a two-CD set) was released by Icehouse Music. The CD won Americana Album of the Year

Guy Clark won the  in 2014 for .