Keepers (Guy Clark album)

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Keepers
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Live album by
Released1997
RecordedOctober 31 – November 2, 1996, Douglas Corner in Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country
Length64:45
Label Sugar Hill
Producer Miles Wilkinson, Guy Clark
Guy Clark chronology
Craftsman
(1995)
Keepers
(1997)
The Essential Guy Clark
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Country Standard Time(favorable) [2]

Keepers is a live album by American singer-songwriter Guy Clark, released in 1997.

Contents

Clark's first live album, Allmusic stated in its review "...it's a better greatest-hits record than any available, since all the songs come from one source, and it's a fine example of how live records should be made."

Track listing

All songs by Guy Clark unless otherwise noted.

  1. "L.A. Freeway" – 5:54
  2. "Texas, 1947" – 3:33
  3. "Like a Coat from the Cold" – 3:17
  4. "Heartbroke" – 3:45
  5. "The Last Gunfighter Ballad" – 3:07
  6. "Better Days" – 3:03
  7. "Homegrown Tomatoes" – 4:35
  8. "She Ain't Goin' Nowhere" – 3:38
  9. "South Coast of Texas" – 4:20
  10. "That Old Time Feeling" – 4:17
  11. "A Little of Both" (Clark, Verlon Thompson) – 4:31
  12. "Out in the Parking Lot" (Clark, Darrell Scott) – 4:35
  13. "Let Him Roll" – 4:51
  14. "Texas Cookin'" – 6:00
  15. "Desperados Waiting for a Train" – 5:19

Personnel

Production notes

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References

  1. Keepers at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  2. "Clark finds a set of keepers – June 1997". Countrystandardtime.com. October 2, 2007. Retrieved June 17, 2011.