Guy Clark was born in LA on February 26, 1940. His father was a popular country and western singer and his mother was a local radio disc jockey. When Clark was ten years old, his family moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Later Guy worked as a ranch hand for two years, then he became a cowboy and rodeo rider
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For the next twenty years he rode horses on the West Coast and performed with several bands. During this time he wrote songs and played in many clubs and small venues. In 1967, Guy's band "The Drifting Cowboys" made their first recordings and went on tour throughout the Southwestern United States.
In 1969 they relocated to Los Angeles where they released their debut album "Why Wait". The album found moderate success and opened doors for other future projects such as his solo debut "Clark's Guitar" (1970) and "The Other Side of This Life" (1971). He also started playing with bluegrass legend David Grisman in the band 'Grasshopper.' Guy released several more albums after that, but with limited success until 1981, when he released the album "High Lonesome Sound," a gold record in Europe and a top ten album in the US charts.
In 1986 he became a member of the Grammy award-winning band "The Texas Playboys" along with Willie Nelson, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Steve Earle, Tanya Tucker, Herb Pedersen and Jerry Jeff Walker.