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Guy Clark's Randall Knife
Any of you guys ever heard the Guy Clark song called "Randall Knife?"
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Live once, on my CD player frequntly and on XM radio occasionally. I have been a Guy Clark fan for 30 years. I heard him sing "Randall Knife" a few years ago in Mount Vernon, TX at a small bed and breakfast inn. He was performing as a favor for the owners. There were only about 50-60 folks there, almost like having him sing on your back porch. It was just Guy with his guitar and a small amplifier. The "Randall Knife" song was the last song he performed. He started playing but wasn't happy with the sound comming from the amp. After trying to adjust the sound for a few minutes he pulled the wire out of his guitar and play it "unplugged". Gave us all goosebumps! I read later that he does that at all his concerts but I don't care. It doesn't ruin the experience for me. I have a photo of Guy and me taken that night on one of my computers. If I can find it I will post it here. __________________ Tom Welch RKS #4868 NRA & TSRA Life Member Deep East Texas Life Resident (so far) |
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Not fair - you're from Texas. If it wasn't for khyi.com and satellite radio I never would have found Texas music.
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That's OK, Sam.
KHYI is a great station. Try another one, KNBT 92.1 New Braunfels, TX. I'm pretty sure they stream online too. Just Google it. They're there. Funny little story, first time I heard Guy Clark live, about 25 years ago, was at our J.S.P.S.T. Lodge hall here in Deep East Texas. I enjoyed the music and the cold Lone Star beer. Today that same building houses our church. The preacher stands exactly where Guy Clark stood when he performed "Desperados Waiting On A Train"! I still enjoy a cold Lone Star, just not there anymore. "Randall Knife" My father had a Randall knife My mother gave it to him When he went off to WWII To save us all from ruin If you've ever held a Randall knife Then you know my father well If a better blade was ever made It was probably forged in hell My father was a good man A lawyer by his trade And only once did I ever see Him misuse the blade It almost cut his thumb off When he took it for a tool The knife was made for darker things And you could not bend the rules He let me take it camping once On a Boy Scout jamboree And I broke a half an inch off Trying to stick it in a tree I hid it from him for a while But the knife and he were one He put it in his bottom drawer Without a hard word one There it slept and there it stayed For twenty some odd years Sort of like Excalibur Except waiting for a tear My father died when I was forty And I couldn't find a way to cry Not because I didn't love him Not because he didn't try I'd cried for every lesser thing Whiskey, pain and beauty But he deserved a better tear And I was not quite ready So we took his ashed out to sea And poured `em off the stern And threw the roses in the wake Of everything we'd learned When we got back to the house They asked me what I wanted Not the lawbooks not the watch I need the things he's haunted My hand burned for the Randall knife There in the bottom drawer And I found a tear for my father's life And all that it stood for -Guy Clark- __________________ Tom Welch RKS #4868 NRA & TSRA Life Member Deep East Texas Life Resident (so far) Last edited by tomthbomb; 10-07-2005 at 06:05 PM. Reason: add lyrics |
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Ahoy Randall Mates,
I was lucky enough to find his album.....I listen to it every night before sundown.... Last edited by shipahoymatey; 10-09-2005 at 11:02 PM. |
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I've been listening to Guy for nearly 30 years....... what a treasure.
Randall Knife is a great song, and he has a hundred more just as good. He is on of the best song writers....period. I've seen him live probably 20-30 times....... the best being a show with Townes Van Zandt, just the two of them trading songs. We recently saw him with Joe Ely, John Hiatt, and Lyle Lovett....WOW!!! Here is a great place for music schedules. http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searcha...tartSearch.y=9 |
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It's also on this readily available cd:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=music Together at the Bluebird Cafe--Guy Clark, Steve Earle and the late Townes Van Zandt. This is a great disc--sort've like a VH1 Storytellers session. __________________ Jerry Morrison Dublin, OH |
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This is great. I knew you guys were church people.
Tom - you're right. KNBT is a great twang station - thank you. Last edited by Sam Wereb; 10-10-2005 at 10:54 AM. |
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