Guy Clark - "To Live Is To Fly" [Live from Austin, TX]

[@PeterKirkham]

I got to see Guy, not that long before he passed. Almost everyday I wish I could have seen Townes. What talented, beautiful people.

[@gdtoth]

I was fortunate to see them together once. A memorable night.

[@PeterKirkham]

@@gdtoth I'm sure it was, wow. That's cool.

[@timothydavids]

Beautiful beyond what most will ever understand

[@angelazuchowski7368]

I was trying to think of a way to describe that. You said it best!

[@MatthewCastro]

It’s beautiful to see Guy playing this song as it was Townes favorite and a verse of it talks about all of Townes best friends, Guy being one of them..

[@phspalace1021]

Guy Clark sings Townes Van Zandt, it doesnt get any better than this.

[@terryallard1918]

Great song by Townes and a great cover by his good friend Guy Clark. Gives me chills every time.

[@joejennings3335]

He starts crying halfway through the song.

[@jimmy-cs1hu]

If you didn't, you weren't paying attention.

[@kennygo8300]

Yeah... so did I.

[@timgiblin2288]

a true artist, from the heart all the way

[@heatherblisard2984]

I’m not crying. YOU’RE CRYING!! So beautiful!!

[@jaybob9208]

Guy Clark, an American treasure. Finally got off that L.A. Freeway, RIP sir.

[@roberteckley6491]

Beautiful melody on that fiddle. Great song and wonderful rendition

[@Charlie-fx9dp]

The best cover of this classic? Possible... From France.

[@mitchelputman538]

Charlie 47 , Howdy from Wimberley Texas , A Texan

[@dianeovercash6739]

Beautiful song. Lovely fiddling.

[@borisstone9732]

Written by Townes Van Zandt. Guy Clark's version is great though! They are both amazing songwriters

[@Manesson]

Absolutly !

[@kevindrago2701]

My 2 All-Time favorites I think

[@guidototh6091]

I love this version

[@MatthewCastro]

Every time I see a fiddle in a Townes song it makes me chuckle. I just think about all those poor fiddles Townes either broke or burned 😂

[@danwhitworth7810]

Yall see tear on Guy's cheek at 2:25. He loved Townes

[@Manesson]

La rencontre musicale de deux GRANDS de la Country ...à ne pas oublier , surtout ! From France .

[@ziemo1965]

forever Townes and now Guy...

[@juliananton7800]

2023!!!

[@gordonpearson7494]

guy clark singing townes van zandt ....... perfect sad beautiful ....

[@noelwilson5960]

Heart and Soul.

[@tonydevine8193]

Solid cover. Well done!

[@utubbesux]

I would have loved it if the missing first verse was replaced as the last. I'm playing it that way from now on.

[@jimrebr]

One of the best Townes covers, by his dear friend Guy Clark, love Guy & Townes, Suzanna & Rodney Crowell. Rodney’s song “It Ain’t Over Yet” is about his dear friends Guy and Suzanna Clark, both songwriting heroes, Suzanna passed away in 2012, she is the beautiful young woman with long brown hair washing dishes in Heartworn Highways, Guy passed in 2016.

[@iqbalsiddiqui6404]

the young woman washing dishes in Heartworn Highways wasn't Susanna Clark. In HH, Susanna is seen in some of the jam sessions at Guy's house, eg when Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell are playing. She is also the woman lighting Richard Dobson's cigarette before he sings Forever, For Always, For Certain. The dish washing was at Townes van Zandt's house, but the identity of the girl is not known precisely, a couple of names have been suggested.

[@Stedycoach]

Très belle version de cette chanson testament de TVZ... From France

[@lincolndunstan3057]

What is a song, if not from your heart!!...😇

[@scottjones699]

Unbelievable stuff

[@PeytonSmith-i3v]

Any young dudes listen to guy clark or am I a lown troubadour.

[@chrisammons5344]

A great cover. But why did he skip the first verse?

[@coldwarmike]

The story is told that apparently guy thought the song was perfect but that the opening took away from it. I do however believe there is a recorded version where he simply moves the Intro later in the song

[@jillbaeder4361]

@@coldwarmike Truth. He thought it made the song more powerful. I agree.

[@Sheriff_Ochs]

@@jillbaeder4361 Agreed, the second and third verses are much better than the first.

[@23edinboy]

Heard an interview with Guy where he said, ‘I fixed it for him’. With a chuckle. Guy’s version is tighter. This is as perfect as it gets.

[@BIGJD1212]

Because the first verse was about Suzanne….

[@TexRenner]

Made Guy's eyes leak.

[@jerodspeake6463]

Who are the seven idiots that thumbs downed this??

[@waynelatham3250]

Morons

[@keithedwards9120]

Obviously some twits that wouldn't recognize greatness if it landed as Benny's in their pockets.

[@brentabbott3954]

Towns Van Zant was the shit!!!

[@robertallanmiller2363]

Did he build the guitar he is playing. Anybody know?😊😊😊 to live is to fly😊

[@Jonathan-jq5cl]

rip Townes

[@jillbaeder4361]

He's crying here.

[@rickhewitt9235]

looks like it started about 1:58 ... makes sense with those lyrics... never noticed it before ...good eye and thanks for pointing it out

[@michaelwilliamson7276]

Rick Hewitt He’s crying because he’s thinking about his best friend Townes Van Zandt who wrote the song and probably had just died not too long before this session.

[@Stedycoach]

Yes l think it 's why...

[@lincolndunstan3057]

Definitely something going on. I fancied a very minor stumble....His opening statement spoke volumes!! In fact, if you look closely, he's trying to get himself together before he starts singing...the tears have started already. What an awesome cover!!!

[@veisbeer]

@@michaelwilliamson7276 the session is from 1989, so before Townes died

[@ShadowWizard123]

Who is the guy playing the fiddle?

[@silver-hammer]

Stuart Duncan

[@knockknockknock9290]

🍁 🔵

[@maryhardy2918]

I wonder why Guy Clark, or his handlers, felt the need to scrub some of the original lyrics to Townes Van Zandt's song. Until now, I thought Van Zandt and Clark were good friends.

[@knopflerfan9069]

They were very good friends, it's just part of being in the songwriting game. Guy was known to consider songs as constant works in progress - he'd change lines of his own for years after releasing official recordings. He thought the first verse of this song of Townes detracted from perfection - subjective, but I honestly agree. So he would sing what he considered the 'fixed' version, either without the first verse or with it at the end instead. It's not meant as an act of disrespect in any way.

[@maryhardy2918]

@@knopflerfan9069 Thanks. I didn't find Clark's version disrespectful, but more commercial.

[@byronsargent8315]

I think he is crying