Better Days (Guy Clark album) explained

Better Days
Type:	Album
Artist:	Guy Clark
Cover:	Betterdaysguyclark.jpg
Released:	1983
Recorded:	Nashville, TN
Genre:	Country
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Rodney Crowell
Prev Title:	Best of Guy Clark
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Guy Clark – Greatest Hits
Next Year:	1983

Better Days is the fifth studio album by Texas singer-songwriter Guy Clark, released in 1983.

The LP contains one hit single, "Homegrown Tomatoes," which reached No. 42 on the U.S. Billboard Country chart.^[1] The song was covered by John Denver in 1988 on his LP Higher Ground.

Track listing

All songs written by Guy Clark except as noted.

1. "Blowin' Like a Bandit" – 2:40
2. "Better Days" – 3:05
3. "Homegrown Tomatoes" – 2:58
4. "Supply & Demand" – 3:16
5. "The Randall Knife" – 4:13
6. "The Carpenter" – 3:08
7. "Uncertain Texas" (Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell) – 2:29
8. "No Deal" (Townes Van Zandt) – 3:19
9. "Tears" – 2:49
10. "Fool in the Mirror" – 3:35

Personnel

• Guy Clark – vocals, guitar
• Glen D. Hardin – keyboards
• Tony Brown – keyboards
• Rodney Crowell – background vocals
• Paul Kennerley – bass, background vocals
• Hank DeVito – guitar, pedal steel guitar
• Vince Gill – guitar, background vocals
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle, mandolin
• Emory Gordy – guitar, bass
• Larrie Londin – drums
• Gary Nicholson – guitar
• Reggie Young – guitar

Production notes

• Rodney Crowell – producer
• Bradley Hartman – engineer
• Tim Farmer – assistant engineer
• Glenn Meadows – original mastering
• Danny Mundhenk – assistant engineer
• Paul Brookside – liner notes

External links

• LP Discography web site.

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 213.