Homegrown Tomatoes Explained
| Homegrown Tomatoes |
| Cover: | Homegrown_Tomatoes_-_Guy_Clark.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Guy Clark |
| Album: | Better Days |
| B-Side: | Fold in a Mirror |
| Released: | August 1981[1] |
| Recorded: | Folk, World, country |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 2:55 |
| Label: | Warner |
| Producer: | Rodney Crowell |
| Prev Title: | The Partner Nobody Chose |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
"Homegrown Tomatoes" is a 1981 song by Guy Clark, later included on his 1983 Better Days album.[2] It is one of his best-known compositions.[3]
The song reached #42 on the US Billboard Country chart during the late summer of 1981.[4]
The song was covered by John Denver in 1988 on his LP Higher Ground.[5] It was also later included on Clark's 1995 compilation albums, Craftsman[6] and his 2007 Anthology LP.[7]
Notes and References
- Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 213.
- https://www.discogs.com/Guy-Clark-Better-Days/master/315786 Discogs: Guy Clark - Better Days
- https://www.allmusic.com/album/hindsight-21-20-anthology-1975-1995-mw0000580708 Guy Clark - Hindsight 21-20: Anthology 1975-1995
- Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 213.
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/guy-clark-12-essential-songs-20160517/homegrown-tomatoes-20160517 Rolling Stone Guy Clark: 12 Essential Songs
- https://www.discogs.com/Guy-Clark-Craftsman/release/3911329 Discogs: Guy Clark - Craftsman
- https://www.allmusic.com/album/hindsight-21-20-anthology-1975-1995-mw0000580708 Guy Clark - Hindsight 21-20: Anthology 1975-1995
- Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 81.
