There aren't any rules, as far as anything-and that applies especially to writing songs, whatever gets the point across. So you're just kind of brought up to feel-in any field, if you say you can do it, do it. There it is.

The album was nominated for "Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album" at the Grammy Awards. In 1982 Bobby Bare made it to the Country Top Twenty with Clark’s "New Cut Road". They were best friends for many years until Van Zandt's death in 1997 and since then Clark has included one of Van Zandt's compositions on most of his albums.

A. Freeway and Desperados Waiting for a Train that helped launch his career were covered by numerous performers. Clark was born in Monahans Texas and eventually settled in Nashville also known as Music City where he helped create the progressive country and outlaw country genres.