Guy Clark, 1941-2016

GUY CLARK, who has died aged 74, once commented that his twin occupations of songwriting and guitar-building were "just a way to while away the time until you die". The many artists and listeners who have been touched and inspired by his work would beg to differ. Clark was never a chart-busting phenomenon, but he was the embodiment of the painstaking craft of the songwriter, where meaning emerged from fine details, carefully observed and polished.