Clark provided hit records for Ricky Skaggs and Bobby Bare and was a mentor to Rodney Crowell and Steve Earle, who hitchhiked from San Antonio to Nashville in 1974 to meet Clark, taking over shortly ...
Like they say, it takes one to know one, and Earle truly followed in Van Zandt's footprints, falling prey to hard drugs, a hard life and various wives. But even more than sharing a sordid past, it ...