Ode to Guy Clark: Steve Earle in Austin, TX

Joined by his long-running five-piece band The Dukes Earle hit the stage kicking off his Guy Clark tribute with the classic “Dublin Blues” receiving exuberant cheers at the opening line “Wish I was in Austin.” Earle immediately went into “Texas 1947” featuring the expert pedal steel work of Ricky Ray Jackson. After sharing a short story about how he met Guy Clark while hitchhiking around Texas the band performed the ode to the Hill Country honky-tonkin’ queen “Rita Ballou” featuring Eleanor Whitmore on violin. Following a tale about Clark’s loyalty to Texas BBQ over Tennessee style BBQ Joe Ely joined Earle on stage to perform “Desperadoes Waiting For a Train” – two Texas music legends trading verses on one of the state’s most influential songs.