GLEN CLARK - YOU TELL MELABEL: GLENCO RECORDS
RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 7, 2019 (DIGITAL)
DISTRIBUTION: CD BABY
Texas-born piano man Glen Clark has been writing and performing a blend of honky-tonk, blues, soul, country, gospel
and rock ’n’ roll music all his life. He built an esteemed career as sideman and collaborator with super stars; Delbert
McClinton, Bonnie Raitt, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson to name just a few. Clark planted roots in Los Angeles and found
his own success as a songwriter and soundtrack composer and formed his own group, The Glen Clark Band.
Swank on guitars and drummer John Bryant (co-producer with Clark), who also cut their teeth in the North Texas music
scene. The ten fresh tracks recorded at the Fort Worth Ranch House bear witness to all the influences Clark has acquired
since he began playing music in the bars of Fort Worth, Texas at the age of 16 in the mid-1960s. His vocal and
songwriting skills run the gamut of American music, drawing instant comparisons to Gregg Allman, Bruce Springsteen,
Jackson Browne and, his oldest friend, Delbert McClinton.
The red-dirt love song ‘You Tell Me’ opens the set with its easy bar room swing and sweet harmonies. Jim Foster on
trumpet and saxophonist, Ron Jones, join the crew for the Memphis R&B track ‘Accept My Love,’ with Clark doing his best
Al Green. Bryant hammers into his toms kicking off the groove for the slinky track ‘I Can Tell By Looking,’ while Clark lays
out his determination to win over the target of his affections.
The album’s lone cover song is the Kris Kristofferson penned tome ‘This Old Road.’ The acoustic driven ballad is a
reflective look at what we deem to have been the important elements of life. Clark leads on Hammond B3 on the gospel
infused ‘Walk On,’ delivering a low country blues sermon on self-empowerment. Clark co-wrote the old school funk track
‘When The Time Is Right,’ with the legendary Steve Cropper for the 1998 Buddy Guy album “Heavy Love.” He and the
band recreate the Stax records prototype with the same fire.
Clark then digs deeper into the album’s theme of devotion on the easy soul of ‘I’m Never Gonna Stop Loving You’ that
features a terrific solo from Swank and the lush piano ballad ‘Dreamer,’ which could have come from the John Lennon
song book, along with another Memphis-styled burner ‘In Search Of,’ each track carrying his message further by hailing
the power of love.
The Americana anthem, ‘That’s Where You Come In,’ closes the set with an expansive tale of redemption on a dynamic E
Street Band styled arrangement of shimmering keys and guitars. “You Tell Me” from Glen Clark is likely to shed some
limelight on an artist, who has spent too much time standing in the shadows.
THE GLEN CLARK BAND
Glen Clark- Keyboards, guitar, vocals
John Bryant- Drums, Percussion, vocals
Jim Milan - Bass, vocals
Sam Swank- Guitar
ADDITIONAL PLAYERS
James Pennebaker - Guitar
Jeff Silbar - acoustic guitar
Jim Foster - Trumpet
Ron Jones - Saxophone
Publicist: Betsie Brown, Blind Raccoon, betsie@blindraccoon.com
