I have no reason to sit home and write songs all day without going out and playing for the folks. And I have no reason to go play for the folks unless I'm writing new songs so they can sort of feed off one another. And I just try to do the best I can.

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.