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When Guy Clark died in 2016, Vince Gill turned to his friend’s old melody. He began playing the rhythmic talking-blues guitar line that the Texas singer-songwriter had written to on classic songs like “Let Him Roll” and “Randall Knife.” Gill knew the melody well: back in the early Eighties, he …

Steve Earle released his tribute album to songwriter Guy Clark last week. In Rolling Stone‘s video series “The First Time,” he recounts his first meeting with the no-nonsense Clark, who along with Townes Van Zandt, became creative north stars for Earle. Both introductions didn’t start off particularly well, with Clark …