Rollin' Joints For Guy Clark & Townes Van Zandt
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2022
- Eric "Roscoe" Ambel shares some stories about Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt.
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Jerry Jeff Walker
Guy Clark
Townes Van Zandt
Eric Ambel 
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Did you ever see Guy or Townes live? Did you ever get to meet them? Tell me us about it!
Didn't know Roscoe had that kinda background. Always figured him as more of a loud guitar guy. I opened for the Yayhoos once, that might've had an influence on my perspective.
I saw Guy at Master Musicians Festival in Somerset, KY in 2009 or 10 I think it was. Only got to meet him via autograph line. So thankful I got to see him live.
Saw Townes in the early 80's in an almost deserted club. He was having a very bad night. Never saw Guy.
Yes, at the East End Madison Wisconsin. Townes played first but was in no shape. A friend of mine was hired to follow him around that day and keep him out of trouble, that was a failure on her part. He played a little, Guy bailed him out that night. Small crowd maybe 50 people. Im not sure about the year but It was while they were touring together. Guy was great as usual, I saw him many times and he was never not good
@@sayeager5559 Was it at Emmajoe's in Austin?
Back in the early 70s it wasn't difficult to see them. I live in Austin but I traveled to Houston in 71 or 72 to see them play and party our young asses off. We took so much for granted back then. Guy and Townes were part of that scene and we saw them both play many times. But Guy Clark, in my mind, was something special. There isn't a song that he wrote that I didn't love. He was like a God to me. He said that he was a poet first and song writer second. He'd walk out on stage and I'd get goose bumps. Even later in life with his son playing bass at Kerrville and different festivals, he always gave me goose bumps. I absorbed every word he said. When he died I grieved harder than I'd ever grieved before. With over 20 years sober I still went to the Chili Parlor Bar and had a Mad Dog Margarita. Just one, but I just fucking had to! So did everybody else because it wasn't just standing room only, we were out on the sidewalk, out in the street because there was no room. Seeing this and being part of this, even though I was crying, It made me so happy. What a time to be alive, you know? May 17 will always be a sucky day for me now. My sweet wife got used to me playing Guy songs rather quickly and even learned the words and will join in and sing along. That's probably why she's my wife. If you want to be close to me, you must love Guy Clark, and cats. We've made a good team for a couple of decades now. What a time to be alive and in this city! We had so much and we took it all for granted. I regret that I didn't appreciate fully the opportunities that I had to be among the greatest song writers that ever lived. Sadly, those days are gone. But there are so many great memories and we have books like the one that Tamara wrote and a documentary that sums up the time period very well, at least my life back then. I don't talk about Townes much because he always reminded me of me. He scared me. I am friends with the only remaining Ericson brother and he managed a dump of an apartment building back then and Townes lived there off and on. He would do anything to get high and I would too. I'm not going to tell any stories though. All I can comfortably say is that he lived the life he wrote about. And that's some scary shit. I'd been clean a few years when he died. Even though it was sad, it was kind of a relief. His tortured soul was finally at peace. RIP my brother.
I got a little carried away. Sorry Otis. But thanks for posting the interview.
If someone digs Guy Clark and cats it's probably worth taking a chance on them. : )
Love Guy Clark. The man was larger than life. Whatever happened to Guy's son. I think he died before Guy?
@@clyde1279 He's got a larger than life look, too. Pretty imposing.
I really enjoyed reading this post and wanted to let you know how much I appreciated it. Thanks so much. We gotta keep sharing our stories or they will be lost forever. Peace, Man, and stay well.
Did you spend anytime at the Old Quarter in Houston? I was a regular there.
Here's a link to Roscoe's website. Be sure to stop in and say hey!
www.ericambel.com/
Love Townes. But Guy Clark has my heart. I'm only 31, I sure wish I could have seen them play live
That's a great mid 70's story!!! I have great luck with being picked as well, but this is all you, brother. I salute you, Guy Clark!!!
The first time I ever heard Guy Clark's music was in the late 1970s. I was living on a farm/ ranch a few miles outside a small town near the Canadian border on hwy 97 in Washington state called Tonasket. I was in café downtown having some coffee and breakfast. I was alone and while I was eating there were these country songs being played over the sound system. Never heard any of them before, but these great songs kept coming over the PA system. When I went up to the cash register to pay, I asked the guy what were those country songs you have been playing? He goes into the back room and brings out a jacket for a vinyl LP and it was Guy Clark's 1st LP called Old No.1. He said, You know, I have been playing that record all morning, and you're the first person to ask about it. 🙂
Hey Duffy Sullivan...any chance the place you heard Guy Clark the first time in Tonasket was Dick Geils drug store? He had a few tables in the ba c
@@markrunions4657
Hey Mark,
As I recall the place I took breakfast was just a restaurant with tables, a counter where there was a cash register and it was one room. I don't remember it being a combo restaurant and drug store. But that was a long time ago! I could be misremembering some of those details.
I was living out near Spectacle lake on Holmes Road. Had a cabin on the Holmes ranch, I was a hired hand. He had cattle, apples, pears, alfalfa. I picked pruned, thinned, irrigated, loaded hay. There was always something to be done! Cold winters, like 20 below zero. I remember it warming up to zero. Winter was pruning time. One morning I was out in the orchard pruning, Frank Holmes hollered out to me from his house, It's too cold to prune! I hollered back, I'm alright. He says No, it is too cold to prune trees. What it was when you cut a branch the wood would crack like glass. The cracks would travel back behind the cut into the live tree and damage it.
God bless Okanogan county!!!
@@duffysullivan2794 Good stories Duffy. I lived up in the Highlands above Aeneas on Horn Hill. Was in a trio called Old River Band, other guys lived in Wauconda and Tonasket. Bought an old ranch, lived there from 1972 til 1980, loved every minute of it including being snowed in the winter. Some of the most beautiful country I've ever seen and lots of nice folks up in the hills and down in the valley too. Tonasket was our "town", 30 minute drive with the last 5 miles an exciting adventure on an old dirt road often requiring 4-wheel drive. I wasn't hip to Guy or Townes at the time, but have lately been digging back into their stuff, those Texas guys were really on to something.
@@robertherronii4773 I second the emotion.
I was impressed by the three joints per man but the part about Townes mannered asking permission to dance with a friends wife is so special. Saw Guy, Joe Ely, John Hyatt, and Lyle Lovett together on folding chairs with guitars. One of the best shows I have every heard and opened my eyes to Guy Clark.
Oh to have a time machine!! Townes might actually have been a time traveler. I’m convinced.
I love hearing these stories about all these guys I have listened to for decades from the people that were there first hand.
This was a good one. Townes, Guy and Jerry Jeff... that is three outta my top ten
Hey, it's Roscoe! I was a regular listener to his Vibe Report on WFMU-FM, where Roscoe would call in every week from wherever he was in the world and rap with the radio host (James Marshall aka The Hound) about anything that came to mind. Sometimes it was an update from a concert tour or a studio session, sometimes it was about whatever he was cooking for dinner that night. I remember when Roscoe told the Winnipeg Folk Festival story, the week that it happened. Great radio...and great storytelling!
I’ve never rolled a joint for Guy Clark but I smoke joints and listen to his music daily.
I once smoked a joint with a guy who looked like guy clark
@@joelglanton6531 that’s good enough for me!
I used to get paid for rolling joints for Rodney Crowell's parties. Paid in weed.
Roscoe is the man. He's had an interesting musical career. From puck rock to Joan Jett to Del Lords to Steve Earle to Yayhoos. He's a rare talent and a wonderful human being. His Roscoe's Gang album is an Americana classic.
Agreed---a good storyteller.
"puck rock"? For hockey players? 😏
I saw them both live at different times in London, UK. Guy at the time of release of Old Friends. Maybe I didn't appreciate the gig as much as I could as I was younger, used to and loved the Old No 1 tracks and wasn't quite as open as I could have been to the newer more pared down solo stuff. I saw Townes in 1990 or 91 (an audio recording of the concert is on here somewhere) and met him afterwards. He was fragile but gracious and polite with me, despite me at that time not knowing his work well and telling him I liked his song that goes "shake the dust off your wings..", not realising it was one of his most celebrated songs. I've dreamt of him too and he was in a good, happy place
I feel like Calton should hook Roscoe and I up with new cases after this episode. : )
Definitely..!!🤣
For shore Otis, we need the hookup
Heck $1500 for a nice case!! Chump change for You Professional Musicians. lol. I'm sortof kidding some✌🏼🎸
Love Townes Van Zandt 🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️
Otis I love the way you start your shows. Brings a smile
Max Joyner plays Townes Van Zandt songs pretty dang good👍🏼. I couldnt roll worth shtt until i joined the Army,,Viet Nam Vets taught me. ✌🏼🎸
Thank-You Otis, Great Video of hanging out with Guy and Townes who a Fabulous Humanistic Songwriters. They are with Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Carole king and Kris kristofferson as my Hall of Fame Songwriters. Thank-You Again!
I'm shocked, shocked to find there was drug use and massive alcohol consumption going on!
This is one of my favorite episodes you’ve done! Roscoe invited my band to come play at the Lakeside Lounge many years ago and came out played with us! Chip Robinson of The Backsliders came along and we brought the Raleighwood NC sound to NYC! Roscoe is an incredibly hospitable Person in the music Biz and I love everything he touches! Hope The Yayhoos have some more shows for us!
I think the Yahoos are done. Sadly.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Guy and he talked to me like an old friend, super nice dude
Roscoe should have his own podcast where he just tells all of his stories from traveling with Townes and Guy. I would listen religiously.
Beautiful, thank you!
Awesome 😎 ✌️
Another unbelievable video Otis!!! These stories continue to blow me away time after time. Thank you very much!!
I'm an old guy from Black Diamond Alberta I think your story is just amazing thank you
I'm late to the party with Guy and Townes. I learned of them through listening to Lyle Lovett off of his "Step Inside This House" album, and I was pretty well hooked on those rowdy Texas songwriters.
Sad I never got to see them live, yet thankful that there are recordings, both audio and video.
Thank you, Otis and Roscoe 🙏
Be good to you 🤍💛
Man this is great. That’s the kind of stuff you dream about doing with your favorite band or artist. I’d be intimidated as hell
Another killer interview with Roscoe. Huge Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt fan, but unfortunately never got to see them live.
God bless Texas music. I have a couple of stories about Joe Ely.
Guy Clark came to Australia in 1989 i was playing guitar for the man that brought Guy over. He did four or five nights in a old Masonic hall converted to a music venue/bar called Madigans in Melbourne. The deal was The band would do the support then back Guy for two sets. Well we rehearsed the songs prior to Guy arriving but didnt get to rehearse with Guy, so the first set with Guy was ok but it felt odd. Guy asked to do the rest of the show s solo and explained that he preferred acoustic instrumentation over a band . We were all cool about it in fact relieved cause it was under rehearsed and the songs deserved better. During the break i was with a friend in the back room , Guy was replacing a string on his guitar and my friend was rolling up a very potent hash joint so we all got baked had a bit of a laugh Guy finished the night off with a smile on dial the rest of the shows went well considering Guy had gotten news of a close friend passing away which i wasn't aware of at the time. The same guy brought Townes over a year later but he kept the band away from Townes cause he thought we might have too much fun. I was 29 and having fun was my thing now i'm 62 and i still like having fun.
All I can say is wow gentlemen and thank you. God Bless you both.
Wow. Just so cool. Thanks, y'all.
“Half the reason guys play music is so they don’t have to dance.”
Man I feel seen now.
Crush the buds up. No stems, no sticks, no seeds. That's important work. 🤣
Another wonderful episode. Thx for sharing.
Thanks Otis,Thanks Roscoe...
Otis yo have the best music interviews ever. I watch you s much that my son who is special needs greets everyone with " Hey Friends Im Otis Gibbs" lol
This channel has been such a treasure. Thanks, Otis
Great interview, as always. I absolutely love the production of these interviews, they have an awesome look and feel to them.
Eric, I to went U of Wyoming. (5 semesters) 1980 arrived & I wish I never left. Back in Indy.
Otis - Eric Keep Living Life Large
Damn nice to meet you Roscoe 🙂, thanks for finding this story Otis, its another new favorite (in a long line of perivous favorites) - I hope your trip back from Europe goes (or went) smoothly. Regards (PS my Nancy sends hugs hugs)
Thanks! 👍
What great stories.. about true legends!
Leave it to Otis to get us back stage and on the bus! AGAIN! Keep it up Otis! Great stories.
Interesting interview. I had no idea that Roscoe had crossed paths with all those guys decades ago. Always an interesting backstory to these Texas singer/songwriters.
Hey, Roscoe! Hello from old K3, Kankakee! Always great to see a local dude doing amazing things.
Great Video, enjoyed it, Thanks
Ty for sharing story.
Love it.
Im young mid 40s
Have only discovered in last 12-15 yrs
Towns, Guy,Prine.
Love to hear of them.
Storys and points of view.
Much love from a big
Mr Gibbs I very much appreciate the content. You've got a good handle on whats cool friend. I thank you
Otis, we really love your stories. I'm not a musician but have deep interest for all you guys that make music...whether it's writing it or just being around these guys as roadies. You are so relatable and I've never seen you in person but would sure love to. I'll keep listening and watching and I sure hope you keep doing what you're doing....it's wonderful.
I love this channel. Period the end.
this is priceless. thanks for sharing.
That was great! Cheers !
Love hearing these stories man
Great. thank you for posting.
I just looked up Calton cases and I’d like a camper like that.
Taking two elbows into Wyoming is an outlaw maneuver.
That’s funny.I know cause bands I played in always had stuff going on but not an officially hired joint roller & beer provider.
I knew Townes when he played at the 11th Door in Austin. It was late 60s/ early 70s.
Townes, Guy and REK in in the University of Texas ballroom late '80s. great show. Guy solo at Blind Willie's in Atlanta in the '90s. Small blues club, outstanding. Multiple Guy performances over the years. All stellar.
Roscoe. Great story!
Thanks!
What great stories about some of my favorite people...Roscoe, geeze...Talk about karma & serendipity & blind dumb luck...Wow...Thanks for sharing...PLH-ELB
I was living just down the road from where he played his gig in Melbourne Australia around 95.
It was right around when I was just starting to hear his stuff and unfortunately I didn't know it was happening despite being in a band that was part of the live scene at the time.
Fortunately that show in Brunswick is on You Tube but after watching it I realized what a once in a lifetime chance I'd missed.
He was in top form both with his music and his banter between songs.
Thanks, man.
Met Guy in Chicago at Songwriters Conference at The Vic. 1989?
More great stuff, Otis!!
"There's no bizness like show bizness like no bizness I know"
- Irving Berlin
Homegrown tomatoes, my love.
Great story...cool
Wow, so great to hear stories from someone that was JUST a bit out of the center of view!!
Another uplifting dope story on the Otis Gibbs channel.🪴 (still a fan)
What a great tale. Eric is a wonderful storyteller. I’ve rented that movie twice so far. Love to read the book she wrote. She and her husband seem like a lovely couple.
You might like a song by The Hip called Wheat Kings. It’s about the murder of a young woman in the prairies. David Milgaard, a young guy, was wrongly convicted of her murder, and spent years in prison. He always claimed he didn’t do it. I think he even refused parole because he wouldn’t say he was sorry for something he didn’t do. His mother always believed in him, year after year. He was finally released, his conviction overturned.
Which is a very good reason to not kill people for crimes.
There’s a good video of Wheat Kings uploaded by a channel called GaShLeY. It just shows the lyrics, let’s you form the story in your mind.
Im gonna enjoy this joint of Mob Boss while watching.
Love Roscoe, worked with him as a sound guy for Steve Earle and the Dukes. You should hear the story of him and a crew taking old wood stoves out of mining cabins to buy audio gear. He also has a great studio called Cowboy Technical in Brooklyn.
I never got to see either Guy or Townes, but, I did get to see Eric Amble on tour with Steve Earle at the Gypsy Tea Room in Dallas, Tx in 2000. It was a great show. I think it was the Transcendental Blues tour...
So very cool!
that was fun to hear
Guy and Townes did a show at the Great American Music Hall in SanFrancisco in the early 90's. It was getting after midnight and no one was leaving. Well, Townes starts singing this really bad song and before you know it, everyone was heading out.
Nico, I was at that show too!
Roscoe, you should write a book about all the people you've met. Guy, Townes, Jerry Jeff...and you produced Cary Hudson and Blue Mountain AND The Bottle Rockets? Damn, please write the book.
Working on an outline. Thanks
Run DMC too. Love the bottle rockets too one of my favorite.
@@roscoenyc very cool stories . I'm pretty sure we met in deep ellum maybe 2000 or 01 at one of Steve's shows . He's a cousin.
Snoop Dog has his own designated joint roller.
Roscoe!!!!!!!
Geez, I'm a student at the University of Wyoming right now and I so wish I could see Guy Clark come through.
Nothing wrong with a Takamine dude, I've been beatin' on a Takamine 12 string for 45 years.
Garcia played a Takamine, too.
You mentioned the white guitar case. I had a Martin d-18 i bought new in 1970. I was giging one night and of course smoking pot and drinking jack Daniels. I got home somehow about four o'clock a.m. I came back to life around four o'clock p.m. I looked in the corner where I kept my guitar and it was not there. It must be in the car. I go to the car and it was there in it's black case. I bought it in opened the case and it was cooked. The top jad three cracks the pick guard was curled up and the neck was bowed. The action was a good half inch. The finish on the neck was bubbled.Have you ever seen a grown man crying with a hangover?
Love these stories. Any chance you can get Eric to talk about producing Mojo Nixon's "Whereabouts Unknown"?
Eric is back …
I have a funny story about Jerry Jeff,Dennis Hopper,Woodys Bar,Taos Plaza,in those years
I would be screwed without a dollar bill lol!!!
great one brother otis love this....i love how this cat doesnt look like who he is if that makes sense and no ffense but ive had that same thought about all those g\texas greats except TVZ if they could just sing a little less about texas lol
Wow
I never meet him. But, Guy is my 5 cousin. This video about him is so cool. 😎
Damn Evanston was anything but dry when I was there. 😁
Great video Otis. I love the content you make. You capture a unique wrinkle in time that will last forever in your videos. I am planning a vacation to visit Townes' grave. Do you have any recommendations for places to visit that were dear to him?
Many years ago I had a supervisor in the Air Force named "Gary". One day Gary says to me "Do you know who Guy Clark is?" and I said "No" and he said "He's my cousin, he's an asshole.", so I said "Sorry to hear it man" and some other guys that were there said "Guy Clark is your cousin?" and he said "Yeah" and they starting asking him what Guy was like, as if Guy was Elvis or something. So Gary starts telling them all these stories about Guy and his family how he knows the people in Guy's songs and one song was about his mother or his aunt or something, and I really paid no attention to it because I had no idea who they were talking about. Many years later I went to see John Hiatt up in Connecticut and he was on tour with Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely, and Guy Clark... and I starting thinking "Guy Clark... why does that sound familiar?". After listening to a few of Guy's songs I was amazed at his songwriting, it was wonderful. After the show it came to me that this was Gary's cousin! I remember driving home and thinking "Maybe Gary was the asshole...".
That's what happened to me-I didn't like dancing either !
More bottom! I love that one.
Hi Ryan 💝
Serious adult drugs 😂😂😂