| Clark won the in 2014 for | In the song, Clark's ghost asks the protagonist to perform a song and is unimpressed; he then encourages the performer to write songs with greater passion |
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| Clark credits as being a major influence on his songwriting | In 1995, he recorded a live album with Van Zandt and Steve Earle, , which was released in October 2001 |
In May 2008, Clark canceled four concerts after breaking his leg.
| One of the most famous photos in country music history was taken on Clark's porch in 1972 of Clark, wife Susanna, Van Zandt, and by photographer | The CD won Americana Album of the Year at the 2012 |
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| On his passing, the described him as "a king of the Texas troubadours", declaring his body of work "as indelible as that of anyone working in the Americana idiom in the last decades of the 20th century" | Clark is frequently referred to as the Fifth Highwayman |