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Guy Clark

Dublin Blues

1995 · via Guy Clark

Guy Clark wrote “Dublin Blues” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1995. Also recorded by Townes Van Zandt (released 1997), Joe Ely (released 2011) and Zachary Lucky (released 2015), among 20 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It is on the album Dublin Blues (1995).

Guy Clark – Dublin Blues
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The "Dublin Blues" album carries Clark's tribute to Townes Van Zandt, and then Townes turned around and recorded the song himself. Play them back to back and you get both sides of the conversation.

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Credited writer: Guy Clark.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1995.

On the album Dublin Blues (1995).

Other recordings on file · first release year

20 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Guy Clark wrote and recorded "Dublin Blues." Which other singer, one tied to the song's own story, later recorded it himself?Townes Van Zandt
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