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Guy Clark

L.A. Freeway

1975 · via Guy Clark and 1 more

Guy Clark’s earliest release of “L.A. Freeway” on file came out in 1975. Guy Clark wrote it. The earliest release on file is Jerry Jeff Walker’s, from 1972. Also recorded by Hans Theessink (released 1983), Radney Foster (released 2011) and Rosanne Cash (released 2015), among 33 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Guy Clark – L.A. Freeway
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Jerry Jeff Walker had "L.A. Freeway" on record in 1972, three years before Guy got around to cutting his own song. Play them back to back and hear the writer catch up with his own tune; Rosanne Cash and Steve Earle took it on later too.

Guy Clark wrote it and cut his own take a few years after Jerry Jeff did. Follow him and you'll find Rosanne Cash and Steve Earle singing his song down the line.

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Credited writer: Guy Clark.

Earliest release on file: Jerry Jeff Walker, 1972.

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33 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Guy Clark wrote "L.A. Freeway," but someone else had it on record a few years before Guy's own version. Who cut it before him?Jerry Jeff Walker
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Jerry Jeff Walker had "L.A. Freeway" on record in 1972, but he didn't write it. Who is the songwriter behind it?Guy Clark
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