Gene Clark Solo Albums-album by album & *now* track by track on p. 23*

track 9) Are We Still Making Love



Are we still making love
Or is it just part of the game
Have we both had enough
Of life being the same

Are we still making love
It's so hard to say no
And though things might be rough
Maybe it's time to let go
Our life's come full circle now again
We lived life so fast we thought it couldn't end
And though we hurt each other so
All we had to know
Was how our heartaches began

Are we still making love
Or is it just part of the game
Have we both had enough
Of life being the same
Are we still making love
It's so hard to say no
And though things might be rough
Maybe it's time to let go
I've had some good love now and then
I know I've stumbled but I've gotten up again
And some how the good times that we had
They don't out weigh the bad

Oh how can we bring it to an end
Are we still making love
Or is it just part of the game
Have we both had enough
Of life being the same
Are we still making love
It's so hard to say no
And though things might be rough
Maybe it's time to let go

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Carla Olson
Are We Still Making Love lyrics © BMG Rights Management

 

track 10) Why Did You Leave Me Today



For so long we worked so hard
We didn't have a dime
But we had one anothers love
And that was all the time.

Then one day our ship came in
The answer to our dreams
A mansion filled with social life
And gold and limousines.

Why did you leave me today
I was going to give you the world
I watched my dream slip away
All I can say why did you leave today.

As I walked through these grand old halls
I feel so cold inside
I stare upon these grand old walls
And all the costly prizes
I realize I gladly trade them, these worldly things
To lie beside you one more time
And share only our dreams.

Why did you leave me today
I was going to give you the world
I watched my dream slip away
All I can say why did you leave today.

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Gene Clark
Why Did You Leave Me Today lyrics © BMG Rights Management

 

track 11) Don'y It Make You Wanna Go Home
(Joe South)

Yes it does...wonderful. Perfect closer.



Oh the whippoorwill roosts on the telephone pole
And the Georgia sun goes down
Well it's been a long time
But I'm glad to say I'm
Goin' back down to my home town
Goin' down to the Greyhound station
Gonna buy me a one way fare
Good lord willin' and the creek don't rise
By tomorrow I'll be right there

Don't it make you want to go home now
Don't it make you want to go home
All God's children get weary when they roam
Don't it make you want to go home

But there's a six-lane highway down by the creek
Where I went skinny dippin' as a child
And a drive-in show where the meadow used to grow
And strawberries used to grow wild
There's a drag strip down by the riverside
Where my grandma's cow used to graze
Now the grass don't grow and the river don't flow
Like it did in my childhood days

Don't it make you want to go home now
Don't it make you want to go home
All God's children get weary when they roam
Don't it make you want to go home
Don't it make you want to go home

Don't it make you want to go home now
Don't it make you want to go home
All God's children get weary when they roam
Don't it make you want to go home
Don't it make you want to go home

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Joe South
Don't It Make You Want to Go Home lyrics © The Bicycle Music Company

 

Another thread to enjoy that was started a while back...

(1) GENE CLARK & CARLA OLSON–So rebellious friends! Gene taught me so much... | Steve Hoffman Music Forums

 

It's a very solid album, they make a good duo together. Would have been nice if they had recorded more material together.

 

At lest we got a double CD live set in 2007 that is fantastic from Collector's Choice Music, which includes the previous brilliant UK release on CD, the live set, "Silhouetted In Light":



AllMusic Review by Mark Deming

Gene Clark was one of the most gifted singers and songwriters of his generation, but bad luck and self-destructive habits followed him like a shadow, and it seemed sadly appropriate that he died in the spring of 1991 as he was working on a follow-up to the biggest success of his solo career, So Rebellious a Lover, his 1987 collaboration with Carla Olson of the Textones.

Clark's poor health (aggravated by drinking) and fear of flying prevented a full-scale tour in support of So Rebellious a Lover, but he played scattered live dates after its release, and In Concert gathers recordings from shows Clark gave in late 1988 and early 1990. Disc one features seven songs Clark performed on the radio series Mountain Stage; the announcer opens the set by informing the audience that Clark was unable to rehearse with the show's house band due to his flight arriving late, but Clark delivers strong and passionate solo acoustic interpretations of five numbers (including the masterful "Tried So Hard") and later sits in with the band for two songs, with the musicians lending subtle but effective support. The disc closes out with three rehearsal recordings with Olson taped at Clark's home; the fidelity is fair at best, but the harmonies are strong and the music heartfelt, if casual.

Disc two is devoted to a concert Clark and Olson played at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, which was previously released in the U.K. as Silhouetted in Light. The show is intimate, with Clark and Olson joined only by guitarist Duane Jarvis and bassist David Provost, whose accompaniment is fine but spare. Clark is in splendid voice for this show, and he delivers a set that spans the length of his career, from the Byrds to So Rebellious a Lover, with a few well-chosen covers thrown in; Olson remains in the background much of the time, but she's there when the music needs her, and her presence is an immeasurable asset to this performance.

It's not difficult to emphasize the failures of Gene Clark's career rather than his successes, but this set makes the case that regardless of the size of his audience (or his salary), Clark made beautiful and truly individual music, and In Concert preserves two evenings in which he gave his all to his listeners

 

After he left the Byrds, Gene Clark's solo career had its ups and downs on record, but right to the very end he was performing for audiences transfixed by the power of his songwriting and by the passion of the man. With this 'Collectors' Choice Music' exclusive, we bring you a mixture of rare and unreleased live material, much of it with his performing partner of the 80's, ex-Textones leader Carla Olson. The first disc features a completely unreleased solo performance taped for the Mountain Stage radio show in West Virginia from 1988; songs include 'Silver Raven; Tried So Hard; My Marie; Rodeo Rider; Gypsy Rider; Train Leaves Here This Morning', and 'Hear the Wind'. To that performance we've added three rare tracks that only appeared previously on Rhino's 1987 version of the Gene Clark & Carla Olson studio album, 'So Rebellious a Lover'; recorded in Gene's living room in 1989, the songs are 'Number One Is to Survive; Mary Sue', and 'Del Gato'. And disc two squeezes the entire double-album (minus some between-song chatter) of Gene and Carla's 1990 performance at McCabe's Guitar Shop that only saw an overseas release as 'Silhouetted in Light'; songs include 'Your Fire Burning; Number One Is to Survive; Love Wins Again; Fair & Tender Ladies; Photograph; Set You Free This Time; Last Thing on My Mind; Gypsy Rider; Train Leaves Here This Morning; Almost Saturday Night; Del Gato; I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better; She Don t Care About Time; Speed of the Sound of Loneliness; Will the Circle Be Unbroken', and 'Here Without You'. One of the great songwriters of our time. -Amazon


Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Silver Raven
2. Tried So Hard
3. My Marie 4 Rodeo Rider
4. Gypsy Rider
5. Train Leaves Here This Morning
6. Hear The Wind
7. Number One Is To Survive
8. Mary Sue
9. Del Gato​

Disc: 2
1. Your Fire Burning
2. Number One Is To Survive
3. Love Wins Again
4. Fair & Tender Ladies
5. Photograph
6. Set You Free This Time
7. Last Thing On My Mind
8. Gypsy Rider
9. Train Leaves Here This Morning
10. Almost Saturday Night
11. Del Gato
12. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
13. She Don t Care About Time
14. Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
15. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
16. Here Without You​

Product details

Audio CD (October 30, 2007)
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Collector's Choice
ASIN: B000UPC36Y
Customer Reviews: 4.3 out of 5 stars15 customer ratings
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,121 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)

#2702​

in Folk Rock (CDs & Vinyl)

#3667​

in Pop Singer-Songwriters

#2125​

in Country Rock (CDs & Vinyl)

 

I really wish the Live set was easier to track down. I've never seen a copy.

 

PM me for a d/l if you like.

 

Yep, that Collector's Choice CD is essential. It's how I first heard the album.

 

Though Gene is often portrayed as not well read at all, especially during his Byrds tenure, and later in life...he was seen as never reading at all...
it is worth noting that his mother was very strong in her determination to give her children a strong grasp of vocabulary and proper english beginning very early in life...

And all of her 13 children were encouraged to be voracious readers of imaginative books -- their faves were about pirates and adventurers, like Robin Hood...a real fave of Gene's.

Gene and his siblings elaborately acted out all those books in the surrounding wooded acres, Robin Hood, Sinbad the Sailor making their own wooden swords and outfits, setting up a "stage" on fallen trees as ships, in clearings, or on their overturned dining table to perform plays they came up with...Gene was the leader in these imaginative performances and play acting. The kids also practiced other fine arts...one of them Gene actually became very good at: knife throwing, hurling a kitchen knife at Tide Boxes, until mom to her horror discovered the practice, and put an immediate end to it.

Later on, Gene was fond of demonstrating his keen knife throwing talent to his various bandmates who could only look on in disbelief and fear.

Plus: From an early age the Clark family was very musical...Gene's father was a fine guitarist and harp player and taught Gene. The whole family would gather for sing alongs, playing a few various instruments and singing together, in their tiny house or on the front porch.

Also of note: Though Gene hated his strict Catholic schooling -- nuns had no problem disciplining the kids with rulers cruelly applied to their forearms -- Gene excelled with top marks in English (credit his mom) and history (again his mom) throughout his school years.

Both influences, his mom and pop, and his vivid imagination, served Gene well in his songwriting and lyric abilities...his fertile imagination combined with his love for words made for magically brilliant music.

 

Note this DATE!

Sea Change Festival to stream​

'The Byrd Who Flew Alone: The Making of No Other'

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Gene Clark - No Other — Sea Change Festival

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**This online exclusive is only running through Sunday evening April 26, 2020 (UK time).**

This weekend only:
the Sea Change Festival in the UK is streaming Four Suns Films mini-documentary 'The Making of No Other' which was part of the 2019 reissue of No Other by 4AD.

The mini-documentary film includes exclusive rare photos and footage and interviews with No Other out-takes producers Sid Griffin and
John Wood, author Johnny Rogan, musicians Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn, Mike Utley and key members of 4AD staff involved with the reissue.

Details here:​

Sea Change Festival to stream 'The Byrd Who Flew Alone: The Making of No Other'

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Streaming on Youtube now...The Byrd Who Flew Alone: The Making of No Other.

The Byrd Who Flew Alone: The Making of No Other

 

This from Sid Griffin and his collection of cool stories and memorabilia...Byrds, Burritos, Gram, Dylan, SMiLE, 1970's Long Ryders and more. Original draft of liners notes by Jim Dickson for Turn Turn Turn...never used because, well, some things about Croz that might not have been quite PC...


Sid lives in London nowadays.


WORD IN YOUR EAR


In which Long Ryders/Coal Porters frontman, author, raconteur and alt-country evangelist Sid Griffin bumps into the Byrds, Brian Wilson, the Everlys and Van Dyke Parks, finds historic Gram Parsons photos in a dumpster and parades his impressive selection of signed "licorice pizzas". Includes Jess the Springer Spaniel.

 

A nice cover by Starry Eyed & Laughing (1970's UK band)

Echoes

 

May 1st ECHOES newsletter...brilliant stuff.

Link: Gene Clark Singer/Songwriter/Legend

Excellent Newsletter with so much great Gene Clark related news, but you must sing up for the Newsletter
to get each new issue on the 1st of each month...
otherwise you have to wait and you'll be a month behind!



Photo of the Month

The Byrds photographed by Peter Fonda, performing "Turn! Turn! Turn!" on Shivaree, October 16, 1965
(photo: gift from IANTHE McGUINN, author of In the Wings: My Life with Roger McGuinn and The Byrds
available from Amazon and other booksellers).

 

NEWS:

KAI CLARK's new album, Silver Raven, a collection of songs in tribute to
his father is now available as a digital download from Apple Music,
Amazon Music and on Spotify.

To purchase the CD click the link below.

STORE | kaiclarkmusic





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STORE | https://www.kaiclarkmusic.com/store

 

From Clarkophile:

Kai Clark — Silver Raven (a tribute to his father, Gene Clark)

Wonderful vocals and treatment by Kai.

Gypsy Rider, one of Gene's most beautiful songs, is stunning in the hands of Kai.
His vocal delivery is so like his pop's...goosebumps.

 

And this 8 minute stunner is so great...I'd swear it was Gene.

In Kai's case, his covers are just enough his own
to not make them redundant. Full of emotion.
But not so different to make them grating like
so many artist's tribute covers.

With the amazing Carl Olson & brilliant Byron Berline on fiddle.

Your Fire Burning

 

...Clarkophile. Can't thank you enough for this news and everything you do!

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I Found You-- wonderful cover by Kai - Gene With The Gosdin Bros.


Would love to see Kai perform when we all are safe and healthy once again.

 

Of course I meant "Carla"!

 

From the wonderful Echoes June newsletter!

Gene healthy and happy, and sons, Kelly and Kai...rip Kelly and Gene...

 

No longer open which is why I started this one...thanks!

 

I posted that link in January 2018. Why are you replying now?!