Guy Clark's workshop is a magical place, crammed with wood and tools, photographs of friends and heroes like Townes Van Zandt, and a very versatile workbench. With a swivel of his chair and a pivot of the mind, Clark can switch from working with his hands and his left brain on a guitar to working with his heart and right brain on a song. Just recently, Clark finished another album of songs and another guitar, and it will come as no surprise to those who know his work that both are carefully built things of resonant beauty. The guitar, the tenth of Clark's recently revived instrument building passion, is modeled after a favorite Martin steel-string. The CD, by fitting coincidence, is the tenth studio album released by one of the most respected songwriters in the world. Guy Clark albums, like Guy Clark guitars, do not emerge every day, and they are always worth the wait. As with his previous recordings, Clark approached the album that would become Workbench Songs with a clutch of songs he deemed ready for exposure, not a master plan or a concept.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Anything Southbound
2. Rambler's Blues
3. Carolyn At The Broken Wheel Inn
4. All I've Got Is Lonesome
5. Can't Let Go
6. Workin' End Of A Hoe List
7. Cleanin' Off The Porch
8. That's Why They Call 'Em The Blues
9. Heartbreak Hurricane
10. I'm Not That Good At Goodbye
11. Stray Cat
12. Railroad Man
13. Lost As A Ball In High Weeds
14. Bonus Track