Cold Dog Soup (1999)

About this title: Cold Dog Soup follows Dublin Blues in its poignant observations of life, love, death, and all the states in between. Clark's voice may be a little worn, but his songwriting skills are sharper than ever here. He uses a group of musicians that revolve around longtime collaborators Verlon Thompson and Darrell Scott and the backing vocals of Emmylou Harris. Clark has become comfortable with co-writing in recent years and Cold Dog Soup's no exception. Three of the cuts were penned with Verlon Thompson, a pair with Jon Randall Stewart, and one with Shawn Camp, who is also part of his band. In ... read more

Tracks:

1. Cold Dog Soup [Clark/Sanders]
2. Fort Worth Blues [Earle]
3. Sis Draper [Clark/Camp]
4. Ain't No Trouble to Me [Clark/Stewart]
5. Water Under the Bridge [Clark]
6. Forever, for Always, for Certain [Dobson]
7. Men Will Be Boys [Clark/Thompson]
8. Indian Head Penny [Clark/Thompson]
9. Bunkhouse Blues [Clark/Thompson]
10. Red River [Clark]
11. Die Tryin' [Clark/Stewart]
12. Be Gone Forever [Sykes/McGarrigle]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.