When the heavily produced No Other went absolutely nowhere commercially, the eternally stage-frightened Clark was practically forced go on tour with a minimal backing band in an effort to bring in some cash and remind the world that one of the greatest songwriters of the 60s and 70s was still crafting extraordinary songs. While the tour was hampered by Clark’s alcoholism, if Live 75 is any indication, there were many stirring moments when Clark’s beautiful tenor combined with the scaled back virtues of a 3 piece band to produce profound readings of some of the gems in the Clark songbook.
Gene Clark - Spanish Guitar [buy]
Gene Clark - Here Without You [buy]
The night these songs were recorded Clark shared the bill with Tom Waits. Here's a clip of Waits doing his drunk at the diner shtick from 1975.
