guy clark wrote the song desperados waiting for a train.
guy clark wrote the song desperados waiting for a train.
who wrote the song desperados waiting for a train?
guy clark
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"desperados waiting for a train" is a song written by guy clark and originally recorded by jerry jeff walker for his 1973 album "viva terlingua". it subsequently appeared on rita coolidge's 1974 album "fall into spring", david allan coe's third album, "the mysterious rhinestone cowboy" (1974), tom rush's album "ladies love outlaws" the same year, before clark's own rendition was released on his first lp, 1975's "old no. 1". clark has stated that the song is about his grandmother's boyfriend named jack who was a grandfather figure to him.
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bullet::::- al perkins – pedal steel guitar









































bullet::::- nick de caro - accordion









































bullet::::- milt holland – vibes and marimbas









































bullet::::- gib guilbeau – fiddle









































bullet::::- herb pedersen – banjo









































bullet::::- geoffrey levin – dobro and energy bow on "desperados waiting for the train"









































bullet::::- booker t. jones – piano and vocal on "hold an old friend's hand"









































bullet::::- jennifer warren, brooks hunnicutt, rita jean bodine, linda dillard, ken edwards, andrew gold, donna weiss, booker t. & priscilla – vocals on "desperados waiting for the train"
fall into spring