By MEREDITH NUDO

May 15, 2025

“Houston was a real part of Guy Clark’s story. And as a native Houstonian, I’ve been really proud of that,” says local musician and Bojangles Music School founder Shawn Parks, who cocreated Night for Guy. “So I figured, let’s try and do [a memorial show] here. Let’s kind of claim his death date, to some extent.”

By GLADYS FUENTES

May 14, 2025

It was a year ago this week when the wild winds of the Houston derecho blew chaos through the city. That night, as people hunkered down and generally cancelled any plans they had going on, one event continued.

The yearly A Night For Guy (Clark) had already been in the works and performers and some audience members were already tucked inside the old bank vault that is Rockefeller’s.

'A Night for Guy' to honor the life and music of musician Clark on first anniversary of his death

By ANDREW DANSBY

May 12, 2017

…Clark is one of the greatest songwriters ever to have called Houston home. He was born in Monahans and grew up in Rockport. And starting in the mid-1970s in Nashville, he made a name as a songwriter of uncommon poetry and depth. But between his youth on the Gulf Coast and his career in Nashville, Clark first wrote songs and performed at clubs in Houston.

By GLADYS FUENTES

May 5, 2022 

Texas songwriting legends Guy Clark and Richard Dobson famously wrote about the unquantifiable value of having a true friend in their song “Old Friends.” Six years after his passing, some of his old friends and admirers are getting back together to celebrate his legacy yet again.

By ANDREW DANSBY

May 9, 2018

Last year Shawn Parks, owner of the Bojangles Music School, found himself frustrated after seeing tributes to the late, great musician Guy Clark in Austin and Nashville but not Houston, where Clark spent some formative years as a songwriter. So Parks created A Night for Guy, during which about a dozen great local performers — including Matt Harlan, the Mighty Orq, John Egan — each played a pair of Clark songs. A few fun surprises also took place, including two songs performed by famed attorney Dick DeGuerin and an unannounced appearance by Lyle Lovett.