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The Dark
Studio album by Guy Clark
Released	2002
Genre	Country
Label	Sugar Hill
Producer	Guy Clark, Verlon Thompson, Chris Latham Darrell Scott
Guy Clark chronology
Cold Dog Soup (1999) The Dark (2002) Workbench Songs (2006)

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The Dark is an album by American singer-songwriter Guy Clark, released in 2002.

Clark is the co-writer on all songs except his cover of the Townes Van Zandt song "Rex's Blues" and "Soldier's Joy, 1864". The Dark is his first release without a solo composition. It also marks his return to the charts for the first time since Better Days.

Guests include Tim O'Brien and Gillian Welch.

Track listing

1. "Mud" (Guy Clark, Buddy Mondlock) – 3:44
2. "Arizona Star" (Rich Alves, Clark) – 3:24
3. "Magnolia Wind" (Shawn Camp, Clark) – 3:49
4. "Soldier's Joy, 1864" (Camp, Clark) – 3:38
5. "Dancin' Days" (Clark, Steve Nelson) – 3:26
6. "Homeless" (Clark, Ray Stephenson) – 4:24
7. "Off the Map" (Clark, Nelson) – 3:44
8. "Bag of Bones" (Clark, Gary Nicholson) – 3:28
9. "She Loves to Ride Horses" (Clark, Keith Sykes) – 3:33
10. "Rex's Blues" (Townes Van Zandt) – 3:10
11. "Queenie's Song" (Terry Allen, Clark) – 2:38
12. "The Dark" (Clark, Mondlock) – 3:49

Personnel

• Guy Clark – vocals, guitar
• Darrell Scott – banjo, dobro, guitar, mandolin, accordion, mandocello, bass, harmony vocals, marimbula
• Verlon Thompson – guitar, harmonica, mandolin, percussion, djembe, National steel guitar, harmony vocals
• Shawn Camp – fiddle
• Tim O'Brien – fiddle
• David Rawlings – harmony Vocals
• Gillian Welch – harmony Vocals

Production notes

• Gene Eichelberger – mastering
• Chris Latham – engineer, mixing
• Senor McGuire – photography
• Sue Meyer – design

Chart performance

References

1. The Dark at AllMusic

• 2002 albums
• Guy Clark albums
• Sugar Hill Records albums