![]() ![]() Clark’s career, which launched in 1965 with the Byrds and ended in 1991 when he was found dead in his L.A. This assessment is uncharitable but not altogether inaccurate. Clark at first glance seems like he had it all and somehow screwed it all up. Some musicians are so singular they can only hope to ever be understood by a select number of people. He looks instead like a chastened former high school quarterback, all angular facial lines and perfectly mussed-up hair and mournful eyes. Old photos, captured during a flash of mid-’60s pop stardom when Clark briefly fronted the Byrds, show him almost too handsome to credibly play the antihero. He had a lot of famous friends, but Harry Nilsson’s Rolodex was more impressive He was a pioneer of mixing rock with country, but Gram Parsons is already the guy most associated with that. ![]() He wrote sad songs but not like how Townes Van Zandt wrote sad songs. His story is tragic but not like Nick Drake’s story is tragic. If you’re searching for the perfect example of a cultish (and long-dead) singer-songwriter, Gene Clark likely won’t be the first name that comes to mind. ![]()
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