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PHILOSOPHY OVERVIEW

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." - Henry David Thoreau

Jack 1976 Album photoshopped

Jack H. Clement has always stepped to a different drummer (although, most of the time, it's been Kenny Malone). "I've got a bunch of people who say I'm a genius," the Cowboy once said. "That don't make me a genius. But you've got to be pretty smart to get all them people to say that on cue."

COWBOY'S RULES FOR BANDMEMBERS

Jack's advice for session players.

10 SONGWRITER TIPS

Jack's famous advice has held up well over the years

ANECDOTES

Excerpts from the extensive interview pages with spoken commentary

RECOMMENDATIONS

What Cowboy Jack is listening to, watching, reading these days

My Friend, The Famous Person a poem written by Jack Clement in 1991 and which he read at the funeral of Johnny Cash.

 

 

 


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