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  • Summary: The country singer-songwriter releases a live acoustic album recorded at Nashville's Belcourt Theatre in 2009.
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  1. Aug 19, 2011
    80
    With a talented quartet of musicians in tow--Thompson, Shawn Camp, Bryn Davies and Kenny Malone--the acoustic setting provides newcomers with an ideal introduction and gives longtime fans further reason for ongoing appreciation.
  2. Aug 19, 2011
    80
    Songs And Stories is plenty good enough to be going on with.
  3. Aug 19, 2011
    80
    Songs and Stories is as good a place as any to get to know the man who has inspired Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Joe Ely, and numerous others.
  4. Aug 19, 2011
    78
    Chock-full of crowd-pleasers plus a mystifying tale of Townes Van Zandt's "If I Needed You," Clark and his band once again weave a beguiling spell.
  5. Aug 19, 2011
    75
    In a world of machined beats, tuned vocals and committee songs, this is what honest living sounds like.
  6. Aug 19, 2011
    70
    Songs and Stories suggests he's coasting just a bit, and though he's still one of the true legends of the Texas songwriting community, this simply doesn't capture him at the top of his game.
  7. Uncut
    Oct 18, 2011
    60
    It's essentially Clark in all his acoustic finery. [Nov 2011, p.96]

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