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David Clark coming to UWG
January 14, 2003
CARROLLTON, GA - A regular contributor to The Atlanta Journal whose weekly column appears in 28 newspapers in ten states, guitarist, writer and storyteller David Clark is coming to the University of West Georgia on Thursday, Jan. 23, to share his insightful tales of the South.
Clark
grew up in Macon with an appreciation for craftsmanship, kinfolk, soul
food and Sundays. He left the city about eight years ago to live in the
rural cotton country near Cochran, Georgia. He began writing letters to
his city-friends, who encouraged him to record his stories about life
in his new country town. His many experiences as a musician, mechanic,
recording studio engineer, newspaper publisher and graphic designer began
mixing together, and Clark rediscovered his love of storytelling.
In addition to his storytelling, Clark’s written essays have appeared in nationally recognized newspapers and magazines such as Southern Living, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Atlanta Journal. Several radio shows, including National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” have broadcast his spoken-word essays. His stories have also appeared on Georgia Public Radio’s “Georgia Gazette” and Mount Washington’s Observatory’s “Weather Notebook.”
Clark produced two CDs featuring his material in 1997. “Kindly Curious” covers 16 stories which aired on Georgia Public Radio. “Dawg, It’s Christmas” presents five holiday stories and five seasonal acoustic guitar selections.
In 2001, Clark released a CD entitled “Myth America,” which celebrates our culture through vibrant stories and songs, and he released “Tales from Uncle Remus, Volume I.” The live recording contains a dozen of the old favorites originally published by Joel Chandler Harris in the late 1800s. Clark tells the African wisdom stories in the original dialect.
In addition, Clark has also produced several CDs and his first book, The Peanut Farmer Stories, was published in 2002. The book is a collection of columns written for “Peanut Farmers” magazine dating from 1998-2001. In them, Clark covers a variety of topics including farming, patriotism, his mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease, and the deaths of both of his parents.
“An Evening with David Clark” begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Townsend Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for senior citizens, $3 for children and $5 for UWG students. For more information, contact the Townsend Center for Performing Arts at 770-836-6694, or visit its web site at www.townsendcenter.org.
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