

Narrated by Academy-Award winner Sissy Spacek, Without Getting Killed or Caught follows Guy, Susanna and Townes on their journey from obscurity to reverence. His lyrics and melodies paint indelible portraits of the people, places and experiences that shaped him, and no one inspired Guy more than his wife, painter, and songwriter Susanna Talley Clark, and their best friend, fellow songwriter Van Zandt. Freeway”, “Desperados Waiting for a Train”) for more than forty years.

Without Getting Killed or Caught is the true story of Guy Clark, the dean of Texas songwriters, who struggles to write poetic, yet indelible songs while balancing a complicated marriage with wife Susanna Clark, and a deep friendship with singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt, on whom Susanna forged a passionate dependence.Ĭlark, who died in 2016, wrote and recorded unforgettable songs (“L.A.
