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L.A. Freeway
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Guy Clark – L.A. Freeway
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Jerry Jeff Walker had "L.A. Freeway" on record in 1972, three years before Guy got around to cutting his own song. Play them back to back and hear the writer catch up with his own tune; Rosanne Cash and Steve Earle took it on later too.

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Written by Guy Clark.

Recorded earlier by Jerry Jeff Walker in 1972.

Also recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker (1972), Hans Theessink (1983), Radney Foster (2011), Rosanne Cash (2015), Steve Earle & the Dukes (2019), Thanatos (2021).

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Guy Clark wrote "L.A. Freeway," but someone else had it on record a few years before Guy's own version. Who cut it before him?Jerry Jeff Walker
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