Without Getting Killed or Caught - Guy Clark Film

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A film about revered troubadour Guy Clark—The Dean of Texas Songwriters—The Dylan Thomas of American Music—Pancho to Van Zandt's Lefty.
Backers: 1879
Average Pledge Per Backer: $97

Funded: $182,294 of $75,000
Dates: Apr 17th -> May 21st (34 days)
Project By: Tamara Saviano
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Latest News

Down to the wire! Hello to our new Backers!

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
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Rodney video

May 17th - via: kickstarter.com
I tried to post this sweet video from Rodney on here but for some reason it didn't work. But, you can go to our Facebook page to see it: https://www.facebook.com/guyclarkfilm?ref=hlThanks to our associate producer Connie Nelson for getting this!  (Read More)

Three days to go...

May 17th - via: kickstarter.com
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Greetings from 30,000 feet

May 15th - via: kickstarter.com
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Thank you, Mike Scammon...

May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
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Guy and Townes photo

May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
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The Wrecking Crew

May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Last night Paul and I went to see the documentary "The Wrecking Crew" with our filmmaker friends Pam and Katy. We all agreed that the music made the film. It was an incredible feast for the ears of many of the biggest hits of the 1960s and just an... (Read More)

Slow Uvalde Films, LLC exists!

May 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Everyone, Thanks to you, we are a real company. Slow Uvalde Films, LLC just received the paperwork from the state of Texas and we are in business.  The next thing to do is to get our Fed Tax ID number (which our accountant is doing) and then... (Read More)

San Francisco 1969

May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
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Kickstarter for Guy Clark documentary doubles goal

May 6th - via: kvue.com
AUSTIN, TX - A Kickstarter campaign for legendary Texas troubadour Guy Clark has more than doubled its $75,000 goal with two weeks of fundraising to go. (Read More)

Commencement

May 5th - via: kickstarter.com
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Cinco de Mayo in Memphis

May 5th - via: kickstarter.com
I walk a four to five mile loop around Vanderbilt University every morning before I start my work day. It gives me the chance to think about what I want to write, not to mention the fresh air and exercise. This morning as I walked up West End, I was... (Read More)

Guy's painting of Skinny Dennis

May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
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Catching up

April 30th - via: kickstarter.com
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From a Texas road trip

April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
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Guy's birth certificate

April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
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Revival: The Sam Bush Story

April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
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Kickstarter exclusive! Piece of interview with Guy from December 22, 2010. Please don't share outside of Kickstarter.

April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
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Thursday morning

April 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Kickstarter Family, I've been walking through this week a little bit dazed. Before this week, I understood intellectually that Guy had passionate followers all over the world, but now I really get it on an emotional level. He means as much to... (Read More)

Holy smokes! You did it! In THREE days!

April 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Everyone,  As of this writing, 682 people came together to raise $75,534 in three days. It is so sweet to have this many people involved, a large group of people who love Guy Clark, or at least love the idea of a film about him enough to kick... (Read More)

Tour of my office

April 21st - via: kickstarter.com
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Guy Clark Documentary Launches Kickstarter Campaign

April 20th - via: americansongwriter.com
The life of Texas songwriter Guy Clark is certainly ripe for documentary treatment. Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark will trace the life of the folk pioneer from his early Texas beginnings, through his historic career and up to present day. (Read More)

Yin and Yang

April 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Chris Blair and the great folks at The Listening Room Cafe in downtown Nashville offered up their beautiful space for us to do on-camera interviews for the Guy film today and tomorrow. We managed to get wonderful interviews from Guy's son Travis and... (Read More)

Tears of joy

April 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers, I got up this morning after a restless night and found that nearly 200 people have jumped in to raise more than $17,000 toward our goal. It's difficult to put into words how much it means to me to have all of you with us on this... (Read More)

You will get a copy of the film

April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
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Wow! Thank you!

April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Geez, you guys, I go have a little dinner and come back to nearly $5000 for our project in just the first few hours!  Thank you, thank you, thank you.  I've gotten a few messages asking me how to back a couple of different levels of rewards.  I... (Read More)

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