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For more than forty years, Guy Clark wrote and recorded unforgettable songs. His lyrics and melodies paint indelible portraits of the people, places, and experiences that shaped him. He has served as model, mentor, supporter, and friend to at least two generations of the world's most talented and influential singer-songwriters. In songs like "Desperados Waiting for a Train," L.A. Freeway," "She Ain't Going Nowhere," and "Texas 1947," Clark's poetic mastery has given voice to a vision of life, love, and trouble that has resonated not only with fans of Americana music, but also with the prominent artists - including Johnny Cash, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Jeff Walker, and others - who have recorded and performed Clark's music. Now, in Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark, writer, producer, and music industry insider Tamara Saviano chronicles the story of this legendary artist from her unique vantage point as his former publicist and producer of the Grammy-nominated album This One's for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark. Part memoir, part biography, Saviano's skillfully constructed narrative weaves together the extraordinary songs, larger-than-life characters, previously untold stories, and riveting emotions that make up the life of this modern-day poet and troubadour.
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During the past two decades Tamara Saviano has established herself as a tireless advocate of American music and its artists. As the creative force behind Tamara Saviano Media, she is a Grammy and Americana award winning producer, a music business consultant, artist manager, publicist and author. Saviano has been curious about the lives of songwriters since she first discovered Guy Clark at the age of 14. As a writer and producer, she is deeply inspired by good storytelling. She is also a business woman and entrepreneur, directing a full service creative agency serving folk and Americana artists.
Saviano has told stories of American songwriters in different mediums: (1) in print as Managing Editor of national magazine Country Music, Editor-in-Chief of Sundance Broadcasting's regional radio magazines Country Today and The Best of Times, and Senior Writer at national magazine Country Weekly; (2) in television as the operations manager at Great American Country cable network and producer of Country Request Live, a 30-minute live, call-in music television program; writer and producer of Bill Cody's Classic Country, a weekly hour-long scripted music documentary and interview show; and several music documentary special events, including production of The Americana Honors and Awards, a live concert/award show broadcast from Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium; and (3) in music as the producer of the 2004 Grammy-winning Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster, 2006's The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson, 2012 Americana Album of the Year and Grammy-nominated This One's For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark and 2014's Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne.
Saviano provides complete record label and project management services, writes media and marketing materials, produces video and electronic press kits, recruits clients, manages budgets, creates and implements PR and marketing campaigns, and hires and manages staff. She manages the day-to-day operations for Kris Kristofferson's record label KK Records and has managed projects and record releases for many artists in the folk and Americana genres. Saviano co-created From Art to Commerce: A Workshop for Independent Musicians, a comprehensive one-day program that demystifies the perplexing elements of the music business and teaches entrepreneurial skills to independent artists.
In 2002, Saviano formed American Roots Publishing. As the founder and director, she created and implemented the business model and recruited a top notch board of directors including Apple Computers co-founder Steve Wozniak; singer/songwriter Emmylou Harris; New West Records president Cameron Strang; noted author and music critic Dave Marsh; music industry executives Tom Frouge, Kathi Whitley and Steve Fishell; publishing executive Steve Garvan; and actress/singer Bobbie Eakes. In the first year, Saviano raised the funds for the debut CD "
