Jack Clement: Last News

Steven Gaydos Executive VP of Content Best-known over the past four decades as one of Hollywood’s most durable and versatile leading men and character actors, Dennis Quaid has had a lesser-known but certainly just as committed second creative life — in music. His commitment to his belief in music and in his Christian religion, which began in his Texas youth, comes to life quite emotionally and rousingly in his second album, “Fallen: A Gospel Record for Sinners.” Produced in Nashville, where Quaid and his wife, businesswoman Laura Savoie, now live, Quaid says “Fallen” came about when executives from gospel music firm Gaither Music approached the actor to do a gospel record. “I had previously made one other record with my rock and roll band, The Sharks (“Out of the Box”), and it came out and laid there,” Quaid tells Variety with a laugh.

Chris Willman Music WriterCowboy Jack Clement, legendary in music circles for everything from being present at the birth of rock ‘n’ roll at Sun Studios to writing hits for Johnny Cash to eventually working with U2, has been pegged as the subject of a feature film that Nashville’s Visionary Media Group has signed a deal with Clement’s estate to develop.Additionally, plans are afoot for an all-star album that would have singers and songwriters that knew Clement finishing and recording unfinished songs that he left behind.

Kurt Vile appeared on The Late Show with Seth Myers last week to perform a touching cover of John Prine’s ‘Speed of the Sound of Loneliness’.He performed the rendition live from the show’s studio on Thanksgiving night (November 26), playing alone with just a guitar and microphone.Introducing his musical guest, host Myers said “this is a perfect song for anyone who’s not with their loved ones this year”.Watch Vile cover ‘Speed of the Sound of Loneliness’ below:Vile’s version of the song appears on his latest EP ‘Speed, Sound, Lonely KV (ep)’, which he released in early October.

Kurt Vile has today (September 25) unveiled a stunning duet with the late John Prine, ‘How Lucky’.This is the latest posthumous track we’ve heard from Prine, following his tragic passing in April due to coronavirus complications.It follows the release of ‘I Remember Everything‘ in June, which is the final solo track Prine recorded prior to his passing.Listen to ‘How Lucky’ below.The single is set to appear on Vile’s recently announced EP ‘Speed, Sound, Lonely KV’, which is due for release on Friday, October 2.The EP, comprising of five songs including ‘How Lucky’, was recorded over a span of four years at The Butcher Shoppe studio in Nashville and features covers of both Prine and Jack Clement, as well as two originals.“The truth is John