In November 1975, “RCA” label released “Old No. 1”, the debut Guy Clark album. It was recorded in 1975, at “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was reproduced by Neil Wilburn.

Personnel:

• Guy Clark – vocals, guitar
• Chip Young – guitar
• Pat Carter – guitar, background vocals
• Steve Gibson – guitar
• Dick Feller – guitar
• Jim Colvard – guitar
• Reggie Young – guitar
• Hal Rugg – dobro, pedal steel
• Jack Hicks – dobro
• David Briggs – piano, background vocals
• Chuck Cochran – piano
• Shane Keister – piano
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle
• Mickey Raphael – harmonica
• Mike Leach – bass
• Jerry Kroon – drums
• Larrie Londin – drums
• Jerry Carrigan – drums
• Lea Jane Berinati – background vocals, piano
• Rodney Crowell – background vocals
• Emmylou Harris – background vocals
• Gary B. White – background vocals
• Florence Warner – background vocals
• Steve Earle – background vocals
• Sammi Smith – background vocals
• Ray Butts – engineer
• Pat Carter – associate producer
• Susanna Clark – paintings
• Paul Brookside – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Guy Clark.

1. Rita Ballou
2. L.A. Freeway
3. She Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
4. A Nickel for the Fiddler
5. That Old Time Feeling
6. Texas – 1947
7. Desperados Waiting for a Train
8. Like a Coat from the Cold
9. Instant Coffee Blues
10. Let Him Roll